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October 1

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 1

1. setting limits on family computer
2. Shutdown command
3. Missing posts
4. Ping
5. Obscure Ancient Viking Computer Game Nostalgia
6. Embedding Flash movies and players like YouTube
7. Free Office

October 2

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 2

1. Microphone
2. ksh or bsh variables
3. Missing after posting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERCOMER
4. Computer won't change visual settings (win98)
5. Transferring files
6. Password security
7. Converting .AVI to .MPEG
8. Gmail
9. Minichess
10. ISP bandwidth limit in Australia?
    1. Answered

October 3

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 3

1. Visual Basic Coding
2. Audio / Video Capture
3. flashplayer doesnt have sound

October 4

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 4

1. Searching for a simple Small Business Program
2. Overclocking failed -- CPU fan error
   1. Answered
3. Internet Explorer popping up
4. Private Investigator Service
5. Gmail Question
6. serial number
7. computer chess

October 5

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 5

1. Data base in computers
2. FTP server on residential nonstatic IP
3. Disabling McAfee
4. Online Search
5. CMOS Password
6. Recover Password
7. Send packages in VB6
8. Nanostray on Nintendo DS
9. apple mac or microsoft windows
10. Remote desktop

October 6

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 6

1. Windows Media Player 10
2. Arithmetic problem related to internet
3. HackThisSite
4. How to put an e-mail address in a wiki running MediaWiki software?
5. CD rom
6. Washing machine vs. USB drive
7. about dealership
8. Staging site in web development?
9. Brain transplant for laptops
10. DNS rootserver IP list

October 7

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 7

1. Mozilla search engines
2. What do the parts of an email address mean? Can the date or location it was sent from be deciphered from it?
3. Question about wikipedia search engine
4. african watering hole
5. t-rex tissue
6. Adsl Sharing
7. Wireless network adapter on Acer laptop
8. Hot laptop
9. Latex help - Section headings
10. icons in computers
11. Odd task manager window
12. java
13. binary to decimal or hexadecimal
14. Modem and Hyperterminal
15. Citing an acceptance speech with BibTeX
16. Reading from a source and outputing it to standard out in linux
17. url
18. expanding opcode

October 8

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 8

1. header file
2. Office and Image editing software
3. How are all these n00bs getting such cool animated avatars?
4. duplicate fonts
5. Disable JS
6. Turning UT:GOTY into pure engine
7. what linux distro
8. DVD to iPod
9. mandatory password changes
10. Lost data in Microsoft Word

October 9

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 9

1. iPod FS
2. forcing X into 16 bit color from boot
3. Replacing HTML span tags with old style markup
4. Spell checker
5. Zipf's Law
6. base 64 encoding?
7. What is that thing on the end of cables (not the plug)

October 10

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 10

1. iPod
2. Dos Exec CMOS Password erase
3. Seeking Info about Building Controlling Computer
4. operating systems
5. operating
6. LZMA
7. Free video editing software
8. Internet information
9. Google Video charging
10. Resuming an SCP transfer?
11. DVD to mpeg
12. help with internet
13. Exception handling in MATLAB
14. Cheapskate question about internet cable
15. Rays and lines in MS Word
16. Hans Reiser
17. Debian and MSN

October 11

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 11

1. webmail problem
2. Transitioning from Win XP to Linux
3. MS Word annoying me
4. varying duty cycle or width of PWM using vc++ program

October 12

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 12

1. Graphics Card
2. Active Desktop
3. getting files off qemu
4. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE REFERENCE DESK
5. Creating a private online database?
6. WIN-Modems
7. categorise the entire WIKIPEDIA
8. DVD burner HD/BLU ray reader COMBO
9. VCD Format
10. Request help on converting hex strings on a page
11. Server Error
12. How to play OGG videos
13. Pin Number Solver

October 13

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 13

1. domain functional level windows server 2003
2. Wikipedia
3. O in Opera
4. Sound too high-pitched in Windows.
5. How to enable windows task manager
6. Runic alphabet in Unicode
7. Splitting AVI files

October 14

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 14

1. Frames Per Second - limits of conscious visual recognition
2. Page views of websites
3. If, then, how, why
4. Blocking ads in websites
5. Printing PDFs in a Different Color
6. I wan't as much Information as possible on:
7. Best way to send large files over internet

October 15

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 15

1. Revert graphics settings
2. cartoon
3. searching wikipedia from the MS Office Research task pane
4. Sort or count by word
5. Low price computer
6. Why one of my speakers will eventually stop working?
7. Shell32.dll cannot be replaced because it appears to be in use.
8. Rome:Total War -- Low budget alternative
9. My suck-ass trojan

October 16

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 16

1. Ethernet
2. Javascript Ticker
3. New computer help
4. Looking for forum host which offers Google Groups-like integration.
5. Computing /IT
6. Online reading list (del.icio.us for books)
7. ARPANET
8. permanent CPU usage in Quicklaunch bar
9. windows preboot
10. ipmi_si

October 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 17

1. PICAXE programming under Ubuntu GNU/Linux
2. Does Google rank pages by outgoing links?
3. Image comparison script
4. WIFI 2-way control with Pocket PC
5. Best programming tool for beginner
6. Odd first line on "database" entry page
7. USB Cables
8. Nokia cell phone

October 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 18

1. How does a PC find a specific web page on a server in another location?
2. ipod
3. Can't find mpdat.exe
4. Lanczos Resampling
5. Questions reguarding the Task Manager in Windows XP
6. Shareaza's Advanced Settings
7. html forms
8. DFT bins
9. Version numbers
10. NPROTECT folder
11. Extending wireless range?
12. Some registry keys
13. Making money from web design
14. Freezing and Jumbled Screen
15. nesting in css
16. LaTeX formatting

October 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 19

1. Chmod < Linux < Internet < Computing
2. Font Not Detected in MS Word
3. Form information in Firefox
4. How does it know…
5. Size
6. GOOGLE SKETCH UP
7. building a website with credit card payment functionality
8. .wmv to .mov
9. Spy software
10. Website menu templates
11. Format HFS+ iPod to FAT32 without using Windows
12. Azureus GB download size DECREASES!

October 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 20

1. Using Microsoft DNS server to block sites?
2. Auto Redirect File in IE
3. Downloading torrents when they are blocked
4. Compression techniques
5. Visual basic question
6. OEM vs Rebranded Graphics Adapters
7. A Computer Memory question

October 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 21

1. History Button in IE7 ? How can I add it back to the toolbar ?
2. Removing music from an iPod
3. Wikipedia
4. pen drive
5. Moved Files Got Deleted In Windows
6. Making your own laptop
7. Changing System Drive
8. VPN Connect/Disconnect Icon
9. Win98 security -- my options?
10. Speeding up a Windows machine

October 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 22

1. Changing codec format of .avi files
2. NO pop up script
3. Running a wikibot
4. Moving application/binary directories' locations in Ubuntu/Linux as a whole
5. Software Radio
6. Video Compression
7. Computer Lockup
8. Removing weapons from Unreal Tournament GOTY
9. Intel Processors
10. Whistling Monitor
11. Errors introduced by processor change?

October 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 23

1. Music writing program
2. Wikipedia web services
3. Ethernet hub
4. RSS / ATOM for Wikipedia

October 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 24

1. Scheduled startup and shutdown
2. HTML Marquee trouble
3. MS OFFICE WORD 2003
4. WORD
5. Q about VoIP.
6. Recovering Outlook mails and address book from a hard disk
7. SQL question about aggregate rows.
8. Peripheral device
9. audio timescaling
10. PNG
11. Duplicate File Finding Program
12. Ubuntu Problem
13. Placing page in Categories
14. Dark Laptop Screen
15. Transparent Images
16. If I were to sell my PC (probably ebay or craigslist), how much could I get for it?
17. Web based free source control for simple users

October 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 25

1. C++ Decimal percision.
2. Internet bandwidth priorities
3. Password-controlled"File Hiding"
4. Computer Slowing down with CD Drive interface
5. Dual booting with Kubuntu and Windows XP
6. USENET
7. Transfer speed
8. Latex Book Margins
9. Is there a Java keyword for the outer class instance of an inner instance class?
10. Suse 32 vs 64 Bit
11. Suse 32 vs 64 Bit
12. Margin Setting
13. PHP Login

October 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 26

1. Word
2. 3D
3. ava j2sdk1.4.0 question
4. Microsoft Word
5. NS mystery
6. MacBook vs. PC laptop
7. The best 15 inch laptop

October 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 27

1. Good headphones?
2. irefox 2.0 and Wikipedia
3. Online Jobs
4. Modem router combos
5. sd cards
6. xml file
7. join
8. Carbon fibre mice
9. Big VB Programming Project
10. OIN popup
11. Video Ipod
12. NTFS & Linux

October 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 28

1. ASP date function
2. Labtec Wireless Keyboard
3. Mouse slowdown/speedup problem
4. My PC rejects my new HDD
5. JavaScript - processing long scripts
6. Meebo

October 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 29

1. Explorer task Answered
2. Alternatives to .lnk shortcuts?
3. Valid python statement
4. g-mail account ANSWERED
5. text ⇒ avi
6. There must be an easy answer to this
7. Malfunctioning drive
8. Wireless with Halo server
9. Internet Access
10. BIOS
11. BitTorrent
12. MP3 Player Help
13. GMail
14. bios
15. Converting .MOV files to another format
16. computational neurosciences

October 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 30

1. icrosoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
2. Strange problem with Internet connections (on Mac OS X 10.2)
3. GUI for GMT
4. NT and .net framework 2.0
5. New IE windows appearing very very very small
6. Fall Out Boy CD Cover...
7. Recycling In Linux
8. Keyboard/Mouse Y-splitters
9. Constant variables
10. Proper Wikitext to Display a Javascript-only Hyperlink?
11. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and IT Compliance issues
12. linking cells within an excel spreadsheet
13. .bin / .cue burned...and so what?
14. slow start up
15. html tidying

October 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2006 October 31

1. Detecting speed of travel on computer
2. Algorithms and code
3. Popular wiki engine
4. Trying To Understand File Management In Linux
5. Bug: linking to downloads
6. Hard Drive Recognition in SUSE Linux
7. Dilemma: DVDs, macrovision, and other anti copy protocols
8. Shell program
9. Content Management System (or similar) for hosting user-submitted files
10. Skype
11. Windows vs SuSE Linux server platforms