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[edit] January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 1

  1. Derivative of a GPLd work
  2. MIDI and my PC
  3. How
  4. Autocomplete in Internet Explorer 7.0
  5. SMS in UK
  6. career counselling
  7. Feasibility of customisable email reciept notification (e.g. in Thunderbird)

[edit] January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 2

  1. special characters
  2. Wikipedia server load
  3. Windows XP CHK DSK?
  4. Software please!

[edit] January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 3

  1. php mysql not talking to each other
  2. I have trouble with a Web site. Please help.
  3. Bad Sectors
  4. Website down
  5. Backup software
  6. Shipping hardware internationally
  7. Get rid of SELinux notifications?
  8. Writing my own Linux filesystem?
  9. Can ordinary consumer wirleless routers be used to bridge two wired LANs?
  10. Wii
  11. gnuplot 4.2 step function plotting

[edit] January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 4

  1. Free Internet
  2. Excel update problem.
  3. wget when server doesn't allow cwd into the directory
  4. Finding Words
  5. SAP HR (furnctional) or Oracle HRMS
  6. Tracing
  7. Computer rejecting iTunes
  8. Drawings
  9. FREE bandwidth logging software for windows
  10. IPv6
  11. MS Excel formula help (SOLVED)
  12. HDMI sparklies
  13. Help in Turing 4.1.1

[edit] January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 5

  1. help
  2. Disaster
  3. MP3 player help
  4. Connecting a computer, a Playstation 3 and a television set
  5. More in memory > More electricity usage?

[edit] January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 6

  1. Japanese Input in Internet Explorer 6 screwed up
  2. Ordered files
  3. WEB SCANNER /ANTI- VIRUS SOFTWARES
  4. uml(unified modeling language)
  5. Random alterations
  6. CD, recordable status ?
  7. Compressed SVG readable and displayable by browser?
  8. put star chart on mac desktop
  9. Windows XP moving shortcut icons
  10. Adding RAM to Laptops?
  11. Adding RAM from 2001 PC
  12. Wireless adapter

[edit] January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 7

  1. windows mouse
  2. Printer button lock
  3. How to unzip downloaded file RaWrite2
  4. How many people read Wikipedia?
  5. Help .... eBay
  6. Comcast DVR
  7. Cool toad
  8. Freaky mobile phone/pc question
  9. Motorola KRZR
  10. Small confusion
  11. Imposition/Pagination in DTP software
  12. Reinstall Kubuntu from CD without reformatting
  13. computer help
  14. computer help
  15. Backing up iTunes on an external hard drive.
  16. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 7#|]]
  17. Ipod File Format Question

[edit] January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 8

  1. HTML table formatting
  2. Psp video 9?
  3. HD DVD or blue-ray?
  4. Playing Wii on a laptop screen
  5. "Any-of-these-tables" foreign key
  6. sqlite gui.
  7. Excel help required
  8. IC recorder
  9. I got a Disk Error?
  10. PHP operator
  11. Securing your wireless internets :)

[edit] January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 9

  1. Partition madness
  2. ISO framerate
  3. Fedora video cropping tool
  4. widescreen or full? why?
  5. Windows scripting
  6. Sending EOF to QSHELL on System i
  7. Print screen
  8. Website Frames Question
  9. Linux/WinXP combo
  10. Computer animated films
  11. Making pages live
  12. Disposable short URLs

[edit] January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 10

  1. IP question 1of2
  2. IP question 2of2
  3. How to publish or host a website after creating website
  4. linux
  5. am shocked
  6. Printer cable...
  7. help identifying IDE connectors

[edit] January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 11

  1. protecting flash swf
  2. String literals in C
  3. Hardware problem- Requesting advice
  4. MS Outlook - strange behavour
  5. Corrupted WMI
  6. Rockbox / iPodLinux on nano 2nd gen
  7. How do batteryless LED flashlights work and could you use othere magnets?
  8. Fragmented system files on non-system partition
  9. avi video
  10. Yet another waste-of-time product
  11. Deciding which mouse to buy

[edit] January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 12

  1. Keylogging
  2. Wiki Technical
  3. Guillemot graphics
  4. WatchWAN alternatives for logging bandwidth usage.
  5. Wirelessly bridgin a NAS-device
  6. does opening keyboard's tiny hind legs improve ergonomics?
  7. shrunk hard disk
  8. Screenshot?
  9. how to splice wires with electrical tape
  10. mechanical turk proxy
  11. Sense and absurdity of firewalls
  12. USB 2.0 on WinXP SP2
  13. 60 fps to 25 fps

[edit] January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 13

  1. MS Outlook
  2. Transparent Webproxy for Dumb Applications?
  3. [[Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 13#|]]
  4. MediaWiki semi protection
  5. USB HDD Tower?
  6. DIY computer
  7. HDs always hot but supposed to be powered down
  8. Facebook profile picture
  9. Laptop specs advice

[edit] January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 14

  1. BlueJ
  2. Nvu website on 1&1 account
  3. Vista Ultimate 64bit Query
  4. Magic Workstation card images
  5. free keylogging software
  6. About the name 'wireless'
  7. Sony Ericsson and Nokia agreement on mobile phone keys?
  8. Disk Cloning

[edit] January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 15

  1. Running x86 Binaries on PPC
  2. Vista 32-Bit or 64-Bit
  3. xfce theme
  4. Acquiring and using a digital signature
  5. A small question about music software
  6. Linux question
  7. Editing song tags
  8. Graphical User Interface
  9. eee pc in budapest

[edit] January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 16

  1. AIM
  2. Alternative to Parallels Compressor? (Compressing a virtual disk)
  3. I want a cheap web domain name and domain-based email but I don't need hosting - any ideas?
  4. Need help installing Ubuntu
  5. How can I host my own wiki?
  6. "Windows Explorer" right click options
  7. Object Oriented Programming
  8. Boot message
  9. Video Card
  10. accounting and machines

[edit] January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 17

  1. can I get there from here? A very small virtual machine just for a web browser.
  2. Bash script help
  3. Accessing router without browser
  4. Google questions
  5. Kubuntu questions
  6. Video Cards
  7. sorting problem (question moved from Language desk)
  8. Unexplained computer shutdowns
  9. Idle time on Linux and Windows
  10. HTTP Guide
  11. Best Video Software
  12. iTunes update

[edit] January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 18

  1. Voice Modulation
  2. Booting from a copied virtual drive (but with non-virtual questions too)
  3. China
  4. Sudoers file with wrong permissions?
  5. Hosting an mp3
  6. Close rs232 serial port using turbo c
  7. Please forward VB topics?
  8. Protecting a backup
  9. Colorspaces and desktop publishing
  10. Desktop Expresscard readers?

[edit] January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 19

  1. Compressing a video file
  2. "Live" screensaver?
  3. sandisk sansa c250
  4. File transfer on Lan
  5. Programming manual of style
  6. Computer hardware for dummies
  7. virtualPC, qemu, etc I can run *UNDER* windows 3.1

[edit] January 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 20

  1. Blocking Texts
  2. wireless monitor
  3. EVE subscriptions
  4. Localhost
  5. Password for folder
  6. flow chart
  7. Languages to learn to get a job as a programmer
  8. Determining a microprocessor instruction set
  9. C++ struct
  10. Batch zipping of .txt files in a folder

[edit] January 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 21

  1. Keep losing connectivity on wireless connection
  2. What to do with laptop monitor?
  3. Help with deleting photos
  4. Watching videos on iPod and Video formats
  5. is $336 too much for a 1200 lumen 800x600 projector USED?
  6. projector specs for dvd-watching
  7. Radiation in computers.
  8. GOOGLE EARTH HATES ME!!!
  9. Non Destrucitve Partitioning
  10. DVD burner for old laptop
  11. Questions posted on 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st?
  12. JavaScript
  13. Question about scripts
  14. keyboard vs. Tablet pc

[edit] January 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 22

  1. Microsoft Outlook 2003
  2. DRM software
  3. Network related activities
  4. Checking unreplied emails in GMail
  5. 1clickDVD verses Any DVD
  6. Problem connecting wirelessly to router
  7. LaTeX, Sections and New Pages

[edit] January 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 23

  1. FL Studio question
  2. Weird Webpage
  3. "Redlining"
  4. Micro SDHC card
  5. Dual-head + onboard video
  6. Adobe (photoshop)
  7. Object Oriented Programming
  8. HTPC
  9. iTunes on Vista

[edit] January 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 24

  1. Video game choppiness
  2. how to stop a message being sent
  3. Rescuing DVD video contents
  4. ip hostname lookup customized
  5. RAM on my Core 2 Duo
  6. Macbook turns off when I close lid
  7. Wacom Tablet
  8. Stupid Excel
  9. Inserting .jpg images *in the body* of an email (not as attachment...)
  10. Making an address list in Eudora 6.2
  11. Map creating software
  12. streaming audio on non-windows machine
  13. Best mix of graphic cards
  14. With the newest patchs, is possible to a modder create customs playables race or classes to others players play in neverwinter nights 2 ??

[edit] January 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 25

  1. Vista games
  2. Dual core speed equivalence
  3. A Certain Website
  4. Linux stuff
  5. Leopard and GNU
  6. Blurry Picture on External Monitor
  7. Windows Vista
  8. MediaWiki templates opening html tag
  9. Elegant mySQL Table Transformation
  10. OEM Vista
  11. OS upgrade -- is it worth it?

[edit] January 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 26

  1. slow computers
  2. jamba juice
  3. Runescape
  4. Worm.Win32.NetSky
  5. ZTE USB Modem
  6. FAT-16 and Long File Names
  7. overconfidence
  8. Bridging networks
  9. my first spam
  10. ray tracing hardware
  11. Slow Startup
  12. Gimp or Inkscape bug?
  13. Ubuntu demo cd
  14. RAM stuff

[edit] January 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 27

  1. online sex robot
  2. Integer Variables
  3. pdf creator for Apple
  4. Authenticated protocols
  5. More DIY computer help please!
  6. Short-term broadband?

[edit] January 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 28

  1. Different graphic cards
  2. The most convenient library search interface?
  3. Video editing/compositing software with music sync?
  4. Clear reasons why employees need to use their work email accounts
  5. Freenet: tracing the source
  6. UPS software
  7. meta.xml

[edit] January 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 29

  1. Google Talk compatible program on Mac
  2. Web proxy that will support flash?
  3. Typedefs in a hurry
  4. secure pseudorandom number generation
  5. About the RD itself...
  6. Spell-checker algorithm
  7. Google searching without calling up maps - possible?
  8. Removing email addresses

[edit] January 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 30

  1. MS power point 2007
  2. Windows My Music song attributions
  3. Age of Empires 3: Asian Dynasties
  4. Converting a series of JPG pictures to MPEG
  5. No picture shown from Samsung SyncMaster 913N monitor on nVidia GeForce 8600 GT graphics card
  6. MSN Live Messenger
  7. Cash Box
  8. Wikipedia from the MS Office Research task pane?

[edit] January 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2008 January 31

  1. Freeware Cartoon makers
  2. Default font for notepad in vista
  3. Wikipedia freezes Internet Explorer
  4. Formulas
  5. How do you make a WYSIWYG Editor for websites?
  6. Pushy web pages
  7. Hard drive max
  8. Extracting part of movie file
  9. biggest memory
  10. When did Brussel change their telephon numbers from 6 figures to 7
  11. Advice on Information Technology Degree and employment opportunities it may offer in France
  12. Slideshow software for very large number of files
  13. Linux on SONY VAIO VGN-NR21M/S