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January 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 1

1. software of this kind??
2. pen source flash?
3. Paypal for Ebay
4. General MIDI's "Charang"
5. Unicode input
6. linksys wireless rotor
7. rogramming help request
8. oogle Calculator dead?

January 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 2

1. kgb
2. Windows BSD code
3. Simcity problem
4. Internet Wiki
5. Is there another program like Skype?
6. MSN Messenger display image problem
7. Master edit versus other kinds of edits
8. Xine vs VLC
9. here goes nothing.(javascript/dom/Xhtml)(oh, and CSS)
10. Name this unknown app
11. Web Surfing on a non plasma/lcd TV
12. I cannot resize a partition with partition magic

January 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 3

1. MySpace IM
2. Running Linux on A Blackberry Handheld
3. Free Ipod Converter (RM)
4. pacific county
5. Assignment Help Request
6. Printing hidden pages in Excel
7. Looking for an old Half-Life mod
8. How can I put RM stream videos into my iPod?
9. oops
10. Wii #3
11. Why is the United States so far behind in cellphones?
12. which do you think you would prefer for reading?
13. TV as Monitor
14. Dear Sir
15. ogic, CMOS, and the like
16. posted by mistake

January 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 4

1. p3 solid state music players
2. Strange keyboard overload?
3. an Apple 2 simulation game
4. Digital Time Lapse Phography
5. Putting wikipedia into iPod
6. iPod transferamation
7. Creating Wikis
8. I'm at a loss.... (PC to Mac)
9. Resizing an SVG.
10. jpeg/bmp/whatever files to pdf files

January 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 5

1. onts in Inkscape
2. ixel counter
3. Can I export .pst data from subfolder in Outlook Contacts to Excel?
4. External Hard Drive and OSX
5. Computer Help please
6. Dead Laptop
7. JVC LT-32X576 connected to Computer
8. Personal subst templates
9. Vista requirements
10. Can somebody play on-line using a PlayStation 2 emulator?
11. Java Web Start dug out from cache
12. war in mmorpg
13. removal of aol demo
14. Intel Centrino Duo vs Core 2
15. No numbers to load game to p.c

January 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 6

1. wireless router
2. Music Mixer

January 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 7

1. Bulk renaming of files
2. Mainframe
3. Neverwinter nights 2 questions
4. Disk staging
5. Database conversions
6. My Recent Documents (Windows XP Start Menu)
7. any way to make windows xp sound recorder record longer?
8. problem downloading from camera
9. Removing traces of another OS
10. .avi to dvd
11. Calculator Progamming
12. Electronic attendance counter

January 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 8

1. Expresscard graphics
2. 3 monitors on a Radeon 9250 PCI 128 mb
3. Exit X Server in Kubuntu Edgy
4. Files Not Accessible
5. Boolean Algebra
6. Japanese character set for Mozilla Firefox
7. Advanced? API? programming
8. upload text only format
9. What knowlage do i thirst for?
10. what languages are recognized by deterministic pushdown automata (DPDAs)?
11. Overclock lock?
12. Irritating loading thing
13. atlab figures to SVG

January 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 9

1. Kubuntu - Disabling Switch User Option
2. Transmission
3. Windows XP Background Graphics
4. IMP question
5. could u please help

January 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 10

1. Buying a laptop without Windows
2. ype 07
3. programming language
4. System file backup...?
5. Avi Mashup
6. Deleted file
7. Printing
8. Class Methods
9. How much would you pay for this Desktop PC?
10. why the %28 %29 for secondary disambiguations?

January 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 11

1. On Rewritable CD's
2. Getting an iTunes library from PC to Mac
3. Computer System Architecture - Memory Management
4. About pendrives.
5. MySQL Data searched by Google & Co?
6. which is the best size for a tablet pc
7. sshd for Windows using passwd file
8. Is a PC mouse more likely to be controlled by Bios or a device driver?
9. Setting up passwordless (key-based) login on an ssh server I don't own.
10. Newb-friendly music apps?
11. My system tray battery icon has vanished, and refuses to return
12. General-purpose GUI input to plain text output
13. Adding IR output device to a laptop
14. Latest IT trends

January 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 12

1. Ubuntu in expert mode
2. Software to write reports in style of Wikipedia?
3. which is the bigger program in mb of data recovery HD
4. Change supply voltage
5. Blogging
6. question about file types on Firefox for Mac
7. Syncing a PocketPC PDA with Mac OS X
8. video
9. video
10. Blocking Open Proxies under the IPv6 network (which has 3.403*(10^38) unique addresses!)
11. See Also

January 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 13

1. Magazine-style printing?
2. Cannot Empty Recycle Bin
3. Router
4. Converting ppc to intel
5. isplay Problem
6. Lexar USB Drive/PowerToGo Software
7. WORD 5.1
8. he 'New hw found ' dialog appears..
9. Mimic FireFox "about:config" dialog using wxPython (preferrably)
10. Removing Feature of Firefox 2.0
11. windows xp
12. how can digital radios auotmatically jump over noisy channels?

January 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 14

1. NFS Carbon graphics
2. Fast tests for non-convex dynamic-mesh collision?
3. Google feature
4. How do you make a forum?
5. PSOne Emulator
6. How do I set up my own website with MediaWiki?
7. Intel vs Amd, ATI vs Nvidia
8. Aplescript Variable Help
9. SB flash drive
10. Syncing Firefox
11. Tunneling X connection
12. C compilers
13. Hacking into a Windows XP Home Laptop.
14. Fastest ISP?
15. Getting image to look like this
16. youtube
17. Forgot Password to Window Xp
18. the sims 2

January 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 15

1. Dual Screen Wallpaper
2. Chip sets
3. Cable TV on computer
4. Why does publicfile hide files with spaces in them (in FTP)?
5. portable hard disk
6. ITANIUM PROCESSOR
7. Portable hard disk
8. Dvipdfmx (latex) error: Object reference with key "page.i" is in use.
9. Malicious form of Microsoft copy protection...?
10. trial programs
11. Two computer problems; IE and Outlook
12. Program to click a link

January 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 16

1. IRC Poker
2. converting nanograms to kilograms
3. Line Rider
4. Searching with exact grammar
5. Telecom
6. Podcast
7. Wiktionary question
8. spam-injection protection
9. Optimum Online
10. Determining authoritative name servers
11. Audio / Video
12. In-browser chatting

January 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 17

1. MediaWiki: 1.8.2 / FCKEditor 0.7.2 and local links parser issues
2. UV Cathode Light?
3. Turning on a power supply
4. CorelDRAW fill problem
5. Considering Purchasing Wireless Print Server
6. Insertion in linked list
7. Downloading file without visiting the page
8. Pausing output in Linux
9. I 89 Titanium help request
10. Are there any other programs like Skype?

January 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 18

1. ixel software
2. Most common words
3. Acer problems
4. Microsoft Excel
5. Facebook: Can I see who is viewing my account?
6. Database software ease-of-use
7. How many?
8. database management
9. Defective hard disk/drive?
10. Question regarding PHP
11. AJAX wiki?
12. Duplicate MP3 Files
13. decoder and encoder circuits in mediaplayer
14. Problems with video player.
15. Cyber Squatting
16. Problems with HashMap keys
17. ull ? k
18. Timer Sever Suggestion
19. Excel to Inkscape
20. Syntax Highlighting Editor - how can I colour words??
21. Digital clock strangeness
22. iTunes DRM

January 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 19

1. Extracting images from a video file
2. AIM 6.0 Format Screen Name
3. which is better, GeForce2 GTS or MX
4. here to store files?
5. trOubleshoOting
6. ebian on PS3
7. Hebrew History
8. Website Blocks
9. Clicks, crackles and blips on new headphones
10. Combining split files in Windows
11. eneral Linux Questions...
12. Organizing music

January 20

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 20

1. smallest ext2 partition
2. Adding an SWF into a FLA
3. Podcasts going into my music library in iTunes
4. WIN Xp RegisterEdit
5. Custom Packet
6. Hard Disc Discrepancies

January 21

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 21

1. Intel Xeon vs Core 2
2. PC vs Workstation
3. Vista high-def DRM
4. Vista upgrade?
5. VLC + Quicktime Interactive Movie
6. Sharing...?
7. How do I connect to a network printer
8. HTML background image question
9. Nokia Phone ID
10. 'Push' Email

January 22

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 22

1. bug busters?
2. Downloading from websites.
3. USB hubs
4. Webpage Help
5. About Wi FI
6. operating system
7. Bad Ram
8. There's an 80mm CD stuck in my MacBook.
9. Windows XP Sound Device
10. Torent
11. football games on linux
12. Javascript/ css integration
13. tyra
14. Removing a page from Google's index
15. Line Rider
16. AOL
17. what kind?
18. help running a command line program in OS X

January 23

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 23

1. Creating duplicate hard links, then making them independent
2. Memory upgrades
3. acx 100
4. Best Portfolio Simulator on the Web
5. how to learn data base
6. Bit Stream or Videos of S/W Disasters
7. Logging my activity
8. Saving opened tabs
9. Gah, FF is opening blank tabs

January 24

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 24

1. USB Antivirus protection
2. Google Earth topo maps
3. Outlook Macro to Send "Returned as Undeliverable" Message
4. Free voice-changing software
5. Cd help
6. CD-ROM issues.
7. Image editing software
8. GNU sort is slow.
9. Printing files with php
10. System 360 Operator
11. Large article transwiki
12. Floating point versus PCM data in Uncompressed Audio
13. e-mail downloads using outlook express
14. Excel

January 25

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 25

1. seeking a service to provide low-/no-cost occasional dial-up access from Germany
2. browsing history
3. Linux installation.
4. I have a blogging question.
5. MAC Question
6. Origins of Mobile Banking
7. GPG passphrase cracker.
8. Preloading an image for a div background in javascript
9. Isolating a segment of a LAN
10. wikipedia or social networking research subjects
11. Dell Inspiron 5100 "Tap to Click" on the Touchpad

January 26

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 26

1. Erase harddrive...?
2. Computer keyboard as an instrument
3. IT Communication
4. Memory card hub
5. Suggestion for a backup software
6. Dual core CPU speed description???
7. RSS aggregator
8. WinXP - Making the "Guest" account unable to access my folders
9. auto deletions while editing Wikipedia
10. Chalkboard drawing animation

January 27

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 27

1. Radeons
2. Email question
3. Java Applet
4. Windows update
5. www.helium.com
6. Excel
7. Can't preview Bittorrents
8. Hard disk format - 'serial number' - what's this for?
9. How reliable...?
10. Mac OS X Preference Pane
11. printer margins?
12. Blocking some websites
13. Sega Saturn Operating System
14. game design programs
15. converting recorded DVDs to avi, wmv etc
16. AutoCAD drawings to SVG PNG or GIF
17. E-mail Client

January 28

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 28

1. Return HDrive to a "virgin state"
2. Permanent Drive letter in Windows XP
3. CSS rollover buttons
4. Java equivalent of Perl's HTTP::Request?
5. Chalkboard drawing animation
6. Converting audio tapes
7. What is a mouse pad
8. software
9. ip addresses
10. Desktops icons help
11. CSS rollover vs Javascript rollover
12. Odd Flash incompatibility?
13. Cheats, hints, anything for the game "Drift: When Worlds Collide"?
14. JSON Encapsulation.

January 29

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 29

1. python analogue to 'getattr' (getobj?)
2. Gaps between CD audio tracks
3. ipod disk defragment?
4. Software over hardware...?
5. JPEG format output...?
6. 802.11g
7. Booting
8. Ram diagnosis
9. hp wireless mouse info needed.
10. Windows XP automatically restarts
11. about web site finance
12. Submitting a form with javascript
13. when will Win XP become obsolete?
14. synchronize mp3 player?

January 30

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 30

1. web page creation
2. GRUB on USB
3. IE6.x Favourites and Links disappearing
4. Tips on improving a Java program I wrote
5. How to program something to send text messages to a textbox
6. Download
7. Windows Media Player 11 - Sorting by Title
8. Object Request Broker
9. Computer Printing
10. Java Canvas
11. Questions from a Linux (kind of) newbie
12. Java coding for cellphones
13. Partition help! (Formerly Duplicating a drive)
14. Interconnection diagram
15. Internet Dial-Up to Modem Ratio

January 31

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2007 January 31

1. Need an outliner recommendation
2. Is your computer 32- or 64- bit?
3. I suspect I have a rootkit
4. Desktop
5. Linux Winmodem Compatability.
6. myspace
7. Unix/Fat FS
8. nvidia nv44 driver update
9. jboss deployment
10. New Hard Drives
11. Windows-Linux webcam
12. How To Turn RAM (Random Access Memory) To ROM (read only memory)
13. Atari 2600, ?-Bit
14. Email
15. Vista and Office 2007
16. AVI files that can't fast foward
17. IE 6.0.2100.2180 SP2 Frame Rendering