Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/April 2014

= April 1 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 1


 * 1) Distinguishing locations on Google Plus
 * 2) Portable drive - HD vs. SSD
 * 3) DD WRT bricked with TTL=64
 * 4) Ideas for best way to display text with QR Codes

= April 2 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 2


 * 1) MOV with db as an operand
 * 2) Matlab function
 * 3) Nickname

= April 3 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 3


 * 1) Which is the best free Chess Game for Win 7 64-bit PC?
 * 2) Text-to-speech options to listen while I wash the dishes.
 * 3) Ancient PC, vital data, broken mouse port
 * 4) iPhone using too much data

= April 4 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 4


 * 1) What physical principle was used to differentiate a hole from no hole with IBM punched cards?
 * 2) Filtering Hindi characters in Unicode
 * 3) not responding
 * 4) How to recover my bookmarks after a Windows 8 refresh?
 * 5) How do people get a hold on e-mail addresses?

= April 5 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 5


 * 1) Lock out bad area on HD?
 * 2) how to set "plugin container to firefox" to start only upon my permission
 * 3) Broadband speed
 * 4) Is there a way to do this?
 * 5) Wireless USB access, simplicity
 * 6) Strange flash problem
 * 7) Searching Craigslist

= April 7 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 7


 * 1) Why would this store sell a Toshiba 10" 32GB tablet for only $2.70? And what dirt can you find about this store?
 * 2) Does a "Time Machine" for Wikipedia exist?
 * 3) Python
 * 4) New Google maps
 * 5) Upgrading my Linux computer to a new dual-boot computer
 * 6) RegEx

= April 8 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 8


 * 1) Name that electric switch
 * 2) protecting a folder
 * 3) More intense disk activity
 * 4) I have a 15" CRT monitor and intend to buy a 1GB GPU which would give 1900X1200 resolution but would my monitor support it?
 * 5) Freeview Manual Tuning - Missing Channels
 * 6) openning tex file in swp 5.5
 * 7) Text messages on Nokia Lumia

= April 9 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 9


 * 1) Controlling the amount of time a piece of code executes itself
 * 2) Network Anonymity
 * 3) control and scroll in outlook 2003

= April 10 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 10


 * 1) Will a standard internal optical drive fit in this bay?
 * 2) Phoning Australia
 * 3) Architectural style
 * 4) Windows XP - gone slow, no patch forthcoming
 * 5) Is the heartbleed bug something we should be paranoid with?
 * 6) AutoCAD
 * 7) Python Global Variables
 * 8) outlook 2010 spellcheck two different languages in same message
 * 9) .xls file password lost
 * 10) Odd issue after updating to Ubuntu 13.10 from 12.10-Keyboard/Mouse not working
 * 11) JSON
 * 12) What's up with AT&T Uverse internet?
 * 13) mAh with regard to portable backup battery
 * 14) Background pictures for Windows 8 desktop

= April 11 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 11


 * 1) What's changed?
 * 2) Formatting Entry Fields in gnuCOBOL

= April 12 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 12


 * 1) MSSQL: Determine size of columne/index statistics
 * 2) Why have a bunch of my Spreadsheet dates become percentages?
 * 3) Backing up Windows XP

= April 13 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 13


 * 1) Importance of passwords for online forum accounts
 * 2) Scatter plot in Python
 * 3) What does the government does, when it blocks a site?
 * 4) internet advertizing
 * 5) Tune played by Turbo Tax on launch
 * 6) mac mini color problem

= April 14 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 14


 * 1) Free alexa rank tracking site
 * 2) Why does APU need UMA framebuffer?
 * 3) psu wiring
 * 4) Printer problem not printing from a specific PC

= April 15 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 15


 * 1) Remove fan from AMD CPU heat sink
 * 2) "COM Surrogate"
 * 3) Why send spam to gmail accounts?
 * 4) Is Free Mobile Recharging Fake or Not?
 * 5) Linux distros with mezzo?

= April 16 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 16


 * 1) Ipad won't play songs from cds
 * 2) Login/signup - terms
 * 3) raw ip logs
 * 4) Uniq Mismatch
 * 5) Drawing software

= April 17 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 17


 * 1) dies in its sleep?
 * 2) USB flash drive sizes -- powers of 2
 * 3) Cheap (free?) spreadsheet
 * 4) Handling Key Violations During Database Import
 * 5) Using Retro-Bit USB joystick adapter on Linux
 * 6) remote sessions - low resolution?

= April 18 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 18


 * 1) surprise share turns up
 * 2) Windows 8 system recovery
 * 3) De-populating a PDF form field
 * 4) Facebook
 * 5) People are being rude to me on youtube. How do I report this?

= April 19 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 19


 * 1) Another Heartbleed question
 * 2) stop-frame animation and morphing
 * 3) ASCII code of ″ ?
 * 4) export list of people categorized by some criteria
 * 5) Mutual friend in facebook
 * 6) How to really remove Savings Bull
 * 7) Garage door switch (update and thanks)
 * 8) Topo maps for apps

= April 20 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 20


 * 1) qusquestion SAMP
 * 2) I want detail
 * 3) USB 2 device on USB 3 port

= April 21 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 21


 * 1) name of power cable
 * 2) connection to database using php and mysql
 * 3) PGP decryption
 * 4) samsumg tv volume problem

= April 22 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 22


 * 1) What kind of quality control does open source software have?
 * 2) Changing new tab default page in Google Chrome
 * 3) The Flash Crash- the explanation.
 * 4) Retro-Bit USB joystick still doesn't work on Linux
 * 5) Why does Java hate me
 * 6) Is there any desktop enviroment (for pc linux) without x window?

= April 23 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 23


 * 1) OpenSSL
 * 2) Possible software conflicts?
 * 3) Looking for recommendations for a proxy server that runs on Windows

= April 24 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 24


 * 1) Can't get my password
 * 2) Google custom date range disappears

= April 25 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 25


 * 1) Reassignment of state IP addresses
 * 2) Login pages not using SSL
 * 3) SATA connector question

= April 26 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 26


 * 1) Restore Previous Versions do not work.
 * 2) Notepad++ help

= April 27 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 27


 * 1) Notepad++
 * 2) iPhoto

= April 28 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 28


 * 1) How can I contact the administrators on this particular wiki? http://yhwiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
 * 2) Direct  Messages Can be Sent to Which Facebook Users

= April 29 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 29


 * 1) looking for 404s
 * 2) Find intersecting time periods in less than O(n²) time?
 * 3) computer programming for beginners !!
 * 4) Copying a hard drive
 * 5) I want to monitor all traffic on my network.

= April 30 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2014 April 30


 * 1) URL's with '›' instead of '/'..!
 * 2) CNN