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May 1

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 1

1. Ripping Blu-Ray on Puppy Linux
2. Dial-up in Ubuntu 9.04
3. DVD/GOOGLE CHROME
4. Hard disk failure and data recovery
5. A computer that restarts when told to turn off
6. 320 GB HDD; 140 GB (D:, named "DATA") is seperated from 144 GB (C:, named "ACER"), merge them together
7. WARNING: Latest Developer Beta of Google Chrome will not load Wikipedia Properly
8. Microsoft Excel question

May 2

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 2

1. Inexplicably unable to log into my Hotmail account
2. STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0x805ADACC, 0XBACC349C, 0XBACC3198)
3. radio 'loop' on laptop
4. C++ help..
5. Specification of Keys
6. Help touching up an image
7. Targeted advertising
8. Missing audio codec?
9. File Downloading Protocols
10. Page numbers in Word

May 3

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 3

1. Why do you need Java for downloading Limewire now
2. text image to plain text recognition
3. Linux, adding user to group without having root access
4. Free handwriting font?
5. PDF TO WORD
6. Watching an AVI file on a DVD player
7. google search
8. Page Up/Down Capture

May 4

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 4

1. edit swf
2. div/mod in C?
3. XP non-admin account vs. Power control panel
4. Promote software?
5. Restricting access to all but 2 websites
6. problem in c++ program
7. My website
8. Downloading embedded videos
9. Flash Videos in Ubuntu 9.04
10. TI 89 Titanium list sorting

May 5

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 5

1. Need help with ASP
2. An easy and cheap (preferably free) way to read & convert JPEG 2000 files to regular JPG?
3. Google and Wordpress
4. Bitrate vs Quality
5. creating lists in Excel
6. Game too slow
7. Digital audio player with resume-from-playlist function
8. Comparing two CPUs
9. List of different processors and their speeds or ages
10. CMOS AND gate

May 6

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 6

1. Computer programming comics
2. MySpace
3. IP slash notation
4. PostgreSQL: Adding columns to a view that other views depend on
5. PC to XBOX
6. Which free GTD tool on windows would you recommend?
7. 3 year old Windows XP computer
8. Setting up Belkin G (Wireless router) with a Edimax AR-7084gA modem-router

May 7

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 7

1. DOS
2. MP3
3. Dual-booting Win7/WinXP help
4. Vista, Core 2 Duo and 64-bit MSIs
5. @
6. How about an ANSWER!!! [converting VOB to MP4]
7. Open source Java programs
8. LG KP500 Mobile Phone
9. New gTLD Applications
10. Viruses
11. VLC media player

May 8

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 8

1. Which Distro Should I Use?
2. Apostrophes and quotation marks to question marks
3. Infrastructure design for Information Technology services
4. Gmail error
5. Laptop advice
6. Emacs on Win32 and remote Unix programs
7. mobile number verification through SMS in USA
8. Java Programming
9. Random colour picture
10. Is there an article for licenses that are free only for personal/private use?
11. Wiki for a whole city
12. Meta Repo?
13. What does this mean (in BASH)?
14. C printf bug?
15. Trouble redirecting an Open Office Base file to a new SQL source

May 9

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 9

1. Security: VPN versus standard database server
2. Can't Resize Partition
3. Detect that I am running on terminal-only PC (BASH)?
4. Easier way to resize an image view?
5. Converting FLV to MP4
6. How does google work?

May 10

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 10

1. Monitor settings and eye strain
2. Scribd obfuscation
3. I hav mini project in 8086 programming....i want to know that how to convert this C program to assembly language for 8086 ???
4. Google Gallery Script
5. Blocking Gmail Contacts
6. Small Resolution Images
7. Amount downloaded since reboot (Windows XP)
8. google and work internet
9. cabling
10. EEE PC 901
11. OpenOffice clean startup
12. disc synchronisation

May 11

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 11

1. Bash Scripting errors
2. Infinite Boot Loop
3. rss feeds
4. Future trend of the FCC's regulations in the 2.4-GHz RF spectrums?

May 12

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 12

1. Music Transcriber software
2. Dotcom Bubble mk II
3. Simplify bitwise expressions?
4. Tree structure
5. Collision detection in games
6. Problem transferring files to CD from digital camera card
7. C programming

May 13

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 13

1. TCP sockets, do they have two socket addresses...?
2. WAV Sound in Java
3. Phone numbers when registering domains
4. Zoom concept in computer / Computer Graphics
5. MICROPROCESSOR
6. Looking for a particular tech review site I can't find
7. MS word - replacing commas with dots in numbers
8. MICROPROCESSOR
9. Open Source Bubble?
10. MICROPROCESSOR-Sequence of instructions
11. Musical Software
12. How to arrive at MTBF for an STB?
13. MICROPROCESSOR-Word equal to 0000H
14. itunes space
15. Google map problem
16. Copying a LOT of files in Linux
17. Selling a used Laptop

May 14

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 14

1. Forgot My Computer Password
2. zenity (Linux)
3. google can't find her
4. Video playback problem
5. Netrw functionality outside of vim?
6. <span><b></b></span> instead of <span><b></span></b>, why?
7. Ripping a DVD?
8. Saving a web-page: Firefox vs. IExplorer
9. Install Windows on ext3
10. Linux based disk utilities
11. Font identification?
12. Photo-editing FOSS

May 15

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 15

1. power cord temperatures
2. ORKUT
3. Computer auto start
4. [ActivePerl] [Windows XP] DBD::mysql
5. Windows XP SP3 -- Reallowocating/repartitioning
6. Explaining to a computer illiterate person how to get rid of spyware and keylogger
7. Service desk specalists? Certification.
8. Should I stop learning on my own if I don't want to repeat it all in order to get qualifications in school?
9. A true worldwide mobile phone
10. HTML scraper and PostgreSQL interface

May 16

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 16

1. HTML/iPod Notes queries
2. Finding progress of for loop in Delphi application
3. Online Voting Script
4. Partially prime factorising very large numbers
5. Want to display an image somewhere on the web
6. What are most suitable languages to learn for website development

May 17

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 17

1. Who would win in a fight generator
2. Using Google
3. Inkscape banknote tutorial

May 18

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 18

1. Printing separate/different files
2. Website causing internet to appear to disconnect
3. Good gaming mouse that work on glass?
4. Two questions in one
5. Exploiting Google Safesearch
6. MySQL table creation
7. An idle wondering...
8. Open-source alternatives
9. Change the default view for 'file open' dialogue box
10. Selling Old Computer - Value and best way to clean it up?
11. What happened to my Internet?
12. XPath: Equality match on list-valued attribute
13. Phone location device/site

May 19

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 19

1. Strange Japanese plug
2. autostart a crashed program
3. My friend says the plural of "mouse" is "mouses" when referring to computer accessories.
4. GNU Software
5. English.dat
6. Google Earth Resolution
7. Load pre-installed windows in VirtualBox
8. Java: Reading from a File
9. evolution email misbehaving with linux
10. repair cracked glass screen ipod touch with glue
11. No wireless Internet even with strong signal
12. How to use a Windows Mobile 6.1 Cellphone as a modem for a Windows Mobile 2003SE PocketPC
13. Mouse issues
14. Programming language help

May 20

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 20

1. Confusion
2. Shrinking vector images in inkscape
3. A language that replaces HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Apache, PHP, and MySQL?
4. last modification on basic network topologies
5. A question about Twitter
6. can GPS find my stolen mobile phone???
7. Can you really know you're blocked using AIM (AOL's instant messaging?)

May 21

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 21

1. Word 2007 - automatically populate document property using document contents
2. Computer shuts down during high-load applications even after replacing power supply
3. modern sorting algorithms
4. iTunes movie archiving?
5. Cannot access google
6. XP default file sort order
7. What is an API in simple terms?
8. Too many icons and shortcuts on desktop to see
9. PAL / NTSC
10. chmod and App Runner "security risk"

May 22

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 22

1. iPod Data Recovery?
2. .SDF file
3. IE7 / Google "Find" function
4. Samba file permissions
5. Winme
6. Youtube
7. Free webcam recording program
8. Port forwarding
9. Wikipedia and the GFDL

May 23

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 23

1. C++ question
2. A LaTeXnicality
3. Recovery of SATA drive on PATA computer
4. Telnet/SSH2
5. FSB vs. memory speed
6. external hard drive problems
7. what is the algorithm behind online maps?
8. C# and Bluetooth
9. Mount folder on Ubuntu (Linux/GNOME)
10. I want XeTeX and I want it now...
11. Ipod
12. Screen going blank during Windows XP installation

May 24

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 24

1. "www." ?
2. TI 89 Titanium
3. Receiving VOIP/SIP calls without computer on
4. a question about dates in java
5. linux installation
6. pen drive problem with linux
7. Malware and Facebook
8. Perl, index, regex, positions

May 25

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 25

1. Is Facebook useful?
2. Where is the Bluetooth headset article?
3. Timelapse from a webcam
4. free (gratis) software for students
5. Open .desktop files (Linux)?
6. Two internet connections
7. add ons disabled.
8. i-tunes
9. assigning new functions to keys in Linux
10. Getting rid of virus when you can't boot
11. ALternate DNS Server
12. Security problems of "mount" on Linux?
13. CentralNic DNS records or Root Zone File or whatever

May 26

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 26

1. torbrowser download
2. text file to windows command prompt
3. UAT test cases for IVR
4. .NET Exception disassembly
5. Accesskeys in Chrome 2.0
6. Building a game Finding headers using for id Tech 2 id Tech 3 engine
7. Strange 2D "barcode"
8. google desktop and yahoo widget
9. VLC transcode settings for iPod/AppleTV compatible MP4?
10. WAP Question
11. Amount of vi and/or emacs users

May 27

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 27

1. issues watching fullscreen hulu with dual monitors
2. I got a "configuration settings file"
3. OpenVPN tunnel...
4. Xbox 360 Issues (can't access 'game' sites from desk
5. iPhone/iTunes
6. Number Formatting in Excel 2007
7. About the Future of IT industry
8. Middle Mouse Button on Laptop Missing
9. Blogs showing up in searches
10. Freezing after right-click
11. Pascal trivia?

May 28

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 28

1. Another trivial pascal question
2. Wrong search redirection
3. Windows Sound Recorder
4. Saving my favorites
5. error in installing
6. Capturing video from a window

May 29

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 29

1. Right Align a Button
2. ISP keeping record of MSN Messenger Conversations
3. Image help - trying to upload to commons
4. Java platforms
5. Need Software: Unique color counter
6. Computing history: personal computers today vs. supercomputers in the past
7. Business simulation games
8. Microsoft Office Outlook Connector - will it overfill my computer?
9. Free text file / note organizer
10. MSIE7 and Vista
11. Interwiki bots
12. Bypass root password and /etc/fstab

May 30

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 30

1. How do you make a group on Facebook?
2. MIDI rendering to a multi-track format
3. My PC frezes or stops at windows loading screen
4. Mysterious new drive
5. Firefox's salting folder
6. "�" characters
7. Online "single page" feed reader
8. Cafepress/Zazzle/Spreadshirt market share
9. Giveaways and antitrust

May 31

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 31

1. Perl, MySQL, TEXT, HTML, DBI escape characters
2. I Remember This Website
3. Media players for GNU/Linux
4. I have an annoying problem...
5. Where did my disk space go?
6. Computer Graphics
7. goto in structural languages
8. Spreadsheet help
9. Why does reading scratched CDs lock up the PC?
10. pirated apps download