A few forum strangenesses

The following may be worth knowing, all taken from the Forum Comments forum:
1) As you have noticed, the marking of unread/updated threads is gone, so it appears as though you have read them all, or are logged out; you can only see the difference by the slight colour change governed by your browser. Explanation here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3571521#3571521
See also post #13 there.
2) As you have noticed, there have been many outages recently, some with the message Site Are Temporarily Unavailable. There are a few threads about them, with some explanation, see especially posts #10 & #21 in the former:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3564060?tstart=0#3564060
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/822384?tstart=0
3) Some of you have the issue of funny codes inserted in quotes, especially at the beginning. Explanation and solution here:
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3570417#3570417

@[Jongware],
Thanks for that. It always helps to know that we're not alone, even if we can't fix the problem!

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A few forums issues noted

Here are a few forums issues noted while reviewing the FAQ for the site.
1) "Using Forums Forums" eyebrow text (above) is awkwardly worded.
2) FAQ contains some
spurious and bad links, missing
icons,
duplicated text, numerous
typos, and some incorrect information.
3) Some images in the FAQ contain obsolete information, such as the "tags" feature shown
here.

As most of these things have not been fixed yet, I am replying so that this goes to the top of the list for a short amount of time.
Hello,
Since the FAQ is now a WIKI, and everyone of the links that Graeme provided go to a page that says nothing more than:
"The Forums help file has been moved to the
Community Wiki. Please update any bookmarks you may have."
I am unsure what you mean by suggesting that these things have not been fixed.
If you can provide links to information that needs to be updated, we can fix that.
Better yet, since it's a wiki, YOU can fix errors or missing data!
Karl
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Desktop Icons have vanished, have tried many solutions offered in forums with no results

I'm at a complete loss as to what to do after searching high and low for answers to this problem.
My desktop icons have mysteriously vanished as I switched it on last night. I had been using it with no issue earlier that day, but for some reason, switching it on last night, I was greeted with a completely clean desktop.
This has happened once before, so I figured simply rebooting the computer (like the last time this occurred) would bring back the icons. No such luck, even after restarting it or shutting it down, and reopening it 15 minutes later. When this problem last occurred, I think I was using Snow Leopard; I'm now running Mountain Lion (if this makes any difference).
I searched a few forums, and tried every solution listed in these topics with absolutely no success. List of things I've tried, as suggested by users on other forums (that seemed to work for people with similar problems):
Checked to see if the "Desktop" folder was renamed to something else, it wasn't;
Relaunched Finder several times
Restarted the computer, shut it down for hours and restarted
View>Clean up by/Sort by all tried, nothing happens
Changed the resolution several times, nothing happens
Quit iTunes, nothing happens
Verified the disk in Disk Utility, no problems (so repair disk was greyed out);
Verified the permissions, repaired the permissions successfully, nothing happened;
Checked Macintosh HD>Users>(username)>Desktop, nothing in the folder (0kb when I check Get Info);
Searched for and tried to remove via Terminal the following preferences: com.apple.finder.plist AND com.apple.FolderActions.plist but they are non-existant on my account OR guest account
Booted in safe mode, still no icons
Logged into guest account, no icons on administrator Desktop (I overrided permissions to see the desktop, and still no icons)..
Tried to "killall Finder" in Terminal, no response.
I did not recently:
download any new software, games, etc (with the exception of FluidApp, which was installed 3 weeks ago and frankly I don't see how it would affect my computer weeks later);
connect my MacBook to an external/additional monitor (have never done this, so icons can't be off-screen)
Additional info:
When in Finder, most functions in my View menu are greyed out. Available options: "Clean Up By", "Sort By", and "View Options". Selecting any of these do nothing.
I checked this article (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1916) and my Computer Name actually DID contain an illegal character (a dash) so I removed it; however it did not correct my problem even after reboot/logging out and in/relaunching Finder. (I'm running Mountain Lion though, so not sure if this even applies, but it was the closest thing I could find).
Nothing but the contents of the desktop seem to have been compromised. I can open applications, install software, use any application, view/open/access files everywhere else on my computer.
I can save new files on my desktop and they don't disappear.
I can put files from other places in my computer on the desktop and they don't disappear.
I DID do a system update to the latest version of Mountain Lion AFTER encountering this problem, in hopes it would correct the problem somehow, but it did not.
I installed one application in hopes of figuring out a fix after the problem occurred (TinkerTool) but after playing with the options (and in the end, not changing anything) I still have the problem. The "Disable Desktop Features" thing was not checked. I checked it, relaunched finder, and what I put on the desktop disappeared, so I unchecked it and relaunched and they reappeared, but my old desktop did not.
It's seriously as if someone did a "Select All > Delete", and overpassed the Trash bin somehow (because it still has a few items I had put in there previously).
Does anyone have any other suggestions in how to retreive my lost desktop icons? I'm going crazy..

If you have a backup, try restoring your Desktop folder from there.
You should have a Finder and a FolderActions .plist. Have you tried looking in your user library folder manually instead of using Terminal?
If you prefer to make your user library permanently visible, use the Terminal command found below.
http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/04/show-library-directory-in-mac-os-x-lion/
You might want to bookmark the command. I had to use it again after I installed 10.8.4. I have also been informed that if you drag the user library to Finder it will remain visible.

HELP!!! x60s Few Issues (Audio etc.) after Clean Installation of XP SP3 (10/3/2011)

Hope some expert give me some enlightenment on my issues below;
I have X60s (1702) that I used for many years without much problem (except I was never able to work with my Bluetooth). Out of frustration of so called Blue Screen, I completely re-install XP SP3. Now the issues are;
1. No Audio Working
- XP Control Panel => Device Manager shows some of unknown devices with big yellow question mark icon including HD Audio Device etc.
** I followed few forums about this issue. I had installed MS UAA driver, few times for Lenova X60s audio driver and even installed Modem driver (as per some suggestion in the forum)
2. How do I re-activate the Blue ThinkVantage Button?
3. I don't have Recovery Disc, but if I get this ... will this work for restoring the factory setting (including the Audio)?
Thanks for any help ...
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hey kirk88,
if you get the Recovery Disc , number 1 & 2 will work.
for number, i recommend uninstalling the current audio driver that you have installed. disable it from device manager and restart your unit.
reactivate the audio device. windows might install its generic driver. if it does, let it be.
if not head to http://support.lenovo.com and download the driver from there.
as for #2 , same site link above .. download the ThinkVantage software.
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Safari Reset, cookies cleared, but I'm still auto-logged in on a forum?

I've noticed on a few forums I use that despite clearing the cookies from Safari manually or just resetting it with all options checked, even though it shows that there are no cookies set in preferences after these operations I'm still being auto-logged into some of forums. This is Safari on 10.5 Leopard.
The login data for these forums is definitely cookie based as well because I've tried visiting them with Firefox on my Windows machine, logging in with "keep me logged in" checked, and then reset Firefox. Sure enough revisiting the sites shows me as logged out.
Not only that but Safari on my iMac which is running Tiger works as expected on the same sites. Its just Safari on Leopard that is apparently ignoring my reset command?

Well I assumed I had been, I was using the "Reset Safari" menu option and one of the selections is to clear the cache and it is selected.
I have been trying this now since I posted and it looks like I've sort of worked it out now though. I tend to reset safari then instantly quit the app with Command+Q. It seems like when I was doing that I managed to do it so fast the reset command wasn't completing before the app quit, meaning some cookies/cache/whatever remained intact.
I used reset and let it sit their open on a blank page for ten seconds before I quit and when I restarted it I was no long auto-logged in to the websites. I can only assume therefore this was the problem, although, I didn't think I was that quick at quitting the app?

How to attach files to the thread we post in this forum?

How to attach files to the thread we post in this forum?
I’m wondering why there is no feature that allows attaching files from our hard drives! It is not practical to upload our file first in a certain web to provide it as a link in the post.
Is there a way to attach our files directly from our hard drive to the post?
Please, have a look on the screenshot below that shows a forum which includes all the very basic features!
Thank you for the help
Best
Jamal

Pierre,
Just a guess on my part, but I would suspect non-image files in this case.
As Ted points out, that WAS possible early on, and then the capbility to attach non-image files, was actually retained by a certain few forums, though not for long. This change was coincidental with a major spam attack, and at least one disgruntled user attempting to attach some rather nasty "stuff." I do ot know if those events prompted the change, as I was not part of the decision making group, that initiated the change.
Though 95% of the files that I wish to attach, ARE image files, there are times, where a TXT file would be ideal, say for a crash log, or similar. Now, I can convert that TXT to a PNG, but then one has to work with pixel x pixel dimensions, and some files, like those crash logs, can be rather long.
Personally, I find the loss of the Attach File (was via a button at the bottom-left of the editing screen) to be a sad comment on the actions of some, on these forums, but then that just reflects life outside of the forums.
Hunt
PS - I am glad that you found that little article useful Especially in the PS, PrPro, PrE and Encore forums, screen-caps can tell so very much about what is going on with a person's program, system or their Projects/Images.

Why can't I stay 'signed In' on this forum?

......................this does sometimes happen, though, if I have started a subject or taken part in a discussion but nearly always when visiting this forum I have to sign in almost every time, which is a pain, to be honest. Almost all other forums to which I subscribe (a few exceptions) keep you logged in unless you log out.

I agree. Fortunately my iPad mini has an auto fill function.
It is one of very few forums that doesn't allow me to stay logged in.
Perhaps this could be changed as other lithium forums do allow me to stay logged in.
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[Forum FAQ] How to show Windows Update in Control Panel in Clean Installation of Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926

Scenario
If you performed a clean installation of the new Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926, you would find Windows Update is only available in
Settings and is hidden in Control Panel by default. However, Windows Update is still available in Control Panel if it is an upgrade version of Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926.
Solution
After the comparison of the two different version, the differences is the following registry:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\IsConvergedUpdateStackEnabled
In clean installation version:
In upgrade version:
The method to make Windows Update show in Control Panel in the clean installation of Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926:
Edit the REG_DWORD value of IsConvergedUpdateStackEnabled from 1 to 0.
Applies to
Clean installation of Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 9926
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We’ve seen a few forum posts talking about changing registry keys to alter the update experience we shipped in Technical Preview build 9926. There are a couple of reasons that we don’t recommend doing things like that.
First, the default experience is what we’ve tested across not just the Windows 10 team, but across all of Microsoft before we released it to you. That doesn’t mean that you won’t still find bugs, but it’s definitely the code that’s been most thoroughly
tested. Changing things back to older versions is risky because the combination of those old settings with the rest of Windows 10 is not something that’s been validated or supported, so we can’t predict the side effects. It’s possible that changing registry
settings related to update could cause a machine to no longer be able to get new updates or Technical Preview builds.
The other reason to avoid changing the default update experience is that a lot of update-related code is actually being re-written in order to scale across the variety of different device types Windows 10 will support. Since Technical Previews are
a work-in-progress, some code that may still be in build 9926 won’t actually ship in the final version of Windows 10 that we provide to all our customers, so trying to re-enable that code temporarily won’t provide a way to accurately assess Windows 10’s update
capabilities.
We want to hear your feedback! We’re sharing Technical Preview releases early so we can understand exactly how customers are using our software and make sure we are designing our experiences to address those scenarios. The more
specific the feedback, the more helpful it is for us – saying “I hate the new Windows Update UI” isn’t very useful, but when we see “I need to be able to tell Windows Update to grab updates from WU itself and not from my internal corporate server, so the new
Windows Update UI is painful for me”, we can actually understand what changes we could make to solve those specific problems. We can’t promise to fix everything that everyone asks for – and sometimes what one customer wants is exactly what another customer
doesn’t want – but the more you can help us understand why you want something changed, the better we can try to meet those needs.
Thanks for listening, and we look forward to hearing your responses.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_update/warning-disabling-the-new-windows-update-ui-may/dc846517-eca0-4960-b0ff-1eb7227223f5

Can I REPAIR my External Hard Drive in Disk Utility without losing all of the Data?

So, here's the story...
A while back, I made the mistake of throwing my TM backups in the Trash folder. They were "stuck" there in my External Trash FOREVER until I finally decided to do something about it. I read a few forums that gave instructions on how to delete those volumes through Manually through a series of prompts in TERMINAL. This process actually WORKED and removed the files from the trash, HOWEVER, now the Disk isn't mounting properly. After running "Verify Disk" in Disk Utility, It's telling me that the disk needs to be repaired.
Fearing that my disk may be wiped completely, I thought I'd transfer all the files over to another HD and Repair the Problematic Disk just to be safe.
But When I try to copy the files over to another drive with ample space, it gives the message "The operation can’t be completed because the selection contains both backup items and non-backup items."
I am now at a cross roads, because I DO NOT WANT TO LOSE ALL OF THE DATA ON THIS DRIVE!!!! What do I do??

Hi,
If it is not mounting properly but you can "grab" something in an effort to Transfer it, what are you seeing ?
Can you limit it to different files/folders ?
Other than that I would try Carbon Copy Cloner (you can Try before your Buy sort of thing)
Use this to Create the Backup of the drive.
Then repair drive.
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Photoshop CS5 64-bit crashes when opening an image; 32-bit works fine

This is a bit of a tricky problem, but if I start up Adobe Photoshop CS5 64-bit, it runs alright. But the second I choose an image and open it, I get "Photoshop has stopped working..." and Windows tries to find a solution.
However, the 32-bit version of PS CS5 works perfectly.
On my Mac Mini, however, which ONLY HAS Photoshop 64-bit (Creative Suite 5, Snow Leopard, latest updates), images open and edit fine.
On my PC, I also had this same exact problem with the 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4.
I read in a few forums that it might be a corrupt font, etc., but I have no idea why a corrupt font would be affecting how Photoshop 64-bit opens an image, especially if I don't even get a chance to edit the image or anything. The images I've been trying to update are JPEGs.
I have all of the updates installed on my PC regarding CS5. It's completely updated. I am really stuck. I'd like to be able to take advantage of the 64-bit technology and put that version of Photoshop to use, but I can't.
Thanks in advance. I'm willing to try anything at this point.

Here you go, copied straight from the event viewer console.
- System
- Provider
[ Name] Application Error
- EventID 1000
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 100
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2010-06-18T23:34:23.000Z
EventRecordID 5587
Channel Application
Computer HPMC6645
Security
- EventData
Photoshop.exe
12.0.0.0
4bbc5b10
nvoglv64.dll
8.17.12.5715
4bf7176a
c0000005
00000000007459ce
1b24
01cb0f3eace58be5
I did my best to recreate it to look the way it looks in the console, so nothing should be confusing.
Also, @Chris Cox- I do have the most recent beta driver installed for my onboard graphics card, which is an Nvidia GeForce 6150SE, maybe that could be causing it. I will uninstall it and install the most recent recommended release from Nvidia's site.

Dbcon connection from sap db2 to external sql server

Hi ,
I am trying to connect from my sap server which is in unix platform with DB2 database to external SQL server using DBCON as MSSQL_SERVER=<server_name> MSSQL_DBNAME=<db_name>. But while running ADBC_TEST_connection i am getting the error . When i check the error log it says
Loading DB library '/usr/sap/DVL/SYS/exe/run/dbmssslib.so' ...
M *** ERROR => DlLoadLib()==DLENOACCESS - dlopen("/usr/sap/SID/SYS/exe/run/dbmssslib.so") FAILED
"Unable to find library '/usr/sap/DVL/SYS/exe/run/dbmssslib.so'." [dlux.c 445]
M {root-id=002655A9DCD21EE3B89D69F99DF39F0D}_{conn-id=00000000000000000000000000000000}_0
B *** ERROR => Couldn't load library '/usr/sap/SID/SYS/exe/run/dbmssslib.so'
How to resolve this issue. As it was mentioned in few forum we need to download the dbsl library from kernel patches and to load in kernel path. As my db is DB2 can we download dbmssslib.so this library and load in kernel file? Is it will work?
Regards,
Rai

Hi Rai,
This error indicates that the ABAP stack could not find the SAP DBSL for SQL Server (dbmssslib.dll) in the kernel directory. If you encounter this error on a Unix - based server the root cause is clear: the DBSL does not exist for other platforms than Windows or Linux x84_64. In this case use a Windows-based or a Linux x86_64-based SAP Application Server to establish the connection. If your system does not contain a Windows-based or a Linux x86_64-based Application Server you need to setup a small one as workaround. If you encounter this error on a Windows Application Server or a Linux x86_64 based Application Server make sure that the DBSL is properly installed in the kernel directory as explained in the document below.
For more details on configuration and troubleshooting refer to below SCN document
How to access an external Microsoft SQL Server database
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Deepak Kori

Order of records - finding preceding and next records

I have looked around a few forums for a similar question but I'm not really even sure what to search for!
I have a table with some events, client names, timestamps for the event, and a category. There are four steps in a cycle.
CREATE TABLE #events (EventID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Client VARCHAR(10),
RecordTimestamp DATETIME,
Step TINYINT)
INSERT INTO #events (Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step)
VALUES ('Client A', '01-01-2014', 1),
('Client A', '01-02-2014', 2),
('Client A', '01-03-2014', 3),
('Client A', '01-04-2014', 4),
('Client A', '01-05-2014', 1),
('Client A', '01-06-2014', 2),
('Client B', '01-04-2014', 1),
('Client B', '01-06-2014', 2)
SELECT *
FROM #events
ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Client
So let's assume that step 2 cannot start for a given client until step 1 completes, category 3 can't start until 2 completes, etc. If today is 1/7/2014 we could say that Client A has completed one full cycle (steps 1-4), Client A is
half way through cycle 2, and Client B is half way through its first cycle.
I'm trying to identify all cycles that are in progress, meaning a step 1, 2, or 3 is present without a step 4 record (by client). A query on the data above would return step 2 of Client A and Client B, both on 1/6. I no longer care about the
first cycle from Client A because another cycle has started.
The table columns can be changed if necessary. Can someone at least push me in the right direction? It may involve a CTE and/or cursor, but I'm just not sure where to start.
Thanks!

> I provided the example above as a slightly simplified version of what I'm working on
Not good, you should provide a something closer to what you are working on.
I read from your original post that "There are four steps in a cycle." and I see that you enumerate them 1 - 4 and also read that "So let's assume that step 2 cannot start
for a given client until step 1 completes, category 3 can't start until 2 completes, etc.", so based on those facts I decided to enumerate all steps for each customer (rn1) and used the formula (rn - 1) / 4 to identify blocks
of steps (groups of consecutive steps):
row                                   rn1 (rn1 - 1) / 4
('Client A', '01-01-2014', 1) 1    0
('Client A', '01-02-2014', 2) 2    0
('Client A', '01-03-2014', 3) 3    0
('Client A', '01-04-2014', 4) 4    0
('Client A', '01-05-2014', 1) 5    1
('Client A', '01-06-2014', 2) 6    1
('Client B', '01-04-2014', 1) 1    0
('Client B', '01-06-2014', 2) 2    0
Then for each group we enumerate again (rn2) but this time in descending order (rn DESC) so the last step in each group will be the first row based on the new enumeration. Now we can select those rows where rn2 = 1 but only if the step number is not 4.
If your data is different, for example steps numbers go from 10 to 40 in increments of 10 then you have to change the logic slightly:
SET NOCOUNT ON;
USE tempdb;
GO
CREATE TABLE #events (
EventID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Client VARCHAR(10),
RecordTimestamp DATETIME,
Step tinyint,
UNIQUE CLUSTERED (Client, RecordTimestamp, Step)
INSERT INTO #events (Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step)
VALUES
('Client A', '01-01-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-02-2014', 20),
('Client A', '01-03-2014', 30),
('Client A', '01-04-2014', 40),
('Client A', '01-05-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-06-2014', 20),
('Client B', '01-04-2014', 10),
('Client B', '01-06-2014', 20);
SELECT *
FROM #events
ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Client
GO
WITH C1 AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Step) AS rn1
FROM
#events
C2 AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client, (rn1 - 1) / 4 ORDER BY rn1 DESC) AS rn2
FROM
C1
SELECT
EventID,
Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step
FROM
C2
WHERE
rn2 = 1 AND Step < 40;
GO
DROP TABLE #events;
GO
If you can have 8 steps and the maximum one is 80 then the logic should be:
SET NOCOUNT ON;
USE tempdb;
GO
CREATE TABLE #events (
EventID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Client VARCHAR(10),
RecordTimestamp DATETIME,
Step tinyint,
UNIQUE CLUSTERED (Client, RecordTimestamp, Step)
INSERT INTO #events (Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step)
VALUES
('Client A', '01-01-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-02-2014', 20),
('Client A', '01-03-2014', 30),
('Client A', '01-04-2014', 40),
('Client A', '01-05-2014', 50),
('Client A', '01-06-2014', 60),
('Client A', '01-07-2014', 70),
('Client A', '01-08-2014', 80),
('Client A', '01-09-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-10-2014', 20),
('Client B', '01-04-2014', 10),
('Client B', '01-06-2014', 20);
SELECT *
FROM #events
ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Client
GO
WITH C1 AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Step) AS rn1
FROM
#events
C2 AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client, (rn1 - 1) / 8 ORDER BY rn1 DESC) AS rn2
FROM
C1
SELECT
EventID,
Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step
FROM
C2
WHERE
rn2 = 1 AND Step < 80;
GO
DROP TABLE #events;
GO
If you want to show the last non-completed group for each client and from there the first and last steps then try:
SET NOCOUNT ON;
USE tempdb;
GO
CREATE TABLE #events (
EventID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
Client VARCHAR(10),
RecordTimestamp DATETIME,
Step tinyint
INSERT INTO #events (Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step)
VALUES
('Client A', '01-01-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-02-2014', 20),
('Client A', '01-03-2014', 30),
('Client A', '01-04-2014', 40),
('Client A', '01-05-2014', 50),
('Client A', '01-06-2014', 60),
('Client A', '01-07-2014', 70),
('Client A', '01-08-2014', 80),
('Client A', '01-09-2014', 10),
('Client A', '01-10-2014', 20),
('Client A', '01-11-2014', 30),
('Client B', '01-04-2014', 10),
('Client B', '01-06-2014', 20);
SELECT *
FROM #events
ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Client
GO
WITH C1 AS (
SELECT
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client ORDER BY RecordTimestamp, Step) AS rn1
FROM
#events
C2 AS (
SELECT
DENSE_RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY Client ORDER BY (rn1 - 1) / 8 DESC) AS grp,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client, (rn1 - 1) / 8 ORDER BY rn1) AS rn2,
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY Client, (rn1 - 1) / 8 ORDER BY rn1 DESC) AS rn3
FROM
C1
SELECT
EventID,
Client,
RecordTimestamp,
Step
FROM
C2
WHERE
grp = 1 AND 1 IN (rn2, rn3) AND Step < 80
ORDER BY
Client,
EventID;
GO
DROP TABLE #events;
GO
If you check the execution plan you will notice several SORT operators which could yield poor performance. We could try using an intermediate table and adding a POC (partition / ordering / covering - idea from ITzik Ben-Gan) index to improve it.
Does this help?
AMB
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When recently syncing my iphone, itunes asked me something regarding transfering purchased items or something.. I foolishly didn't read it properly and now I can't get purchased songs from iTunes back on to my iPhone... Please help!!

Hi,
When recently syncing my iPhone a message came up regarding transferring purchases or something.. In haste I pressed the wrong reply.. My phone synced, but removed all of the songs I purchased on my iPhone. Although they are still on my iTunes and I can play them.. but they will not sync back to the iPhone what so ever.. I'm stressed out big time and can't believe I was such an idiot lol!! Had a look at a few forums.. But they seem to be about transffering from Iphone to Itunes...
Please Help xxx

At the AT&T store. Tried using iCloud but only 120 songs were transferred and when I access my iTunes account now it only shows 120 and not the 450 anymore that I purchased on my old phone. Tried to sync again from the phone to iTunes and it still not working.
I purchased everything under the same apple ID account I called apple support and spent almost 2 hours with tech support for assistance and we got disconected and they never called me back.
I'm at the point where I'm about to never purchase anything anymore from apple go to another company retrieve every single charge made on my bank account from iTunes and file a law suit against the company. It's being a week that I called for assistance and no one called me back to help me with this matter even after I responded a survey with a complaint about not getting a resolution to my problem.
If you could please help me I will appreciate, I'm out of the country now and can't stay on the phone for a long time.
I need to sell my old phone but as right now besides all my bank statements the old phone is the only evidence that I purchased the songs.

Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS + User profile Disks + App-V = Explorer.exe crashing all of the time

I have built a new RDS farm on Windows Server 2012 R2 with two Session Hosts and a combined Connect Broker/Web Access server. I had the farm up and running with User Profile Disks and all seemed OK. However, as soon as I installed the App-V 5.0 SP2 RDS
client on the session hosts, the explorer.exe process started crashing for any user logging in via the Web Access site. The process crashes and restarts every five to ten seconds. It's the same for administrators. If they log in via Web Access explorer.exe
crashes, but if they RDP directly to one of the session hosts explorer.exe is fine. If I reboot the session hosts, then the first user to log in via Web Access has a stable desktop session (and appears to have a new profile as well). However, if that user
logs out and back in again, explorer.exe starts crashing again. The only applications I have packaged at the moment are Office 2013 and Firefox.
I tried disabling User Profile Disks, but this caused a whole bunch of other problems and I eventually lost the ability to log in at all via Web Access (errors about the user profile service). As this is a small pre-production environment I completed scrapped
all of the servers and rebuilt from scratch. Again, everything appeared fine until I installed the App-V client, then explorer.exe started crashing repeatedly for all users.
Has anyone come across this issue before? I have tried installing the App-V 5.0 SP2 Hotfix Package 2, but this didn't help. I have read in a few forums that App-V doesn't work very well with User Profile Desks, but I have not heard of this particular issue.
Similarly, SP2 seems to have a lot of problems, so I am going to try removing App-V RDp Client SP2 and installing SP1. I ahev also deleted User Profile Disks for the test users to recreate their profiles, but this didn't help either.
Any other suggestions welcome!

I forgot to include the application event log entry for explorer.exe crashing:
Faulting application name: explorer.exe, version: 6.3.9600.17039, time stamp: 0x53156588
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.3.9600.17055, time stamp: 0x532954fb
Exception code: 0xc06d007e
Fault offset: 0x0000000000005bf8
Faulting process id: 0xae8
Faulting application start time: 0x01cfab3a273787fd
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 69210d77-172d-11e4-80c6-0050560102d1
Faulting package full name:

MSI Big Bang-XPower II More MB RAM than the CPU can handle...

I understand reading in a few forum post :" By making more memory available to the system more data can be cached in RAM, so there will be less hard drive activity, and less swapping to memory so your system will perform better." But what happen when motherboard for a desktop that supports( and had install) more RAM than the processor can handle?(aka:processor Max Memory Size).
Please comment in this configuration.as I 'm looking for a MB than offer me the more SATA6 connection i found a few available using LGA2011 socket (MSI Big Bang-XPower II LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 XL ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS) than support 128GB. As I understand the processor Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Processor only work with 64GB.
Is there any advantage to have a MB that hold a bigger RAM capacity than the CPU? If so, how can this be translate using in a program like Adobe After Effects, RAM preview? thank

More Memory doe's not make it faster as its Volatile Memory (more RAM but it has to be run at much slower speeds) that is very short term and is just a buffer for active Programs and files it Caches there while its active but in no way improves system speed (as it has to be clocked slower to allow the IMC on the CPU to cope with it)! more memory just allows more Active Large programs and files open at the same time and huge amount of ram will only really be of benefit for things like Video Editing, photo editing and 3D rendering as those take alot of ram to allow all the computations that the CPU does to be held for quick access but only when they are active!
having more RAM then your CPU can Handel is a VERY BAD IDEA as it will just refuse to even post or in very rare cases damage the CPU's IMC leading to a dead CPU!
why MSI have done that is for possible later 2011 CPU's that may allow the 128GB of RAM limit to be used but currently they do not exist currently as X79 is a more professional grade Platform that will probably be around for years to come (may be used for many upgrade cycles and may eventually have a cpu that can use 128GB or ram) and who knows what will happen with Intel CPU's in that time frame! (more of a possible forward compatibility thing as its a very high end platform)
as for after effects it uses RAM for holding Render Files so in theory more ram will just allow it to render Larger files that are more complex without hitting the Available Ram ceiling that your computer has but it will not render any faster as a result it just gives it more headroom to work in!
so overall more ram = more Active space available & no increase in speed (actually maybe a drop in speed as it needs to run slower causing LAG/Latency) so it all depends what is important to you here to whether more ram is of any benefit or just a hindrance but that is down to your own use case scenario!

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