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February 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 1

  1. ICs for seven-segment displays
  2. iPhone 6 front camera have IR filter?
  3. linux and reentrancy

February 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 2

  1. Which file stores the SORT ORDER of the "Favorites Bar" (Bookmarks bar) for InternetExplorer v11(Windows 7) ?
  2. Flex band(?) of a cellphone
  3. Canadian Based Internet Providers
  4. Media folder in Ubuntu 12.04

February 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 3

  1. What made Google buy? VirusTotal?
  2. Web designing Software
  3. Shots.com
  4. Nokia Model 103
  5. Best way to get the latest version of a web page?

February 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 4

  1. A puzzling statement
  2. How often does Microsoft release a new computer program
  3. Linking Word 2013 documents in Excel 2013 workbooks

February 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 5

  1. RAM & ROM on Smartphones
  2. Falling Hard Drive

February 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 6

  1. window-7
  2. Three-letter ISO 639-2 language codes supported by iPhone?
  3. How I delete a value from a list of lists in python?
  4. What would happen if you deleted system32 folder on a windows computer

February 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 7

  1. Looking for a blog post
  2. Qatar IP addresses
  3. Could a virus written in Java run everywhere?

February 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 8

  1. Git repository question
  2. Firefox dejo de reproducir videos en vivo de globovision.com
  3. Gmail account (almost) broken
  4. Weird behavior from updating to Notepad++
  5. Private email (sounds like an oxymoron)
  6. How can I find out what's taking up all the space on this computer?

February 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 9

  1. best version Linux for a beginner, installing programs
  2. Citation software
  3. Disk Space on Macbook Pro
  4. Help recovering a crashed hard disk (stuck at ntldr is missing)
  5. Do not turn off or unplug your computer

February 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 10

  1. Lifespan of photos stored on CD
  2. Gmail notifications
  3. Why do programming languages developed abstractions, like classes?

February 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 11

  1. Windows update seems to be locked up
  2. Using DDRESCUE with Drives Over 2TB
  3. Lightweight Ubuntu dialect
  4. Microsoft: the font of all disgruntlement

February 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 12

  1. Appearance, preview font
  2. Why are C arrays so vulnerable?

February 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 13

  1. C Drive storage board affect
  2. Music making software
  3. Question
  4. Best type of screen for Netflix and gaming

February 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 14

  1. Linux distro differences
  2. Background worker threads
  3. Besides guessing passwords, or breaking cryptography, what problems can only be dealt with brute force search?

February 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 15

  1. why the system doesn't understand the mother tounge language?
  2. Why do Europeans are more diverse regarding hair and eye color?
  3. DVDs won't play in some players
  4. Help with strings in Java

February 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 16

  1. Taking 3D pictures with iphone 6 plus
  2. Pocessor
  3. Computer issues started after running spyhunter
  4. Is the Inspect Element button classified as "hacking"
  5. Will an RS-422/RS-485 Adaptor connect a telephone to a computer for a fax program / 66 year old man needs simple information.
  6. My Gmail messages are truncated on right side
  7. Sound suddenly stopped working

February 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 17

  1. Need to pick someone's brain
  2. Fixing DNS Leak on OpenVPN Windows
  3. PHP form issues
  4. RS-422/RS-485 Adaptor redux
  5. Secret disk sectors for malware only?
  6. How do I plug in speakers?
  7. How to get PHP to read POST data from an HTML form ?
  8. How can you convert html5 to Flash?

February 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 18

  1. Connecting External HDD via Wi-Fi

February 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 19

  1. Bug with wxmaxima
  2. cPanel web hosting related help
  3. Using real-sounding pen names on Quora?

February 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 20

  1. Strong signal but sporadic connection
  2. Extract every frame from a video

February 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 21

  1. Very short email alias on my own domain
  2. Abuse filter oddness on another wiki (Wikia wiki, to be specific)
  3. My dads computer. Again.
  4. Pictures displaying previews on Windows 8

February 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 22

  1. Freeware OCR
  2. 2 formulas in 1 Google Sheets cell
  3. Computer speakers' subwoofer does not work (Edifier S730)
  4. Instal 16-bit Scrabble Program for Windows 95 on a Windows 7 Computer
  5. Extracting photographs
  6. MS Outlook 'appointment date' issue
  7. Ram and motherboard or psu combo

February 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 23

  1. Programming - is/uses/is easier if you know - math
  2. Display problem in Wikipedia editing window
  3. Help with PHP confused with calculation

February 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 24

  1. Large amount of pictures half need deleted
  2. Not a question, but Chrome is useless
  3. Wikipedia-related applications
  4. regarding IEEE paper
  5. Why Boolean does not work in Google anymore?
  6. Trustable DVD/Blu-Ray alternative to Format Factory?

February 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 25

  1. Website going in circles
  2. How Does Ruby Store Arrays, and else, in Memory
  3. Problems with my computer's text display

February 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 26

  1. that nice young man
  2. "autovisual media"
  3. Facebook application controlling system
  4. Internet money making possibilities

February 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2015 February 28

  1. problem with IDEs
  2. Google Search