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October 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 1

  1. Reconstructor and Graphical Chroot?
  2. Winamp tags
  3. A Template Metaprogram for the Ackermann Function
  4. Regular Expression for...
  5. IP subnet mask
  6. to write a complex program on multiplication
  7. Edit "Open With" context menu in Windows Explorer
  8. games in laptop
  9. Tablet PC
  10. Wikipedia on iPod
  11. Which Linux distro should I install on Parallels?

October 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 2

  1. monitor driver issues after reformat
  2. Windows ME
  3. Excel VBA question
  4. Dual booting linux and windows
  5. Is there a street atlas with municipal borders on the web?
  6. Norton 360

October 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 3

  1. Virtualization
  2. Forwarding in Firefox and IExplorer
  3. about array in VB
  4. Wrong Address on Google
  5. Just curious about website domain names

October 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 4

  1. Where's that picture of the Mac-laptop-filled auditorium-style classroom?
  2. Ancient Computer...Ancient Games?
  3. Youtube access
  4. GoogleTalk Error - The Handle is Invalid
  5. Uninstall

October 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 5

  1. Searching Process Memory
  2. Yahoo Answers
  3. Changing colours
  4. SQL plus 8.0

October 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 6

  1. Graphing Equations on Office
  2. CD-R Disks
  3. error codes
  4. Possible data sharing problems within a homework
  5. Easiest route JPEG to PDF
  6. Slashes
  7. Too lazy to experiment ....
  8. un-sudo?
  9. Virus destroying hard disk
  10. IM spam

October 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 7

  1. Connecting to my port 8080
  2. Locking
  3. Attack of the Undead boot.ini file!
  4. Office 2007 instalation issues
  5. From Live CD to real life
  6. Saving iPhone SMS messages?
  7. High-gloss laptop screen
  8. Playing certain CDs on my stereo causes them to have a vinyl-esque crackling and pop
  9. e-paper
  10. Cell phone/mobile phone.
  11. Server issues
  12. First cable companies
  13. Language Bar changing languages
  14. Add startup programs on Ubuntu

October 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 8

  1. I have seup my own wiki, but I cannot edit any page (solved)
  2. Finding all IPs affected by a range block
  3. Java Hashset look up
  4. Tor
  5. Controllable animations...?
  6. Thunderbird On Mac
  7. five advantages of open loop control system
  8. Making ringtones
  9. InvisionFree or phpBB3?
  10. Fast DVD copier
  11. Online shopping project
  12. RealPlayer 11 on Ubuntu 8.10?

October 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 9

  1. Shipping
  2. New file system on Windows
  3. Help installing LinuxMCE
  4. global village
  5. graphic cards
  6. .net Framework
  7. CR-RW problems
  8. Writing CDs and DVDs on a MacBook

October 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 10

  1. Spyware
  2. how to change from alphabet to ascii code?
  3. Converting ClearSpace markup to MediaWiki
  4. Scanning banknotes
  5. Laptop Downloading Woes
  6. Ubuntu download as VMware virtual machine, VMware tools preinstalled
  7. Why memory segmentation?
  8. Self-Replicating Program
  9. "See what I did there?"

October 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 11

  1. Web Programming Question
  2. Mouse problems.
  3. Markup language for desktop frontend ?
  4. Linux kernel
  5. Strange symbols on webpages
  6. JAVA PROGRAM(Test1 of Computer Science)
  7. MHTML
  8. Auto-Refresh?

October 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 12

  1. Cryptographic hash in less than O(n)
  2. Google 2001 and phrases
  3. Firefox: Predict my URL please, but not a whole bunch of nonsense
  4. ASP.NET: <%# %>
  5. gnome 2.24
  6. Linux: inline text editing
  7. Versatile Flash Animation Software
  8. Vista track number help
  9. Weird browser glitch?
  10. Keyboard Problem
  11. Is Wikipedia Having a MELT-DOWN?!
  12. Ignoring Users on YouTube

October 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 13

  1. Is Windows 7 being released so soon because of the criticisms about Windows Vista?
  2. What file types benefit most from defragmentation?
  3. Qwerty vs Dvorak: why no scientific evaluation?
  4. Free web hosting request
  5. Is there a place to request features for Windows?
  6. Good Proxy?
  7. Make Live USB image with Mondo Rescue

October 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 14

  1. Making a different email client the default in IE
  2. Excel VBA query
  3. Secure Password
  4. Extracting *.rar files in Mac OSX
  5. directional ethernet cable?
  6. SMS services that support Primus Canada?
  7. What would be the best WiFi technology for a very busy and large house/office?
  8. Is there a relative to Flash in GNU & Linux?

October 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 15

  1. Power Supply
  2. OS X Finder: just one window at a time
  3. Anti-Aliasing in XP Service Pack 3
  4. Cpython and Jython?

October 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 16

  1. Youtube
  2. Wireless Network w/o Modem
  3. Executable Jar File
  4. using vista
  5. website
  6. Canon scanner functionality with Windows XP embedded
  7. USB
  8. EXCEL MACROS
  9. Build my own laptop/desktop
  10. alternatives to COLSPAN
  11. Scatterplots in Excel
  12. True Transperency - Linux
  13. Tunneling usb traffic on Linux

October 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 17

  1. Error
  2. HTML question
  3. Mediawiki template problem
  4. assigning variables in class declaration (outside methods)
  5. HTML form: unchecked value
  6. moving websites
  7. Skype
  8. Thunderbird Junk
  9. Is the open source Java spelling API "Jazzy" dead? What about the alternatives?
  10. Sync phone with Google Calendar
  11. Youtube Insight demographic and gender identification
  12. scjp1.5 certification
  13. Java problem
  14. Home Network - Extension from question above
  15. previewing pages in Internet Explorer
  16. Location of Mac system updates when downloading/Privilege problems in System Update

October 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 18

  1. protocol
  2. Computer language difficulty
  3. Heat sink
  4. Power Supply, Part 2
  5. Mirror my Routers
  6. security expert
  7. Neo Office Help (Question Change)
  8. Semantic web
  9. Font is different on wikipedia only
  10. Wireless Connection Troubleshooting
  11. Domain problem
  12. Performance Comparison between single core and dual core processors
  13. pow() in c

October 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 19

  1. Research Project
  2. How to make a glossy computer screen matte?
  3. New phone, crap battery life
  4. Modem Problems
  5. "Ask your network administrator"?
  6. Using an AirPort Express as a wireless bridge for a NAS-device
  7. Blown-Up Screen Display
  8. Defination of diffrent words
  9. Adblock Plus
  10. Steve Jobs
  11. Privacy: do emails reveal my IP address?
  12. transient in Java

October 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 20

  1. Xbox 360-Ubuntu tethering
  2. data compression
  3. Shareware
  4. Can you subscribe by email to a RSS Wordpress blog?
  5. Hotmail account possibly hacked?
  6. Nero 8 Cover Designer
  7. Virus
  8. Big O notation

October 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 21

  1. Booting Windows XP off of ext
  2. Help finding Adobe software
  3. .rar file
  4. IE Keeps crashing/ Hanging when loading into Wikipedia
  5. 8800 GS not working in Bootcamp (iMac).
  6. Excel 2007
  7. Opinions on keyboard w/o separate number pads?
  8. Different web addresses with same target
  9. Floppy drive necessary these days?
  10. Neo Office Help
  11. Collision detection
  12. design and logo,s
  13. Dual pointers in windows
  14. communicating between two windows with Javascript

October 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 22

  1. Semantic web again!
  2. Stata plugins
  3. Driver installation problem
  4. Time Machine
  5. Syncing my iPod
  6. I got a blue flashing screen
  7. Scrolling news display
  8. Free software
  9. Restoring order of Microsoft Excel Database
  10. Tables in Neo Office

October 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 23

  1. Anyone know of any free software that will actually clone a hard from from one to another, not just create an image file?
  2. Quicker way to add placemarks on Google Earth
  3. phones
  4. 64-bit Rootkits
  5. IP Address
  6. Thunderbird is lying to me!
  7. .ck
  8. aac audio codec
  9. PayRoll Problem
  10. uservalidation in c
  11. Quicker way to add placemarks on Google Earth
  12. Backup Hardware suggestions
  13. Laptop issue
  14. Free/open source DXF / DWG to SVG converter?

October 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 24

  1. IRC block
  2. Anyone know of any free software that will actually clone a hard from from one to another, not just create an image file?
  3. Find parent folder of Windows Vista programs?
  4. Question about modems and Internet problems
  5. A simple, free and easy to use program for video conversion to Ipod compatibilty?
  6. Nuked permissions in XP Pro SP3

October 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 25

  1. There is any computer program that finds the Least common multiple and Greatest common divisor???
  2. USB cord and iPod problems
  3. Text Messages AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED to email
  4. files between each compuetsr
  5. OpenOffice.org 3 repository?
  6. Scalability of Linux
  7. teachnology and communication world
  8. Java IO
  9. Downloading a Perl Script
  10. Clicking "Safely Remove Hardware" disconnects from Internet

October 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 26

  1. Work and privacy
  2. Firefox Favorites
  3. Computer mouse
  4. Laptop LCD Problem
  5. Bridging routers with a cable
  6. iPod without iTunes
  7. Evil WMP 11 and monitored folders
  8. XP - Programs crash on startup
  9. cd stuck in macbook

October 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 27

  1. Program to stitch PNG files (frames) into a movie.
  2. Search engine indexing
  3. A PROBLEM IN C++ [COMPUTER PROGRAM]
  4. Logging Program
  5. Norton Antivirus question
  6. Video and audio editing
  7. MSN on outlook
  8. Converting .SWF video into h264 .M4V or Quicktime?
  9. Recommendations for a good Mac forum to join
  10. I disabled services I shouldn't have and can't start them again...
  11. Startup prob on Mac!

October 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 28

  1. How to do this in the command line...? (Ubuntu)
  2. Dumb question re: MacBook hard drives
  3. D Programming Language
  4. Stopping Excel from minimizing sheets
  5. Roaring Fan on Dell XPS
  6. trapping a generic keydown event in C#
  7. CAD and 3D softwares
  8. Team Communication
  9. TI-89 Assembly-Language Programming
  10. BlackBerry SIM cards (solved)
  11. Linux keyboard logger
  12. Mutation in computer viruses

October 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 29

  1. about wikipedia
  2. what is strategic procurement ?
  3. Mac Installation
  4. Network printers compatible with PS3
  5. Stacking transparent GIFs using CSS
  6. changing motherboard on dell vostro 1400 laptop
  7. BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD OMGWTFBBQ!!!!
  8. SFRIO600.DLL
  9. Search for one type of Wikipedia templates
  10. should I make an old swap partition fat32 or ntfs?
  11. help desk assignment

October 30

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 30

  1. Completely copying hdd
  2. Singularity functions in Ti-89/84+
  3. Multi touch in XP
  4. Computer Won't Even Turn On!
  5. WEBSPHERE DEVELOPER
  6. Visual .net remotely asess user

October 31

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 October 31

  1. Headphones
  2. fstab permissions
  3. USB
  4. Open office writer problems!
  5. crappy keyboard probs
  6. Help! Can't log onto Internet on my laptop.
  7. Finding Errors in Excel
  8. iPlayer
  9. Reaching localhost when I am offline
  10. Phantom Drive Labels in Vista
  11. suppressing a page with nothing on it
  12. Is it possible with XUL?
  13. Random counting/picking
  14. Google question
  15. where do people learn Oracle?
  16. Google
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