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February 1

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 1

  1. unwanted clicks
  2. Scheduling with multiple deadlines
  3. Do all modern browsers support 8-bit PNGs?
  4. Intel Turbo Boost
  5. search.iminent.com
  6. TalkTalk / SKY in the UK
  7. Network diagram for a wiki

February 2

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 2

  1. restriction to fiction in Google Books
  2. Alt code for ş
  3. Does quantum immortality imply NP⊆BQP?
  4. A program for calculating square units of area?
  5. What about ACTA?
  6. Javascript Array question
  7. DNS servers
  8. Generate range of hex numbers
  9. Is TAR safer than ZIP?

February 3

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 3

  1. Infinite Loop with updates
  2. help to control TV with ipad2
  3. Jumbo frames in gigabit ethernet switches
  4. HTML + JS + CSS
  5. Private use Area (unicode)
  6. Can someone recommend a good text editor with on-the-fly spelling checking?
  7. tracing ip addresses?
  8. Replacing LEDs with normal diodes
  9. Restart after installation
  10. How to make a generator using HTML

February 4

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 4

  1. Making a hard disk non-bootable
  2. CPU heating concern
  3. Why does images change?
  4. power of a Kobo (or other e-readers)

February 5

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 5

  1. Chrome - "The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash"
  2. Used copy of Spore
  3. fast C/C++ coroutines?
  4. display old Mac bitmap fonts

February 6

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 6

  1. Using MIT or BSD licensed software as a part of a closed-source program
  2. How can I close wiki-site?

February 7

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 7

  1. Kindle questions
  2. AWB?
  3. in general is something like vmware secure?
  4. Why programs damage images?
  5. Cookies in Windows 7
  6. Different Divs
  7. Typewriter effect in Windows Live Movie Maker

February 8

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 8

  1. Joint authoring a document
  2. computer project
  3. Greater resolutions in Virtual Box
  4. Google Documents Versioning
  5. Linux command: dir <number range>
  6. Server load estimate
  7. Cell-phones' OS

February 9

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 9

  1. Help (compter reboots after 20-25 minutes)
  2. Trying to install GAP in Gimp
  3. Would this computer be ok for my purpose?
  4. Hits on webpages
  5. Grabbing frames of video
  6. Why does the keyboard not match what it produces?
  7. Simple question I hope
  8. Telling if a company is legit
  9. ActiveX in IE9 / Win 7
  10. How to remove screwdriver head from Milwaukee Shockwave socket set?
  11. Help with Regular Expression (Syntax Searching) Please?

February 10

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 10

  1. USB 3 external hard drive
  2. Computers showing incorrect bit rate of songs question
  3. Slow computer
  4. Xbox 360s Hdd
  5. No need for extremely complicated passwords
  6. How to create a range of passwords that don't get confused or forgotten
  7. How can I tell if I have USB 3.0?
  8. TV brightness
  9. no isp

February 11

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 11

  1. Status of the internet
  2. "Appearance" of the identity function
  3. Limited WiFi Access

February 12

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 12

  1. Firefox and cookies (yet again)
  2. Parametric types and Generics
  3. A question about audio tone-changing...
  4. Client-side wiki software
  5. "AirPort"
  6. Types of 3d in games
  7. Search Engine Behaving Badly in Firefox 10.0.1

February 13

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 13

  1. PDF question
  2. dynamic url shortener
  3. IT
  4. Viability of playing video games on a non-gaming PC
  5. Firefox as daemon
  6. Windows 7 screen saver deactivation
  7. Ping Response
  8. Convert text to key presses
  9. Regex help requested

February 14

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 14

  1. Computer clock drift
  2. Can I somehow "repartition" and burn a Blu-ray disk (BD-RE) to behave like two or more DVDs?
  3. Exploit:JS/Blacole.BV
  4. JAR files confusion
  5. File sizes between OpenOffice and Microsoft Word
  6. USB 3.0 external hard drive

February 15

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 15

  1. XBOX 360 - Sign-in Problem
  2. VBA code for a form field in Microsoft Access
  3. need website monitoring software
  4. rsync's "non-regular files"
  5. Browser page load order

February 16

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 16

  1. pc software
  2. How do I get my ISP to get me IPv6?
  3. Why doesn't Facebook have a 1-5 star rating system for apps anymore?
  4. app
  5. Moving School Emails
  6. Google advanced search
  7. blog quiz
  8. What is the photo representing a video and can you block it?
  9. Bash commands in Linux
  10. How to remove TI-Nspire CAS Student Software completely

February 17

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 17

  1. Vector Spaces over Finite Vector Spaces
  2. Finding extensions

February 18

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 18

  1. Find Upon Opening Word
  2. Relail DVRs
  3. Internet Explorer Popups on Toshiba Computer

February 19

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 19

  1. Home mail server with multiple (external) POP3 accounts
  2. Multiple search queries on a web-page
  3. Computers predicting the economy
  4. Disabled wireless
  5. Desktop Shortcuts Disappear
  6. Downloading a flash function
  7. Creating machine code computer games in the 1980s
  8. floppy disk removal
  9. Wiring a Small Office with CAT6 Ethernet?
  10. Mystery Font
  11. Storing data in the 1980s or earlier?
  12. Halo Remake and 3D TV hack for 2 players on the same full screen?
  13. Charge Phone on Windows

February 20

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 20

  1. Ubuntu on Windows
  2. Youtube playlists not working in Safari

February 21

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 21

  1. Cloud storage service with password-based sharing
  2. Annoying menu on a website
  3. Picking a PIC
  4. Looking up very old websites
  5. learning html
  6. blocking unsolicited junk mail
  7. Missing email
  8. Inkjet ink cartridges
  9. 'Cutting' Patterns
  10. Alternative to Archive.org (The WayBackMachine)?

February 22

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 22

  1. Does partitioning a disk erase data
  2. Exactly how did Wikipedia get so popular?
  3. this (switching HDMI cables)
  4. Annoying Windows behaviour
  5. Perl - getting the value of the ones place
  6. computer
  7. Google and privacy

February 23

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 23

  1. Rigamarole
  2. How to express"a textbox is blank" in VB 2005?
  3. Computing x^y as exp(y*ln(x))
  4. Remove Wikipedia Search
  5. Wildcard character in Pywikipedia
  6. Microsoft equivalent to specify library path and static library to link with

February 24

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 24

  1. organizational chart
  2. Notable Wikipedians who are regular contributors or administrators?
  3. Word - Libreoffice conversion

February 25

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 25

  1. Shell script that prints a file tree to the screen
  2. flush disc cache in Windows 7
  3. Set to Terminal to run a custom command and now it closes every time
  4. Norton product differences
  5. Lustre is slow
  6. android phone as a radio scanner
  7. constitutional operating system
  8. Can DokuWiki indentation?
  9. buzzing power adapter

February 26

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 26

  1. Need router
  2. Graphics card
  3. Circuit symbol for a solar panel
  4. Downloading MMS/SMS from Motorola phone

February 27

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 27

  1. Formatting hard drives
  2. Size Of Wikipedia
  3. Getting URL of link

February 28

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 28

  1. missed an email - how do I forward the whole email account in Gmail's new look?
  2. Icon maker
  3. 8 x 4 foot IR pass filter
  4. Effective way to quickly reverse geocode

February 29

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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2012 February 29

  1. MP3 player
  2. Can't hit enter after typing URL in Firefox
  3. PDF document not opening properly in PDF Complete
  4. Windows 7 and some Firefox issues
  5. Leap day issues?
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