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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

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