Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/January 2009
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January 1
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- Mouse issues
- Greek letter λ misspelled in Windows Vista
- x86 assembly
- Program in C++ to print number combinations
- Which brand of BIOS is used by recent Toshiba, Dell, Hewlett-Packard laptops
- sprtcmd.exe and LIBEAY32.dll
- Anitlog in C++
- Cheap Blu-Ray player for PC ?
- Trouble Installing MediaWiki
- World of Warcraft question
- Program to print number combinations: Suggestions incorporated, but, this time, no output!
- Three-pass protocol
- Facebook - is it down?
- Recycle bin
- Blackberry Storm videos to PC
- ??? Worm on Wikipedia ???
January 2
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- Oh how I miss my Unix shell
- Using programs in OS X to overlap two images transparently like MS Paint does.
- Paint in Windows
- SYN attack?
- KDE: Force undo video mode change
- PCI express slot
- notebook with windows vista BSOD problem
- wiki tools problem
- Compromised email?
- Designating Commons for file uploads on my MediaWiki wiki.
- New Hard Drive
- Technicolour spinning wheel of despair?
January 3
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- Al Gore and the internet
- Microsoft OS disks and product keys
- Formatting my USB Drive
- Problems with Firefox
- Memory card for my phone
- iTunes
- Connecting to the internet on gNewSense
- Youtube is in a different language...
January 4
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- some games are not playable
- internat explorer sign is not " e " like
- wikicode source
- domain pointing
- .NET Passport and cursors
- Digital filter software.
- Recommend a Rails book
- Ubuntu to Ubuntu remotes desktop connect
- OpenOffice.org will not quit
January 5
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- deleted file retrieval program
- "Open" routers?
- Changing IP address
- music software
- RCA Composite vs. VGA Video
- Is there a given character in a specified font?
- new computer causing problems.
- ISO file
- Comparing laptops based on specific technical factors
- Poor Upload Speeds On Broadband
- Free video editing software
- Why Freebsd (over Linux)
January 6
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- Failure rate of computer DVD drives
- Setting up a WGA54AG Linksys Gaming Adapter
- Booting from DVD
- Why did I lose the Internet?
- New SATA HD for laptop 2
- apt equivalent to dpkg-query -L (find files from a .deb package)
- iPod nano is being an ignoramus
- Treat Fn-V as Ctrl-V
- Uploading using Terrapin FTP
- "Filling my graphics card"?
January 7
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- Wikitable default border color
- studiVZ
- Is QBasic in public domain?
- Draw, pardner
- Ipod touch - Album art question
January 8
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- Word Processors
- ߄ symbol
- XBOX 360 vs. dial-up
- sorting by birthdays
- Making IFS programs
- File statistics
- Backwards music player software
- Evil fake Windows security center in league with fake antivirus thing
- Playing audio from a visual waveform
January 9
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- how do i get broadbrand
- Suggestions for computer science project
- How to make Greek diacritical marks in MS Word for Mac ?
- Screenshots
- Technical help with a facebook app
- Content management system for photos?
- Command Prompt (cmd.exe) in Fullscreen Mode in Vista?
- Are the files really gone?
- No DRM with iTunes anymore
January 10
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- Legend of the Lost Video Card.
- have I screwed my harddrive?
- WAP versus 'Mobile Friendly'
- protection dvd media
- What was wrong?
- MS Paint gone missing
- Simulating a slow Internet connection
- Linking rollover image in HTML
- SMART: imminent disk failure warning
- Mailto feature in macromedia flash8.
- Intel Core 2 Duo Compatibility?
- Hollywood's graphical best software
January 11
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- nature of ARP traffic
- svg 2 png curious
- let's try this again...
- Anyone familiar with the development of free software?
- Weird file format
- GCC argument order
- There is any free converter that is able to convert from .wav to .aiff
- web sites from a search engine
- creative zen and bloody vista
- foobar2000 songs not in order
- .bat file crash
January 12
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- Laptop question concerning internet
- Word processors
- Decrease in RAM.
- Substitute switch - how much does amperage matter?
- Unknown weblink
- browsing internet on tv
- The happiness of having Vista
- Movie Maker
- Headphones
- Firefox vs IE
January 13
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- Cheapest stable setup for GTA IV?
- COMPUTER ENGG> OR COMPUTER SCIENCE>!?????????
- Retrieving Deleted Files
- Reinstalling windows
- S-Video... 7-pin laptop to 4-pin TV
- Keylogger removal
- POPS And OOPS in C++
- Techlepathy
- Scientific Computing
- Animation Software
- Samsung i85 mp3 problems
- Equal lenth columns works in standards-compliant browsers, but not IE
January 14
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- Synthesis study?
- RIJNDAEL/AES and them Endians
- Easy free wiki like database for personal local use. windows xp.
- Hard drive space
- IRC usage statistics
- Open a WDB File
- Question about Wikipedia database
- Websites
- Duplicate Documents folder in Vista
- Backup algorithm question
- Bypassing Passwords
- Signed Executables
January 15
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- In search of the elusive long-tailed mouse....
- HDD recovery tools
- WP affects my MSWord spelling checker!
- Software or data types that don't leave a signature in the file
- Spread Sheets To Standalone
January 16
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- Adobe Fonts - Mac to PC
- Connecting two PCs at home.
- Have I killed my USB Flash Drive ?
- High-resolution Windows 9x on Modern Laptops?
- Vista Updates
- XP Screen resolution
- Thunderbird Error
January 17
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- Unicode character not showing up properly across computer
- Any good free virus protection? Or, which one to upgrade?
- windows xp is not updating
- Catch on the video card slot
- Removing power plugs?
- Small fonts
- Backup Tape Missing Index
- Ichat log files
- Speaker Problem
- Print preview in Chrome
- Modding an Xbox360
January 18
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- Negative memory
- Gnome equivalent to KATE
- External (USB 2.0) Hard Drive not Recognized as a Hard Drive
- Uploading using Terrapin FTP
- Free software for backing up a disk partition
- Connecting Thinkpad T61 to internet, turning "on" tower icon?
- Buying cheap .ac (ascension island) domains
- Videoclip in iTunes/iPod
- Frequency Ranges
January 19
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- Reinstall OS X
- movie graphics standards
- Solution Configurations in Visual Studio
- Keys suddenly producing wrong symbols
- Screen Resoution /Video Card - Re: Pixels are rendered as little squares
- Defragmentation
- Mozilla Firefox 3 navigator bar's default search engine?
- why would i only be able to connect to wikipedia.org and not other sites
- HuffingtonPost.com login
- YouTube issues
- Displays on Dual Monitors
January 20
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- Links in email signatures
- Difficulty in Installaing Windows XP.
- AWB on WINE on Ubuntu 8.10
- Software mirror sites
- Closing tabs in Firefox -- switch to next unread?
January 21
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- video file
- gnuplot with XCode
- Sound doesn't work
- Excel
- Total size of all Wikipedia articles
- ipod shuffle (clip version) with old USB (1)
- Inkscape fire
- Conficker virus/trojan whatever?
January 22
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- basic C++ help
- standard tetris game, windows?
- €
- Download Wikipedia.
- Wizard (software)
- RAR or 7zip
- Safe Games?
- Xcode on two Macs-discepancy
- Can someone help me fidure this out?
- ASCII
- Outlook backup
- computing,email attachments
January 23
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- 3rd Generation iPod Nano
- Is the battery really the problem??
- Linking via an image
- Windows Live OneCare back up issues
- laptop and notebook
- Internet Explorer version 8
- Keyboard mapping.
- Dial Tone but no Internet
- All links
- Browser addon visual update checker
- better crash course
- huawei c5330 virgin mobile
- adblockplus
- Java Pics
- why is fanboi spelled with an i
- Gradients on Inkscape (or GIMP)
- How to Disable the Hard Drive Temperature Sensor
- location of Mac OSX *.keylout file
- Download speed limiter
January 24
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- PPPoE Password
- Second natural language of open source
- Outlook Web Access security
- Diode Differences
- Drawing trees with OpenOffice Draw (or some alternative)
- Error Message on Startup
- how to get a long-living cellphone
- Twinkle gone in Safari
January 25
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- Literati java window help
- Firefox auto-restore feature
- web designing
- Windows Vista Sidebar RSS Gadget
- McAfee SystemGuard keeps getting disabled.
- bloody XP
- Plug in Problem.
- eee pc
- Yacc (bison) %union
January 26
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- Kubuntu: Compile options for a package
- Analog Electronics
- Gaming Rigs: Be All, End All?
- Liquid Helium Cooled Computers
- XP probs
- macintosh OS X: navigating forms with the keyboard compared to Windows XP
- Where did all the info on AgesaCode go???
- How to select an exit node in Tor
- Internet over Power lines
- OpenDNS
- Hyperlinks in AS 3
- Usb to PCI adaptor
- Problems with flash video in Firefox
- what is the largest IDE hard drive that was made?
- PSP Capabilities
- PHP
- How to make your desktop background a slideshow (while you work)?
- Sorting dates in PHP
January 27
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- Big numbers in C++
- the not-ipod
- Wikipedia layer in Google Earth
- all the tech conferences
- Niche calculations
- Volume configuration file on Ubuntu?
- Single-user PostgreSQL
- IP address
- Windows Address Bar question
- 720p vs 1366x768
- Pywikipedia code
- Perl, Regex, translation, ARRRRRGGHHHHHHHH!
- Internet
- Epson Stylus Photo R2880 and Quality Photo Papers
- Seeking freeware program to compare two binary files
- Fixing Extremely Long Startup Times On IBM Laptop
- Weather Radio Alarm
- A safe Php -> mail form
- Perl, regex, line number counter
- Question about Linux
- RoseGarden Playback Feature
- SWF
- US Government Digital Certificate
- Unix security model
- how to print a wikipedia article to pdf file
January 28
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- found it, but what's it called?
- Diode Matrix ROM
- iTunes and MP3s and WMAs
- Genuinely standalone Mac OS X installation
- Biggest non-white contribs to comp sci
- White House email
- web page not updating
- TCP/IP
- sound in Firefox
- Calculating values that add up to a given sum in Excel
- Perl, regex, distinct matches
January 29
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- Unexplained internet activity
- No program-writing program
- Removable USB Disk Drive for Ubuntu
- videos in powerpoint
- I hate my computer...
- Programs for drawing illustrations
- Override IP address in Firefox
- ntoskrnl.exe
- Edit video image size
- Departmental Wiki
January 30
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- Gamma Thingy
- RAM won't work
- Online money
- Signal handler typedef
- Screensaver setup help
- Macrovsion - How TVs are able to play and VCRs not?
- css uploading
- Sibelius music software and Kontakt Player
- RLE files
- Spellcheck has Wrong Language
- Vista
- Building a computer diagnostic and repair utility
January 31
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- time error
- Software cracks
- How big is an ordinary portable harddisk??
- https and Wireless Hotspots
- domain names with the f-word in it
- Colour Selector in Windows 7
- What's Google's problem
- Hello World!
- Authentication handling for Excel hyperlinks
- Encrypting single files
- Weird problem with PDF file from customer
- MS Word Spell Check
- PC Games...and Vista
- Reverse-engineering EULAs
- JQuery equivalent to PHP preg_match
- Flash drive appearing Device Manager, not Windows Explorer
- Is this "Points System" possible?