Computer wide issue

I've been having issues with my Macbook Pro.
I have a 15-inch Mid 2010
Processor: 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory: 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 288 MB
Software: OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
I also have windows 8 running on bootcamp.
On both mac and windows sides my computer will spontaneously restart itself, as well as force close many applications at any times. Often they won't open again. I'll try to reopen one and before it even starts it will say it unexpectedly quit and will refuse to open again. The range and severity of the issues are random, sometimes worse or better, and it affects no particular application.
In the laptops life I have replaced a fan, replaced the battery, and recently I replaced the hard drive. I am still getting these issues. Is there another fixable hardware or software issue? Or is my laptop biting the dust.

First back all your data.
They sell replacements online, I know nothing about them. This may not be the problem with yours, but if you did the search and read some of the posts you'll see that it is a common failing with the A1286 model mid 2010 15" MBP.
Here is an example, but I am in no way endorsing that you try replacing this unless you are willing to spend money and not have it fix your problem.
You should have it properly diagnosed by an qualified Apple tech.
Example, there are probably more from different vendors. This is just for informational purposes, again, I take no responsibility for anything.
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/MacBook-Pro-15-Unibody-253GHz-Logic-Board-p-17518. html
You would need to absolutely certain of all your machines build information.
Best of luck

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Keychain, permissions and general system wide issues

Hi all,
Sorry for the slightly odd title to this post but I was at a loss what to specifically post this under due to the sytem wide nature of the problems I am experiencing with a Mid 2009 13" MBP.
The following problems exist with any user, including admins.
I was first made aware of an issue when the MBP stopped connecting to secure websites - Chrome would just give the "Aw Snap" error and Safari would give the error saying it couldn't establish a secure connection to the server etc.
After searching this, I was led to a community page saying to do a keychain first aid which then threw up the follwing results (the login keychain did not contain any items):
Verification started
Checking keychain configuration for testuser (user ID=1079)
Home directory is /Users/testuser
Checked login keychain
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25312)
Checked default keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25312)
Problems were found; you should choose the Repair option to fix them
Verification failed
Repair started
Checking keychain configuration for testuser (user ID=1079)
Home directory is /Users/testuser
Checked login keychain
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25312)
Failed to rename /Users/testuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain to /Users/testuser/Library/Keychains/login_renamed.keychain, reason: The operation couldn’t be completed. Invalid argument
Checked default keychain
Checked contents of ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
Unable to open ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (-25312)
Warning: some problems were not fixed
Repair failed
As well as this issue I am also experiencing:
Failure of Spotlight to open native applications e.g. I want to open Kechain Access so start to type keychain, but instead of showing the result for the application I only get a dictionary result.
If I manually try to open native apps from the Applications directory they do not open
Failure to connect to my work network drives
I came across this post on the community https://discussions.apple.com/message/25579695#2557969 and tried the suggestions of Linc Davis and specifically his suggestion about restarting in safe mode.
This does temporarily fix all of the issues that I am experiencing but they just reappear again after a while of using the laptop.
I had recently bought an SSD to upgrade this MBP and shortly after these problems started I decided that I would take the opportunity to install it and hope that a fresh install of ML might fix the issues.
Unfotunatley even after this, the problems just resurfaced.
I have tried two fresh installs of ML and since the 2nd install I haven't installed a single 3rd party application or synced any of my user data back to the MBP.
I have even tried a 2nd SSD in case the problem was somehow related to it.
All problems still persist and I am at a loss what to try next, hence my post here to the community!
It now feels like these problems may well be linked to another hardware issue but this goes beyond my experience with these types of issues!
Any help / suggestiosn would be hugely appreciated!
Justin

Hey Eric,
I just made time to go get the results for you.
In addition to the problems I detailed above, when I first tried to download Etrecheck, the system refused stating that there was not enough space on the hard drive. However, after using the inspector on Macintosh HD it was clearly not the case. Aftyer rebooting into safe mode and restarting I was able to download it. Currently having no issues due to safe mode restart but they will return eventually over the next few hours of usage.
Here's the Etrecheck results, thanks in advance
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 0:0:37
Disk Information:
          Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 disk0 : (240.06 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 239.2 GB (222.32 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information:
Gatekeeper:
          Anywhere
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Bertha
          UNKNOWN
Internet Plug-ins:
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.206 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.3.0 - SDK 10.8 Check version
Audio Plug-ins:
          AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              53%          Safari
              17%          com.apple.hiservices-xpcservice
              14%          WindowServer
              11%          WebProcess
              11%          syncdefaultsd
Top Processes by Memory:
          74 MB          Safari
          49 MB          com.apple.dock.extra
          49 MB          mds
          49 MB          loginwindow
          49 MB          SystemUIServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          6.06 GB          Free RAM
          1.04 GB          Active RAM
          137 MB          Inactive RAM
          527 MB          Wired RAM
          152 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Ipod nano not recognized by computer, driver issues

Hello All!
I have an ipod nano, first gen, that works just great. Bought another one off of ebay for my husband for Christmas. It looks identical to the one that works - model numbers & year the same - HOWEVER, it is not recognized by iTunes.
I followed an older thread on this forum and followed the directions to download usbstor.sys & usbstor.inf and move to my i368 folder but I still got the same message - something like "Windows highly recommends not installing these drivers because they have not passed logo testing. This could result in serious damage to your computer."
Does anyone know what is the issue? Can it be solved another way? Why does my other nano work? Does anyone know if it is safe to the install usbstor drivers? Help please

Is this any help?
USB drivers are not installed properly or are out of date.
There's also this: iTunes 7 or later doesn't recognize the iPod.

If I wanted a computer with issues I would have bought a windows computer

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Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with iTunes Store authorization. The following resources may provide a solution:
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When I try to synch my IPhone 5S on Windows 8.1 / iTunes 11.4, I keep getting a message that "This computer is not authorized for the apps that are installed on our iPhone" and when I de-authorize…

Hey Ashfromsea,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with iTunes Store authorization. The following resources may provide a solution:
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What do I do if my mackeeper app says my computer has issues?

Ok so I was a little worried cause my cousin was visiting "innapropriate" websites on my computer and I wanted to make sure my mac was clean so I dowloaded mackeeper (I haven't bought the full version yet) anyway it said that my computer had approx.1037 issues and that I needed to clean up using instant activation and the program costs $88.00 so I was wondering? Should I be worried? Or is it just some sleazy programmer wanting to scare me into forking over nearly $90.00 so what should I do? Should I be worried?, and if so is there possibly a free application that would be better?

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Some applications may install a startupitem or a Log In item. Startupitems are usually installed in the /Library/StartupItems/ folder and less often in the /Home/Library/StartupItems/ folder. Log In Items are set in the Accounts preferences. Open System Preferences, click on the Accounts icon, then click on the LogIn Items tab. Locate the item in the list for the application you want to remove and click on the "-" button to delete it from the list.
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iBackup
JaBack
Silver Keeper
MimMac
Retrospect
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SuperDuper!
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SyncTwoFolders
Synk Pro
Synk Standard
Tri-Backup
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Computer power issues ! turns on then off turns on then off ! Help Please !

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Dear Customer,
Welcome to the HP Consumer Support forum.
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New Computer--Syncing Issues

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I've created a music video,
with three PIPs in it...... under the pips, i've place
A Jpeg image (copied) ........across the entire timeline
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See Image 1
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See imgae 2
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garyo123
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MPEG
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Publish+Share
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Publish+Share
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DVD
disc
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But, before all else, go back to the current project and export it to MPEG NTSC DVD Widescreen instead of MPEG NTSC DVD Standard to confirm that is at the core of the issue.
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Qosmio F750-10V - Intel Widi issues

Hi there!
I'm having some issues with my Toshiba Laptop! It seems like I can't get 5.1 sound through my Widi, I cant play protected Blu-rays either.
I figured I had an old Widi software or an old Intel HD graphic driver, but i can't find anything newer. This is what I got:
Intel Widi: version 2.1.42.0
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/Simon

Hi mate
Found some interesting info for you:
Here are system requirements for the Intel Wireless Display (WiDi)
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and here you can find info about
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http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/FAQ1A037T0000R01.htm
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