Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/February 2014

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February 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 2

1. Toshiba satellite Windows 8 question

February 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 3

1. Finding specific Wikimarkup
2. What's likely to screw up file permissions in OS X 10.6.8?

February 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 4

1. Windows 7 alt+up, alt+left

February 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 5

1. Network security
2. Can't play movies on Linux
3. apps and Google Drive

February 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 6

1. Google chrome censors email
2. Acrobat reader default paper size
3. Laptop models with a focus on the display

February 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 7

1. blocking a malicious website
2. Buying refurbished computers?
3. Scalers?

February 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 8

1. Trashing Old Laptops
2. Forcing Google Maps photodots.
3. Did Google.ru do the rainbow doodle with red orange yellow green blue violet?
4. Microsoft Safety Scanner vs. Windows Defender

February 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 9

1. credit card format
2. Antivirus software in nuclear plants
3. .com .net domains registered in world
4. Trendnet's not giving my the full internet
5. Table of contents with section linking in HTML
6. Replacing a wireless mouse

February 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 10

1. Freedom and you.
2. How to search the "Invisible Web" for entertainment?
3. How to draw with Android tablet

February 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 11

1. Keyboard for Nexus 10
2. Why do antiviruses do this?
3. What is the clunk sound I am hearing?
4. Question on livestream.
5. How to force font size and language when pasting formatted text in LibreOfficeWriter?

February 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 12

1. Google chrome censors email
2. Wikipedia bot for IP address updates
3. Flickr video length
4. Opinion is solicited for two antiviral programs

February 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 13

1. Mousing over a link turns the page background white in IE

February 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 14

1. After a memory upgrade.
2. What makes Linux the OS of choice for the TOP500?
3. Spacing in MAC finder windows (Maverick)
4. The easiest way to deploy a local DNS proxy/server?

February 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 15

1. Alphabet upgrade?
2. Capturing the "Sometimes" Subtitles on Handbrake

February 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 16

1. Replacing E5400 rackmount processors
2. I don't understand this link language. Just simplify the darn words as I'm simple!
3. Video editing software

February 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 17

1. Update "Stackable" Data in Access Table
2. Ubuntu - trouble in Paradise
3. Open wifi

February 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 18

1. Simple abuse filter
2. Lock symbols on photos
3. why Wiki set such a lot cookies ?

February 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 19

1. the screen of my tablet pc cannot be turned on anymore I'm afraid some password is still stored in browser autocompletion db
2. "49 Err 3D910C8" but I KNOW its a computer problem, not a printer one

February 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 20

1. List of webmail bigger than wikipedia one?
2. Anachronism in Schoonschip article?
3. MP4 videos into WMV videos
4. Why are algorithms and data structures related?
5. Deleting the $hf_mig$ folder

February 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 21

1. Uninstalling the $%^&ing Respondus Lockdown browser
2. piecewise-linear optimization
3. Is html5 a programming language?

February 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 22

1. VM in Win Serv 2008
2. Mozilla Firefox vs. Internet Explorer
3. MFM hard drive transfer rate
4. How to block specific cookies on Safari
5. Malware problem? Or?

February 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 23

1. Need a site for publishing details on a DSP algorithm
2. Writing Unicode text to files
3. minecraft server?

February 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 24

1. The character ?
2. Question regarding Pyside and Qt for android app development
3. Download XP SP3, but not through Windows Update

February 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 25

1. Could humanity get rid of the moon?
2. Being or implementing an algorithm?
3. Wireless Access Point vs Wireless Router for MY network
4. Install Linux on mum's Win XP computer remotely?

February 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 26

1. Discussing technology
2. Synchronized video replay
3. Dear Apple, why are we still programming as if we knew what the computer was going to do NeXT?
4. skype problem

February 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 27

1. Looking for a graphics application.
2. Free Game Recording Software
3. Twittter
4. JSONP
5. cell phone camera pixels
6. Archive Converter

February 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 February 28

1. Transferring files to a new machine
2. "Installing" MiKTeX2.9
3. Substituting Transistors on Electronics Project
4. What if Google fails?
5. Converting djvu (with text) to pdf (results in an image)
6. Why did my computer shut down?