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November 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 1

1. Joining Firefox
2. Questionable ways of improving code
3. Adobe Photoshop CSS 5.1 crashes with every attempt to create GIF
4. VBA for Microsoft Word help
5. regex
6. unable to chat - where do I type? (webchat.freenode.net)
7. internet homepages

November 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 2

1. PPT 2003 defaults
2. ie6 privacy setting medium (default)
3. Administrative distance
4. How do I avoid spamming?
5. HTML and CSS layout manager
6. What does this error message mean?
7. Windows time
8. Web Fonts in Firefox

November 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 3

1. Inherent Ambiguity in Context Free Grammars
2. Backwards E, revisited
3. Linux prints purple instead of blue
4. Python book, full of pictures, not "for dummies"
5. How to change screen mode in Personal Paint?
6. Original image of "Lenna"?
7. imagemagick

November 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 4

1. Python 2.7 doesn't support xattr
2. 1.5 TB WD MyBook won't show up on 2009 iMac
3. Data remanence on an SD card
4. My computer display and computer takes too much time to do somethiing.
5. Emulating joystick input in Linux
6. I wish to limit my upload bandwidth and am looking for a free program
7. Virtual drive
8. Folder renames by itself, part 2
9. GUI for CentOS Server
10. Android's kernel

November 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 5

1. Firefox restoring old session
2. transparent window?
3. PowerPoint Compatibility
4. Question about Android
5. Free software for motion-compensated de-interlacing

November 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 6

1. Variable signal quality in WLAN network
2. Alphabetically sorting icons in Excel
3. gmail - web browser only?
4. iPod full - can't delete
5. I'm reading emails from a Hotmail user.

November 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 7

1. VLC seek bar
2. 3d model evolution simulator program
3. YouTube viewer statistics
4. About Software development process
5. Mozilla firefox
6. Editable -> non-editable PDF
7. Character representations in ASCII and hexadecimal
8. Excel question

November 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 8

1. Windows Media Player as default
2. Linkedin invitations

November 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 9

1. Android's pixels
2. Converting a PowePint presentation for the web
3. hacking
4. video sharing questions
5. Case sensitivity in Oracle DbCommand in C#?

November 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 10

1. Harddisk Partition in Windows 7
2. Apple Developer Account Question
3. planck distribution function
4. Sonic Heroes Blender 3d Answer!
5. Sonic Game maker help

November 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 11

1. MySQL
2. When to change an HDD?
3. Fax receiving app for Android
4. LaTeX print number as a word

November 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 12

1. Is there a chatroulette that is NOT 1-on-1?
2. Camera picture card must format?
3. Odd behavior in electronic device

November 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 13

1. Tech support IRC
2. SSH connection
3. Inexplicable iTunes crashes
4. Couple of website based questions
5. Compile Ubuntu kernel for ARM, while adding modules
6. Windows 8 ARM & x86

November 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 14

1. Will tri-gate transistors be available outside Intel?
2. Find on this page
3. What other laptop manufacturers allow us to choose our own parts?
4. Chrome requests plug-in
5. E-mail account protection
6. Do laptops get cheaper after Christmas?
7. Two questions: 1) Splitting an avi file into smaller pieces 2) Any other software for burning to a format my dvd can play?

November 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 15

1. Intel tablet that has EFI
2. Permanent cloud storage solutions?
3. What are some low-cost methods to recover data from a wiped hard drive?
4. information of mac
5. I need a session restorer like SessionBuddy on Chrome, but that can store my sessions in a cloud.
6. Compositing Portraits
7. Photo taken of backwards E
8. Is there a way to (or a website that will) map possible destinations, given starting point and distance?
9. gami.ng programming languages
10. Uninstall Android Apps
11. Dealing with video game lag
12. Pie chart on users for an article

November 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 16

1. Changing Bmp to jpg
2. Browsers Usage Shares Among Web Developers
3. Website's income and expenditures

November 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 17

1. Standard deviation error bars in Microsoft Excel
2. Sound not working on this machine
3. Kindle
4. Open-source software
5. command prompt beep
6. Factors affecting .svg rendering speed
7. Executable over bittorrent = safe?

November 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 18

1. google redirect virus
2. Microsoft Works Suite 2006
3. where to buy the cheapest laptop online ?
4. Remote access to an iMac over Verizon FiOS
5. Window 7 ISO File Installation with Daemon Tool Lite !
6. PNG geotag
7. gzip wget
8. Potential Security Risk
9. Same password on different accounts

November 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 19

1. Could a PC be used as a radio receiver/transmitter?
2. Where can I get affordable Maytag Gas Wall Oven Parts?
3. Iphone's bluetooth
4. Overclocking and stability
5. Windows colour editing
6. Word 2007 - Two problems
7. Kompozer
8. ICT4D
9. Why don't computers have money inserters, so we order online with physical cash?

November 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 20

1. How do I get Google's account services to keep track of my tabs & bookmarks online?
2. RGB color values—linear or not?
3. Ancient Egyptian game on the Amiga found
4. Lego NXT and i2c/rs485 camera
5. why do jvm/clr need bytecode?
6. Search engine log file download
7. How do I tab outlines on the Mobile Google Docs?

November 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 21

1. I think I have a trojan
2. Purge everything related to the wifi connection in Ubuntu
3. CompTIA certification
4. Can SQL SELECT combine items from several rows?
5. convert GIF to FLV

November 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 22

1. wireless mouse
2. Columns in Word 2007
3. Connecting an external HDD to a computer
4. Vista toolbar icon doesn't match internet connection?
5. Too technical: What readers NEED/want here
6. Old equipment

November 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 23

1. Remote desktop
2. Telling Windows what part of my screen to use
3. Server won't stay shutdown
4. CAD help
5. Java: Password storage and retrieval
6. unzip a 7 G B

November 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 24

1. Jpegs refusing to save as lower quality
2. Apache OpenOffice.org website
3. Problem with Word 2003
4. GIMP: After entering manual parameters, then what?
5. After wlan mal-function...

November 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 25

1. User interfaces for stock trading?
2. Help retrieving a deleted fanfiction
3. Wget with proxies
4. recording sounds
5. Projected cloud-computing costs
6. internet translation
7. High Gain Wireless USB Adapters

November 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 26

1. Internet Explorer 8 Freezes
2. Using the search bar on Firefox
3. How can a dictionary attack work?
4. How does jailbreaking work?

November 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 27

1. HTML code for inuktitut short u (ᐅ)
2. A story title written in code
3. HTML/Javascript list sorting
4. Folder Disappeared - Win7
5. Theory: Skyrim's Creation Engine is the Gamebryo Engine.
6. Seagate GoFlex cable for desktop eSATA
7. Hashing IP addresses
8. SSL verification
9. matplotlib colorbar

November 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 28

1. x86 tablet PC that uses EFI or a simple boot ROM
2. How do you design a new database management for library??
3. Scratch (programming language)
4. Excel 2003: multiple password-protected spreadsheets feeding data to another
5. Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7
6. Larry Ellison: Ever a coder?

November 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 29

1. Radio Transmittion
2. The backwards E that will not go away
3. LaTeX: Align matrices across lines

November 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2011 November 30

1. Can't get on internet
2. Exit values in Windows Command Prompt?
3. business logic: when is it better in web server, when in appl server and when in db server?
4. TV tuner ?