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[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] October 3

Wikipedia:Reference desk archive/Computing/2006 October 3

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] October 17

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