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August 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 1

1. Can you change the names of the column headers in Microsoft Excel?

August 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 2

1. Color-filling letters with an outline
2. Windows 10 N LTSB

August 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 4

1. e-mail Clients and Mobile Phones
2. memory fault dealt with like hard disk fault?
3. CANON PRINTER DRIVER.
4. Removal of downloads from dock (Mac)
5. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

August 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 5

1. Pre-installed Nvidia GTX 1080 release?

August 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 6

1. Pokémon Go not working on my phone
2. One font style not working in Word for Mac

August 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 7

1. PCIe WiFi adapter with full 5Ghz 802.11ac support under Linux.
2. Why is a = 2*b wrong?

August 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 8

1. Thunderbird inbox won't show
2. How do I close a window?

August 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 10

1. Succinct LISP implementation?

August 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 11

1. Gateway NV78 running Windows 7 Home Premium "force powers off" by itself
2. How spooler error can be fix?
3. Help finding numerical conversion

August 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 12

1. Steppping Up
2. Consolidating worksheets in Excel
3. The "4gb" (its note EXACTLY 4gb on some cases like windows 32bits) limit on 32bits, is per program or on the entire computer?

August 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 13

1. List of country-name etymologies use 'main article' wikilink to point at redirects
2. Multiple copies of Microsoft Visual C++ on computer

August 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 14

1. "Outsourcing" Calculations to Graphics Card's Processor
2. Search for file by date in Windows 10

August 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 15

1. What has Spain done in the field of computer science?

August 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 16

1. Will AMD Zen architecture mean improvements to their GPUs as well?
2. Google maps artifacts

August 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 17

1. Setting up email on a Galaxy S5
2. I have windows 10, why cant i store files larger than 4GB?
3. Radio alarum gaining

August 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 20

1. Python question about Trie implementation
2. Hardware differences between different USB type-A versions

August 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 22

1. ModelsPredictive models that are not built through machine learning?

August 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 23

1. median of medians

August 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 24

1. Windows 7 - restore "My Documents" shortcut
2. Teaching computer science: topics or projects?

August 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 26

1. Surface web, Deep web and Dark web
2. Is there any cellphone os that works similar to a computer?
3. Salvaging SQL Server database

August 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 27

1. RSS
2. iPhone 4s Mobile Data Network not working

August 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 29

1. Scala IDE

August 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 30

1. Are people still training to become Fortran or COBOL programmers?

August 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2016 August 31

1. Googling caribou in reindeer country
2. Layering different encryption methods
3. Mistake - Age Of Death