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August 1
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 1
Blu-ray anamorphic widescreen
Internet connection
Extract text from pdf
Identifying model of PowerBook G4 & Nil Startup
Gmail Sent Mail/Sent Messages
Follow-up post from a month ago - found it!
Nine-segment displays in elevators in Germany
cheap small-ish i5 or i7 pc with 4 or 8 gb ram and solid state?
Google Earth polygons
PROJECT ON RSA ALGORITHM
smtp for Google apps
August 2
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 2
Maps for dummies
Where did I go wrong? (XP password bypass)
Facebook profile train station option?
head-mounted display
Sluggish bittorrent window in Ubuntu
PNY VCQ450NVS-X16-PB Quadro NVS 450
'Can You Run It?'
How to check which program created a file in my computer (Windows)?
How can I cancel saving a web page in IE?
Monitoring network adapters on my computer
DOS command prompt command to get rid of Mac resource forks
Droid 3 processor swap
August 3
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 3
Broken Computer
nostradamus's best and worst predictions?
Windows Vista behavior copying CDs
Voice Memo app for Android 3G MyTouch T-Mobile?
Creating New Word Document + Content from Macro
further question on c++ objects deleting themselves
name of city
Searching for a computer part
Contacting an IP
mac os x time machine
PC problems with running programmes from icons
August 4
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 4
Full HD backup and recover for a Windows 7 PC
Please help in finding a jigsaw creating program...
Nexus S vs LG Optimus 2X
August 5
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 5
convert jpg to text
Dueling monitors
Can't save my Tiddlywiki
Extensible compilers & languages, compiler-compilers, metaprogramming, extensible syntax, domain specific languages, language-oriented programming
FORTRAN
My computer has gone mute
August 6
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 6
Battery charger
Again, sata drives are being strange
Dell loves to nickel-and-dime us. What computer manufacturer gives us a better customer experience?
LAN - WIRELESS CONNECTION
AntiSec's law enforcement hack
OpenSSL API
August 7
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 7
Lappy keeps shutting down
"Go to a web site" displayed in Firefox address slot rather than the URL
MS Word - Highlighting
Batch renaming in Linux
August 8
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 8
I need an old computing joke
Android - ability to sound alarm at regular intervals
SVG image appears incorrectly after uploading into Commons
Copying text from website with LOTS of links
Chat site
Windows easy transfer
mouse pointers
August 9
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 9
Cell phone without a baseband processor
Identify a satellite-view or bird's-eye-view image?
Starting programs via Run
Name of open internet group?
functions of a function
Router gives wrong location
August 10
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 10
Cannot access Windows Update
computers?
MS Office on a tablet
Hi-Grade ftp site for laptop drivers
undefined reference to vtable
Different Voltage slower computers?
explicitly forbid a Windows 7 process from consuming more than 95% of the CPU
Where to find certificates in Windows 7?
August 11
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 11
Does lowering the volume on an MP3 player increase battery life?
What? A METAL DETECTOR APP? (Android Marketplace)
Android device with a USB Host port
Cheapo Android tablet battery life
Unable to create an Yahoo account.
JDK, JRE, x86, x64
Linux Keyring prompt fix
What computer manufacturer gives better warranty deals?
Why would a toolbar disappear?
Networked printer problems
Using VLC to add video effects/adjustments to vids
Tr0ub4dor&3 vs. correcthorsebatterystaple
August 12
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 12
"Temporarily" installing software
Mouseover pop-up CHN-ENG translator for Internet Explorer?
cropping jpg images
Google forces its localized domain on me
Google problem
Screen Quality with Video Question/Concern
flickr
PS2 .STR Audio Files
Where's the security weakness?
August 13
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 13
Video Enhancement and Programming
Help with MS Access 2007 (VBA) to open a new instance of excel 2007 instead of excel 2003
How to make each excel files open in a same instance of excel 2007
databases
Obsolete or backdated website
How to find a lost iPhone
Parallels desktop
August 14
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 14
How would a website/network know that it's you, even if your IP address is changed?
disable keyboard on laptop
solution of computer problem
Stretch screen resolution
How do I install language support without Microsoft Office?
My MS office program is now in windows.old folders, but how do I get it to work again?
Stopping Firefox from flashing a page and then changing it
Is defragmenting pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys worth it?
Microsoft Word preferences
August 15
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 15
HP 6310 all-in-one printer
Web-page problem
Wireless internet provision in a large building such as a hotel
Program Files Folder x2
Identify software for plotting stories
Find and Replace expression: Change 3rd colon to a period?
Looking for nice boxes and arrows FOSS
twitter
August 16
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Google's purchase of Motorola
need help
omanual file format
Laptop battery - left plugged in and running
Security implications of a poor-man's proxy?
August 17
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 17
Most likely thing to die in a PC from a power surge
Someone sending emails from my Outlook
Reversi Bug
A computer without a chassis?
Finding and configuring certain hotkeys
August 18
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 18
changing name of wireless router
Geomedia Professional
Problem with [http://theie9countdown.com]
parchive
Cannot stream video from A&E family of websites
Zip file
Can't install Windows XP x86 on Windows 7 x64 as a second partition
Power Supplies for laptops
how can pypy work?
August 19
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 19
Google Street View privacy concerns
Download special video from youtube?
accurate shut down
Excel number display format
Firesheep for Linux
Powerpoint Open Side-by-Side?
Fibre Channel over Ethernet: Bridging Device
PS2 .STR Audio Files
August 20
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 20
Permutation identification
Javascript program writing
Firefox source code
Where does Chrome keep its bookmarks?
Windows 7 file explorer and all internet browsers jump back a page
How to send an old computer system to schools in Africa?
CSS normal text style
Can most computers type diacritics?
MS Excel - Elapsed time calculations
Router settings
August 21
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 21
Burning time differences
best proxy to avoid detection
Adobe InDesign favour
August 22
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 22
Layout Diagrams of Computer Hardware Standards
How can I batch process convert MP3s into mono?
Diagnosing intermittent crashing
Reporting facebook abuse
Tor Proxy error..please help (Q moved from misc desk)
August 23
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 23
Firefox: Is this a problem for anybody else?
Looking up Chrome's history file
Learning Print Conversion to Web
Firefox keyboard shortcut
Why www and http?
Changes in BootCamp 4.0
Any NLE that can natively edit MKV files?
QR codes for Wikipedians
August 24
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 24
Making an FTP connection secure
History of computers
Reloading without re-caching
August 25
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NLB Browsers in Windows 7
What happens to files and programs when you install linux over windows?
Windows Media Player 11 - Resizing
How involved was Steve Jobs in technical design/architecture?
school lab a little lost
I'm not used to new windows installs (formatting etc)
Phone calculator
August 26
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A little help please with new windows install/getting my hardware to work?
Missing audio channel?
extracting 3d coordiantes from 2d images of face
August 27
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 27
Reading PDFs that have columns
Secret Facebook Group
Are hex codes, CMYK, and RGB equivalent, or does one have greater color range than the rest?
What irc channel has the most people in it?
Why is idling in irc channels considered bad?
How to sync a Palm Tungsten E with a Dell Studio XPS with windows 7 ?
Free PDF software
Maximum RAM capacity for a Compaq presario CM2050 1456VQL1N laptop
"Additional logon information required" error message Windows 7
Mozilla support forums - few messages since August 18
select count vs. mysql_num_rows
August 28
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 28
New technology info
Stellarium
NLB Browsers in Windows 7
API usage to view deleted file
Chrome IDN whitelist
Internet explorer first to use domain greying out in address bar?
Symantec Norton Ghost 15.0 - Tape Drive Support
August 29
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 29
First stage bootloader larger than 512 bytes
CSS Full-Height Scrollable Columns
hibernate a single program
August 30
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 30
Mozila reloading previous sessions
Editing .bashrc
wikipedia mirror on my local network.
Deleting many files
Digital Pens
Microsoft Word length
Second most popular non-commercial site
Automatically getting a file's parent directory in Windows 7?
Home directory physical location when running a Linux Live CD
August 31
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Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 August 31
Do I have Bitcoin straight in my head?
Does the browser or the server look for "index.html"?
Digitise my life: step one - acquire a scanner
Net Access
pcie half card with Wimax and WiFI
Telecommuting programming job boards?