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[edit] February 1
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 1
- 3.5 floppy
- Code Question
- Are the Wikimedia servers still in Florida?
- MacBook, Black MacBook, or MacBook Pro
- Embedded images to attachments
- Tape Drives
- Early computer displays
- Customized context menu search
- Links
- weird behavior of fsquirt.exe
- Buying a video card
- C++ versus Java
- Computer performance improvement with more memory
[edit] February 2
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 2
- Why does linux suck?
- Windows Media Player is Kaput
- Audio Quality Metric
- HSDPA vs. HSUPA
- Changing a color in an image
- Laptop blackouts
- CMOS problem
- Mock Laptop
- Fortran program copied from manual doesn't work correctly
- Number of network connections to the same server
- Windows games on Linux
- Icons in my taskbar--whats happening?
- Web Pop-up effect
- google earth
[edit] February 3
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 3
- PMR446 Radios
- Distributed rsync?
- "Internet Explorer provided by...."
- Might there be reason to keep any of this old dev/cad software?
- MSN 7.5 and WLM 8.x
- Pregap ripper
- Editor for Lisp
- MIDI file on waste.exe/DAT/176
- CIRCLE ALGORITHM
- ringtone support in Samsung Juke
- Delete RSS Feeds Into Recycle Bin
- apple and download
- Userbox Code
- Dealio is doing my head in.
- What does this .jpg warning message mean?
- Batch file environment variables
[edit] February 4
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 4
- Code
- Putting clips together?
- SONGS PROGRAM on C++
- About data storage
- set up "On Demand" DSL Connection
- Bridging Networks....
- Wireless Networking
- Package management on the Mac - CLARIFICATION
- Fortran
- Computer speed.
- ASP.NET problem
- Aero-style look and feel for Linux?
- wireless internet not connecting
- opening ports so that i can open programmes and download patches properly
- noname
- Multimedia keyboards
- Bebo problems
- 939 processor
- Firefox file associations
[edit] February 5
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 5
- Does the Wikimedia Foundation only use free sotfware like the Free Software Foundation?
- standard TRS microphones unpowered, need solution
- irc passwords
- Extrapolate a photo's missing piece
- Batch red eye removal
- How do you set up a task force on a different MediaWiki?
- Graphics card heat
- threads in computerscience
- Is Google AdSense Completely LEGAL and safe?
- how to check out timings for executing a function in VB
- How do you convert an EPS into an SVG?
- Good NNTP servers
- Super Bowl Introduction Video
- MSN live messenger
- DRM and [http://www.mediaconverter.org/ Media Converter]
[edit] February 6
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 6
- getting out of Picture mode -- Vista
- Firefox bug?
- MacOS fonts to .ttf
- Running a game in a Virtual Machine?
- How to RUN a program in Windows
- DirectX 10
- windoz media player won't start and stop ripping, right?
- Sharing contacts in Outlook
- rope!
- making a computer work
- Videos not playing fullscreen?
[edit] February 7
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 7
- Verizon Cell Phone accounts
- How to select marker bits for data communication?
- Looking for Team Fortress 2 sprays
- I want to visit Windows XP land
- PCMCIA card ?
- Scheduled Task
- Second NIC card for Mac G5 Tower?
- Audio effects plugins
- Ipod to Itunes
- Wikipedia and my unfortunate IP exchange
- RPC server time sync thingy
- what is YTIMG?
- VGA to Component hooked up to a 1080p television
[edit] February 8
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 8
- Web activity monitoring software
- C# escape characters?
- itunes7.6 my arse
- ISP upload speed percentage too low?
- What's that element?
- Nokia 7610 Memory Card Question
- Lyrics websites
[edit] February 9
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 9
- Coding Theory
- Wine / Ubuntu
- Visual Boy Advance.
- SATA to PATA adapter?
- Google Earth
- Google Earth / Google Maps comparison
- virtual keyword in programming
- PDF to HTML/DOC
- Network bridging...........
- Opening URL in links with an external program in Firefox
- PDF Files
- Thinking of switching to an Imac computer
- recording music on a dvd blank disc
- Linux
- Unreal Engine 2, 2.5 and 3 system requirements
- sound direction software
[edit] February 10
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 10
- sharing
- RuneScape
- *.dat video format on Ubuntu.
- Is iPhone too big?
- wireless internet not connecting(2)
- Security on Linux
- Navigating to a specific website using a keyboard shortcut
- xbox
- MSN TV or WEB TV
- Java Script
- Parsing HTML with PHP
- Laptop Hard Drive RPM's
[edit] February 11
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 11
- Software for Information graphics
- RuneScape II
- Linux Uninstall
- Size of email message
- Mac data recovery (moved from Language desk)
- USB Connection
- OpenGL
- psp feeder
[edit] February 12
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 12
- PSD to Vector
- wireless router disk
- Unix Commands
- Annoying virus, perhaps rootkit
- comparison of MediaWiki vs Drupal-Wiki
- Windows 3.1
- Unix filesystem question
- RPM of Flash harddrive
[edit] February 13
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 13
- PC Blackout
- Vista Business vs. Home Premium
- Using unlocked iPhones
- I Want My Own MMOG
- Apache HTTP server won't execute PHP on "localhost"
- Flash drive and programs
- pokemon crater
- Linux/Booting
- Templates &userboxes
- Average pay for first line tech support in USA
[edit] February 14
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 14
- C++
- Cannot Format Jump Drive
- Firefox bookmarks backup
- Repair Office 2003
- Changing the title of an article
- Graphics card
- PDAs and e-books
- Answer plz
- Mozilla password
- Hard drive noise, and performance with external case
- Laptop network cables
- HTML (Picture Fading)
- Microsoft Word question
- Microsoft Excel question
- Mac OS X kext
- A song i found on youtube
[edit] February 15
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 15
- ie search
- Photoshop -- Photocopy-like effect?
- Dev-C++ Compiler
- XML schema?
- 3D graphics cards - just for games?
- fonts in the terminal
- Software cracks
- Edubuntu Installation
- runescape
- Powering a video card
- Resizing the partition on a windows xp system.
- Carriage return
- A WYSIWYM XML editor?
- smartax mt882 modem
- wii LAN-adaptor or nyko ethernet adaptor thingy
- viruses on Wii?
[edit] February 16
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 16
- rstatd/portmap access through firewall
- Image issue
- Free Virus Protection
- Javascript: events with generated content
- Disabling SE Sidebar
- Getting MS Access data into a MySQL database
- Make a data logger
- NNTP control messages in Thunderbird
- Script class
- Proxy question
- iMovie
- Is my iTunes Music Library.xml file corrupt?
[edit] February 17
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 17
- A Mystery: Connection losses while streaming
- Is there difference between widgets and applications
- havin problems with my modem on ubuntu
- Professional Photographic Printing Resolutions
- 'Collaborative' Web Browsing
- nokia hack
- Vista window won't stay open
- Bluetooth headset emulator
- Extract vector from PDF
- Firewire box?
- html on invisionfree
- Writing a Programme
- Unusual Outgoing Connections Blocked by PeerGuardian
[edit] February 18
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 18
- Types of computer
- Accessing second computer
- CLI app for determining if a sound file is stereo or mono?
- E-mail address availability
- Give a Brief Note on Hiriyur Town .
- Ubuntu root login
- Apophysis Batch Rendering
- Mac or Cross-platform OpenGL demos?
- linux drivers, root, and X
- Digital camera "face" feature
- Expert Advisor for MetaTrader 4.0
- remote port forward
- Exploding a video-file into individual images
[edit] February 19
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 19
- OpenGL over SSH
- examining old Mac fonts
- Concatenation in Perl
- Start-up problem in Windows XP, German message
- Defragment fails.
- IBM RSC (RISC Single Chip)
- Audio communications.
- Email Repeat Send Online Service
- iPlayer WMV
- Windows XP Pro Booting problem
- Deleting Files from Recycle Bin via Command Prompt
- computer problem
- What's wrong with this excel function?
- Piracy
- Running wiki offline
[edit] February 20
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 20
- Green Colour Prints
- Memory Advice
- Processor Advice
- SQL question
- Sharing with Vista and XP
- ALT+??
- census date for Summit, California
- nokia
- Audio communications II
- internet explorer hanging up from constipation
[edit] February 21
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 21
- Web Browsers
- Any free programs that let u turn text into mp3?
- Microsoft Word - keyboard puzzle
- Mercury Levels in Laptops
- MIDI to WAV
- how to use a plotter?
- Recurring appointments in Outlook/Pocket Outlook
- Prevent Apple Software Update ever starting in Windows XP
- my.yahoo script mystery
- PowerPoint
- FLV joiner
- Mozilla and download manager
- Wikilinks.js
[edit] February 22
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 22
- Odd DNS-related (maybe?) Internet problem
- Windows Live Messenger on USB?
- Hydra on ubuntu PPC
- Quicktime in the site www.nveil.com
- PDFs
- auto variables(local variable)
- Windows XP - Password
- Digital Camera TYPE
- Standby and Hibernate Modes
[edit] February 23
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 23
- iMac HD upgrades
- Malfunctioning recycle bin
- Problem in Hibernating my PC
- Boot ISO from HDD
- Firefox search suggestions?
- Weatherbox
- Game Name
- iPhone V. Blackberry Pearl?
- Apple remote in Powerpoint presentation in MacBook
- Three-part question: Building a PC, Programming, and Hardware website
[edit] February 24
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 24
- Linksys Wireless-G Router
- Amarok requirements
- Recognizing the uniquely-decodable property of a set of strings
- Firefox searching Wikipedia
- Arabic transliteration font
- Operating systems?
- Vista explorer issues
- iTunes problem
- Linux
[edit] February 25
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 25
- Overclocking a G4 Powermac
- PNG/FLAC are lossy?
- 'programmable' stack
- Juice sync with Sansa c250 on Tiger
- Seemingly Bricked Thinkpad
- SRS reporting
- where i could find the the different interesting programm codes that could run on borland version 3.0 of C++
[edit] February 26
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 26
- Laptop and External Monitor Resolution
- Firefox Resources
- Time-Consuming Machine
- Specially enumerated list in LaTeX
- iPod managers
- List files
- Back
- Excel data sieve
- Frontpage = problem...
- Linux Puppy display problem
- HELP
[edit] February 27
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 27
- Executing a command over ssh doesn't preserve the return value.
- Computer longevity
- Gamer Fo life :P
- Tell me how this is done
- [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 27#|]]
- Harddrive misreporting size
- [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 27#bash<.2Ftt> aliases|bash aliases]]
- [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 27#.bashrc.7C.bash_profile.7C.profile<.2Ftt>: SSH vs SFTP|.bashrc|.bash_profile|.profile: SSH vs SFTP]]
- Setting up workgroup names
- plays sound files at the press of a button
- LaTeX issues
- what do tr and td stand for in html tables
[edit] February 28
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 28
- creating 3D objects
- Typing speed over time
- Weird MS Access problem
- New name for iPod
- USB battery pack
- about drupal base website
- Fast redirect
- modular algorithm in javascript ? need source codes
- Is my computer dead now?
- [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 28#|]]
- Linux and Windows: both?
- three
- boot fom flash?
- hack
- Linux installation
[edit] February 29
Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 February 29