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June 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 1

1. How to secure home Wifi
2. 3d glass etched sculpture cube maker?
3. XP reactivation weirdness on clone hard drive
4. SMS spoofing on Google Voice
5. BBC News online slide shows won't page past second slide prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives
6. Syncing new mini iPad

June 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 2

1. MacBook Pro Keyboard Issue
2. Cracking a facial recognition system login
3. Gadgets
4. Illogical Colour Cast - Help Please
5. How to log out of facebook when it's unresponsive
6. Modified MP3

June 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 3

1. "Public Networks" of 1987
2. Two questions related to video

June 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 4

1. What's the difference between "Traditional IT Infrastructure" and Private Cloud?
2. Does anyone recognize what this old laptop is?
3. what do need to know to understand operative systems?

June 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 5

1. High data usage(?) with Wi-FI internet modem/hotspot
2. EATX Mounting-Holes Diagram
3. Recovering my wireless password
4. Advantage of dynamic type for the program
5. Overseas video websites
6. Music on Google Play
7. Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7

June 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 6

1. Disk partioning strategy 1
2. Disk partitioning strategy 2
3. If everything were not a file in *nix systems
4. Dragging between screens
5. Gas mileage readout

June 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 7

1. Botched driver update
2. What is wrong with this XML document?

June 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 8

1. Will mini data computers/visors/commicators like in Robocop ever exist?
2. captcha and security
3. IE8 sans-serif font problem
4. Unknown DHCP client showing up?
5. Swallowing micro SD card, will it still work after?
6. How to make printer online?
7. Power issues in using a laptop from Portugal in Canada/US ?

June 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 9

1. Identities
2. Computer crash (beep + black screen + computer comes back with no sound)
3. How can I download a book from Google books?
4. Use and abuse of open source software
5. Blogs?
6. How to add blacklist to Gmail ?
7. YouTube Downloader (yeah, I know...)
8. RAM question

June 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 10

1. Warped DVD
2. IS THERE a U.S. cellphone service provider that'll locate a lost phone for me?
3. Virgin Mobile has a 1-bar reception in the town I plan to move into later this summer. Is there an aftermarket reception booster?
4. PuTTY under Windows 8

June 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 11

1. PRISM stuff
2. C++ bignum library in Quincy
3. Intel 5000 GPU equivalent?
4. Prism data storage
5. Wikipedia database

June 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 12

1. How to change the Internet Protocol packet default time-to-live in Linux?
2. Dual_EC_DRBG
3. Computer upgrades- thinking two steps ahead

June 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 13

1. international costums for cars
2. MS Access 2007: Populating Main Form Control with Subform Value

June 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 14

1. Name of 25 pin laptop keyboard connector
2. itunes and WMP
3. History wiki
4. Want to rebuild RAID - not sure whether it was RAID 1 or 0!
5. Why can't search engines find URLs?

June 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 15

1. Downloading PlanetMath full database
2. why doesn't jakd have an upload/send file button in chat on my phone?
3. adding net 30 credit payment terms to my client's website
4. Heatpipes on VGA heatsinks
5. Laptop Lid

June 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 16

1. Java update question...
2. Can you run 64 bit Windows on a 32 bit CPU?
3. cable modem dropping/rebooting
4. Internet imux in Win 7
5. What types of computer science classes are best for landing a high-paying job?
6. New Forum
7. Extracting image from PDF

June 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 17

1. Phone locating apps for android
2. How were Google Promotion Videos made?
3. Energy consumption of a PC/notebook

June 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 18

1. I've been hacked--What should I do?
2. Kiwix

June 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 19

1. Rectangulation
2. Changing result display format of Axiom
3. Where to place .h files when compiling with MinGW-w64
4. Portable headphones
5. GeForce 210, upgrade?

June 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 20

1. 'adult' content
2. Windows xp only able to start on safe mode or when hd is on another computer. Reinstalling it doenst happen.
3. Modern 3DMM?
4. Password Issue
5. Jar files
6. Java compiler, small and simple

June 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 21

1. microscopic font on youtube

June 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 22

1. What hub has THE MOST USB ports you have EVER seen (that I can buy?)
2. Caterpillarpillar India country head profile

June 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 23

1. What is THE strongest, most protective phone case for the Samsung Galaxy Victory?

June 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 24

1. Sandisk USB drive needs to be formatted?
2. Samsung Galaxy Appeal
3. Programming a bot to create city articles with census data for the Sorani Kurdish Wikipedia
4. Double USB on external Hard drive...?

June 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 25

1. Is there a cable modem + wireless router that'll stay running in a power outage?
2. Converting Currency to Text in Excel without losing formatting
3. Calculating text length tin SVG

June 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 26

1. Copying large files from PS3 HDD?
2. I installed Ubuntu on my HP laptop.
3. On demand web graphics
4. Recommender system in wikipedia
5. Gmail
6. Where can I find the Matlab Psychophysics toolbox?
7. Excel: mixing time and currency
8. Help setting up website

June 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 27

1. Looking for a media player

June 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 28

1. Port Forwarding Through a Range Extender
2. How do i add "Contents" table on a wikimedia site?
3. Detecting HTML 5 support (in general, and specifically on Wikipedia)
4. Excel number crunching - am I missing a trick?
5. Copying and pasting the title of a newspaper adds additional text: what's the go with that?
6. HTML analysis/compression/"un-templating"
7. Old version of a PP 2002 file

June 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 29

1. Distinguish USB 1/2/(3) cords?
2. 29 to 30 inch monitor for gaming
3. Video colorization
4. iPhone/iPad volume side design decision
5. Geolocating

June 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2013 June 30

1. Copying to an iPad
2. Automatizing tasks or creating macros for web browsers