Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/May 2009

= May 1 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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)    instead of  , 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 = 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 = 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 = Reference_desk/Archives/Computing/2009 May 17
 * 1) Who would win in a fight generator
 * 2) Using Google
 * 3) Inkscape banknote tutorial

= May 18 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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 = 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