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April 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 1

1. Clear browser cache from JavaScript
2. Looking for a GIF animator
3. Multicolor Fill Effects Gone in Powerpoint 2007
4. HP Deskjet 3420 Printer
5. Task manager
6. ATA-48 / Solaris 10 / Sun Blade 100
7. life's little frustrations
8. Proxies

April 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 2

1. RAM
2. Allowing DVD player, Video game system, and cable box to run on same TV.
3. Cable Question
4. what is
5. XP and available RAM
6. Hardware for reading PDF files
7. SQL query
8. Ask.com Service
9. Research Services
10. TiVo on iO cable
11. Text messaging
12. Pandemonium 1 does not work

April 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 3

1. Geforce 8800, Soundcards.
2. backing up files
3. Google summaries
4. to send as a mail
5. Vista compatibility.
6. Processor
7. troubleshoot remote desktop
8. Page break in MS EXCEL
9. Apple Cinema HD Display (30" flat panel)
10. Installation help
11. file.writelines() in python

April 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 4

1. Screenshot
2. Webcam video
3. VD capacity
4. rounding calculations to decimal places
5. A Windows muffler
6. Can I add bluetooth remote function to my mobile
7. download
8. Help! Microsoft Pinyin IME version 3.0
9. Photoshop
10. Video Capture
11. Drivecleaner on my Mac?

April 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 5

1. Starting a job stopped
2. RTHDCPL.EXE illegal system DLL relocation
3. my perfect blog
4. 'Virtual' graphics card for openSUSE linux?
5. Comcast Technician labor
6. Ebay Sales info
7. Windows update problem
8. Low ink consumption printer
9. new technology
10. Sharing photos on a LAN.
11. SQL Problem
12. Screencast
13. Web 2.0 in Museums
14. lastmeasure
15. removed article
16. Virus on my PC!

April 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 6

1. Screenshot in Adobe Photoshop CS2?
2. Grub menu
3. bit torrents
4. Superior notepad
5. Country-specific internet search
6. Excel: Calculating average of a product of two columns
7. Character Palette
8. Loophole in blocking IP adresses
9. Wireless internet problem
10. LG DVD firmware update
11. Internet browser windows
12. Photoshop's weak text support
13. Snipping Tool in Windows Vista
14. Linux and graphics cards

April 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 7

1. Photoshop Question
2. Building a cheap linux box
3. Perl or Python
4. Monitor wont turn on
5. Monitor bonk
6. limeware
7. Audio and Video problems.
8. Strangely encoded MP4 WAV files
9. clearing up a pic
10. DVD Decrypter error or Videora iPod Converter error?
11. Image:School_ip.svg
12. Unknown virus
13. Windows Vista Sleep
14. Icon when image is loading in browser
15. Firefox, Thunderbird trying to act as servers
16. Quicktime, itunes in vista: lot'sa issues
17. MACs and MP3s
18. Hard Drive (And More) Question
19. HDD Question
    1. one-click Linux download?
20. 1.20 blocking ip ranges

April 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 8

1. Custom Equalizer Changes In Songs
2. MP3 players and cars
3. Multi-touch
4. Unix and shells
5. Display contrast
6. Starting program
7. Load up
8. Backup problems
9. MSAccess2000 problem with running wizards
10. What does "mount a network drive" mean in Unix/Linux?
11. Backup .bkf file with Vista
12. Program to change the keys on a keyboard.
13. The Return of the Stickiness
14. synchronization
15. "US Server down" for over 24 hours now
16. Batch generation of SVG files
17. Skills for user interface design

April 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 9

1. MAC vs. Mac
2. Hooking up N64 to PC
3. Movies in ppt
4. Laptop keyboard - stuck key
5. Beginner's use of a database
6. Limewire not working
7. ~$ on Microsoft Word documents
8. LINUX open source sponsoring
9. DVD BURN
10. Samba asymmetrical speeds
11. Full Screen
12. Question about bibliographic management software
13. DVD burner not allowing the burning of DVDs
14. acceptance testing
15. Content Based Image Retrieval
16. Free Video Edit / Subtitle
17. Free tools for creating PDF file from HTML file with inline TIFF images?
18. Connecting my computer to my TV
19. Recommender system
20. Climate Change

April 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 10

1. 14 inch widescreen or 14" ordinary resolution
2. Processor comparisons
3. Installing GCC
4. Print Screen
5. LINUX O/S
6. restoring Firefox bookmarks
7. Benefits of SL Island for a University

April 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 11

1. Inkscape
2. Ad free services from Google
3. What links to this
4. Windows task scheduler versus Unix Anacron
5. Get Firefox to accept Opera so I can import bookmarks
6. Disconnections
7. winpe
8. video game composer?
9. Programming in excel
10. printing a copy of the information
11. Homebuilt computer
12. Interchangability of Antennae
13. Autoclicking with mid button
14. RS232
15. Simultaneous Connection To Multiple Wifi Networks
16. Does this exist?
17. Will a Pentium M 478 pin processor work with a standard socket 478 motherboard?
18. PowerPoint
19. Audio

April 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 12

1. VPN and gaming
2. Virus Isamini.exe
3. HTML to wiki for use in MediaWiki-template
4. mp3 player file transfer
5. Disk change detection
6. A vivid definition of philosophy
7. Linux and USB volumes
8. rtorrent and screen
9. Question about Shared network
10. Converting torrent files
11. Problems with DualView with nVidia 8800 GTS
12. Does anyone remember these Apple ][ games?
13. Updater 5

April 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 13

1. Deleting spyware shit
2. Different permissions for subdirectory in Samba-share
3. MS Windows Multi-Monitor API
4. System forced shutdown
5. Monitor problem
6. AI and reference librarianship
7. Entry for Invicta Networks?
8. OS Choice Question
9. digital preservation programs at US businesses and organizations
10. SDRAM question

April 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 14

1. Business Network Layout
2. Convert VCDs into iPod format
3. intelligent batch process of mp3 files
4. Want to find Hide Files
5. video/computer game
6. RedDot Web Content Management System
7. This code fragment confuses me.
8. Gigabit Ethernet Networks
9. MIDI Wavetable Synth Question
10. How do I get a dark background in Firefox ?
11. Good font viewer for Windows
12. V card & freeview coverage
13. Artificial intelligence & Problem Solving Software
14. re-opening

April 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 15

1. Connect two computers with an ethernet
2. Word Math Plugin
3. Perl or PHP
4. GIMP batch operation
5. Blue Screen of Death
6. index.dat
7. yahoo messanger
8. ClearType on Adobe fonts

April 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 16

1. Macs vs PC's
2. and then there's the security issue
3. Adding internal speakers
4. New processor
5. Soup's on
6. Inode conversions
7. Flying Windows XP
8. Regarding e-duc low cost Pc of South America
9. distances
10. Which RFID chips are safe to implant in human bodies?
11. KDE Scripting
12. gcc parse tree

April 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 17

1. Linux on Razr
2. Blackberry BES
3. Computer stuffs
4. HEL3 - ethernet config weirdness
5. Video Editing and Reverse MP3 Playback
6. forgot password
7. Cleaning LCD screens
8. Google's earnings - answered

April 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 18

1. AppleScript and styled text
2. Reliability of YouTube view counts
3. Excel question
4. CD Image work virtually but not when burned...
5. word - page numbering
6. Buying a new laptop

April 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 19

1. Folding@Home
2. IP adresses
3. Proxy settings
4. Magnetic Stripe Writer
5. MD5Summer For Context Menu
6. Random numbers in bash
7. Own Valid Windows Key - Don't Own Windows Disc
8. Belkin Wireless Router uninstall

April 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 20

1. PID
2. Grand Theft Auto Vice City
3. Transfering all blog entries & best blog hosting for design
4. parttime_job
5. Resize Jpeg
6. Computer Programming
7. Windows Genuine Advantage
8. switched power supply
9. OpenSSH VPN in Windows?

April 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 21

1. Tracking Cookies
2. Can I solve this problem with my MP4 player?
3. AIRPORT EXTREME
4. Creating a new web site
5. monitoring problems
6. JavaScript/AJAX Problem
7. 4 && xml.handler.status
8. monitoring problems
9. PROJECT 64!
10. Dual monitors (kinda)
11. Airport Express and AirTunes
12. character based mood icons
13. Multiple IP addresses & open proxy
14. PDF file
15. iPod Video
16. Disc Drive
17. internet service at a school or business building
18. Winamp and Emusic

April 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 22

1. Smiley Face
2. SS instead of tables: left align, center, and right-align, all on one line
3. Image question
4. Request for details on Error message "Skein 0.0.3 error code 2"
5. Joost invitation
6. Optimal encoding of (not with) a Huffman tree
7. Computer Spec, difference between processors/etc
8. Computer thinks its dual core
9. Drawing/sketching applications for UIQ 3
10. Ubuntu 7.04
11. Ubuntu/Linux Software
12. Clock speed and FLOPS
13. Nintendo Wi-Fi
14. The Wall Street Journal mug shots

April 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 23

1. Google blurbs
2. Mp3 files that display very long running times
3. Laptop Screen and Magnet
4. Video Problem
5. Sync Byte
6. computer ideas
7. who made the first computer game

April 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 24

1. Anyone know about Adobe Photoshop Elements?
2. windows vista and msn messenger
3. Smart Keystroke Recorder
4. DDR error simple explanation
5. simple term please
6. computer
7. PrefixSpan Algorithm
8. networking
9. catergorization
10. JPEG Image Files & Animations
11. Information Systems
12. iptables firewall
13. FirstClass On Linux
14. Is DjVu an open format?
15. Word Ques.
16. Flipping text upsidedown in Microsoft Word
17. Power consumption.

April 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 25

1. Internet in Qatar
2. Mbps settings
3. Word 2004 sporadic crashes
4. What computer should I buy?
5. Innertube on cbs.com
6. Compaitibility of Sports Car GT with Windows XP?
7. DDR SDRAM at DIMM (s):1error continues
8. My computer can't reach Google
9. A program to "undirectorize"
10. Wikipedia largest reference in what languages
11. map
12. Boot computer
13. Saving Liferay passwords.
14. Shadow Effect
15. Paid screen shot software
16. Best resolution

April 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 26

1. Javascript onclick assignment
2. wierd yellow box that now appears on every wikipedia page
3. Help check over my UNIX shell script?
4. Computer temperature
5. Program to print a conversation-view summary of an email folder
6. /boot-equivalent for Microsoft Windows?
7. Computer display transfer
8. The Ugly Bug Called
9. changing keyboard layout
10. need help to understand.
11. a place do download colors schemes for windows XP
12. Ubuntu 7.04 on a Macbook Pro

April 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 27

1. Viewing deleted page content in a PDF file
2. Creating an exception to the Windows Firewall for Mac/PC networking
3. Sticky Excel/Access 2000 problem regarding importing DB with URLs hidden with anchor text
4. Running a website anonymously
5. what is the architecture of a core 2 duo processor?
6. RDBMS
7. Hard Disk Partitioning Query
8. Rogue television streaming
9. del.icio.us for windows XP
10. "blind group" email
11. Installing a Windows XP MBR
12. compilers and interpreters.
13. Installing Software on XP

April 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 28

1. Protecting illustrations from Acrobat OCR
2. Oh crap
3. Question about this computer font style? older computers used it
4. Why can two anti-spyware programs happily co-exist on the same computer...
5. DR2 backwards compatibility?
6. Percent encoding of forward slash in Firefox gives 404 error in Wikipedia
7. Hiding my ip address
8. Internet radio
9. Music making program
10. ExpressCard and USB
11. Can you recommend a group discussion website?
12. Can WinXP be installed on a laptop with a Turion 64 X2?

April 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 29

1. Flash Drive 1
2. Flash Drive 2
3. Fonts
4. Cell phones that read .PDFs and .DOCs
5. GB DS3P Raid setup problem.
6. Information system
7. Error message in Microsoft Access 2003
8. Transparent background
9. Internet economics
10. P-RAM in Apple Computers?

April 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 April 30

1. Hard drive to oblivion
2. How can I convert a avi divx file to wmv?
3. Geforce 8800GTS, DirectX 10.
4. Reinstalling OSX
5. AutoHotkey for linux
6. Digital TV signal encoding
7. Need help with Linux
8. GIF Animation
9. Google Earth
10. ClarisWorks and Microsoft Works
11. Movie maker and google video
12. Largest USB Flash Drive
13. flash drive usb