Afraid to ask

I have to admit to having designed my own website beginning
many years ago using Frontpage. Now, years later, I have updated my
computer and of course Frontpage is ancient news.
The glory of it was that I could surf my way to the page,
click edit using frontpage, change what I wanted, save and log
out...all done.
Now I have Dreamweaver CS3 and I am wondering how the heck I
can even see the page in the program let alone if Dreamweaver will
allow me to make changes to the frontpage designed layout.
Can anyone assist me with this? I thought it would be as
simple as open a page, click edit and make changes.
Apparently I am light years behind reality.
Thanks in advance!
Chris

Do you have FTP access to the remote host?
if yes-
Read about how to define a site in dw's F1 help.
dw menu-->Site-->New Site
Make it a "Site" and not an "RDS"
Set the local site folder as a new empty folder somewhere on
your hard
drive.
Enter all the remote ftp info.
Now go to the dw files panel
Change to remote files view, and click connect.
Do you see the site files?
If no but you see some folders and one is named www or
public_html or htdocs
or similar, AND the site files are inside that folder, put
that folder name
into the "host directory" line of the remote server info.
connect to remote site, select all remote files, and GET
them.
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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Almost afraid to ask... Where are my Lightroom files?

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Ken, it has -2 because it's an upgraded catalog. The old catalog won't work in Lightroom 3, and Lightroom won't delete the original catalog in case something goes wrong during the upgrade. You wouldn't want to be left with no catalog at all, if something were to happen.
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http://www.icab.de/
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classilla.org
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Mac OS 9.x
See this site for disabling the password in Mac OS 9.1
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?cat=1301&id=1014
"If you're 'just' talking about your Multiple Users password, there is a simpler solution: start up from your MacOS Install CD, delete the Multiple Users preferences file, and restart from the hard drive." I copied this sentence from the post below. Mac Fixit
http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Forum8&Number=824863&page= 0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1"
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3653877?tstart=0
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Trials and Tribulations of a First Time MSI Builder

I'll try to keep this short and sweet (IMPOSSIBLE!), but hopefully this may make sense to some of you out there who have sought and found solice here on the MSI boards....
First off....I'm a first-time MSI MB user.....my system specs are as follows:
Voyeurmods Verge X case
MGE Vigor 500 PS
Athlon 64 2800
MSI K8T Neo FSRII
1 gig Kingston 400DDR (KVR400X64)
1- 80 gig Barracuda SATA
Thermalright SLK948U and TT UFO fan
Aopen DVD/CDR combo drive
TT Hardcano 12
Enermax 6 fan controller
Asus 9800xt
Audigy Platinum
and assorted other fans, belts, and whistles......
Now...the story and the point behind this post:
I have only built one other comp....2.4 Pentium Platform......nice, stable rig.....a few extra goodies to qualify it as a "semi-mod"...but it was a great system to cut my teeth on, and in all fairness, I had a lot of extra help with cables/bios/cpu install, etc. I wouldnt call it a "from-scratch" set up...Never one to NOT jump into the deep end of the pool, I decided to move up a bit and try a new build from scratch....I wanted a decent rig...strictly gaming......as close to state of the art as my budget would allow, but I was prepared to make exceptions......
My original MB of choice once I settled on an Athlon 64 was the Abit KV8. It was a great-looking MB; I thought the OATES cooling system was a significant upgrade from a lot of others...and I liked their "UGURU" system management tool...unfortunately, the Abit MB is now sitting in a trash bin....I have to say that, all emotion aside, Abit wont be seeing my cash any time in the future.....to call the OATES system a total failure would be an understatement...only AFTER I started reading the Abit boards did I realize that virtually every builder was removing the plastic OATES shroud and tossing it away.......the screw alignment in the OATES portion of the board, coupled with almost any aftermarket HS/fan alignment warps the board slightly and doesnt allow multiple sticks of memory to sit properly in the slots......if you folks think thats a joke, just check out the Abit forums.....I'd say that right now, the negative reviews of the KV8 boards are surpassing the "positive" reviews by a ratio of 2 or 3 to 1. And then try RMA'ing the board once its warped!
Now granted, the Thermalright SLK puts a hell of a stress load on the CPU section of the MB through sheer weight alone, but the MSI board, TO ME, seems to be a bit "beefier"....a tad thicker in construction. I dunno...maybe its the layout, or weight distribution. But I digress and this was "supposed" to be short and sweet....
Many hours of bareboning the build with the Abit board resulted in me switching manufacturers and trying MSI. Everything I tried....all the tech support....all the forums and Abit messageboards.....litterally swapping out every piece of equipment....nothing got that Abit board to boot up. I was getting error messages that werent even acknowledged by the manufacturer! Folks, you have NO idea how much better a product MSI is putting out compared to Abit.
For starters.....the board sits damned near perfectly on the standoffs.....one does NOT have to remove the video card to get at the memory slots (the Abit board requires MOST if not all video cards to be removed if swapping memory in slot 1)...the layout of the SATA and IDE brackets seemed a bit more ergonamically proficient on the MSI board.....about the only thing that appealed to me (initially)more on the Abit board was an "on board" LCD error check system that seemed to be a bit easier to use than the MSI D Bracket system. I say "seemed to be", but again, going back to basic board layout and design, the LCD's are virtually covered by the IDE cables that have to sit over the LCD's because of their close proximity to each other. Nice idea. Poorly executed.
So....if any of you first-timers have concerns about choosing the MSI board, start breathing easier.....once I switched boards, and used the exact same components as my first try with the Abit board, the K8T Neo started up first time out of the box.....everything about this board (knock wood), so far, has been great, and I also have to say that the help that all of you here dish out has made this experience nothing short of amazing.
Jocko, whoever the hell you are, you are my new Obi Wan Kenobi! Your advice in a few threads to newbies like myself was so damned "dead-on" ....so accurate...its like you know these boards and systems from the circuit on up! And I have to thank you right now for helping me even though we never exchanged emails or posts......many, many, many thanks!
Also, Mike...your thread for first-timers......it should be part of the itinerary for ALL newbies. Thanks for taking the time to share....
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1. Configuring the BIOS is, to me anyway, always a bit scary. I like pointing and clicking...I hate pressing enter and using arrow keys...there are just too many damned choices and I'll always wonder if I made the right ones......scan back a few threads and search out any of Jocko's advice regarding the initial load of Windows and SATA drives...he makes this part easy. Also, there are several websites that give advice on optimum BIOS configs....you can find many links here on these forums.
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8. Do....regardless of how much extra work is involved here....DO utilize a barebones build BEFORE you install in the case and hook up all the peripherals.....it cuts out SO many potential problems before they happen, and just makes so damned much sense. I know its extra effort, but if youre a first timer, and you want that first boot to take place; you want that main screen once you press "DELETE", this is the way to go.
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16. Bench test your system for at least 24 hours of continuous useage before you move it or do anything else with it......it just makes sense to see if anything shorts out or heats up......
Feel Free to email me ([email protected]) if you have any questions or want any ideas.....MSI has made my first real build a blast!
JJ

Hi
Welcome, glad you got some benefit from the threads, it all so easy once you've done it a few times, aint it.
Glad your going well, now you can help others
you could also join the folding team and help medical research.
enjoy
cheers
jocko

How can I create system image of Win-7 only on drive with Win-7 (NTFS) and Win-ME (FAT-32) system partitions

I am trying to create a Windows 7 Image Backup on my Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit PC.
I have two bootable partitions on my hard drive. One is NTFS and contains the Win-7 system files.
The other is FAT-32 and contains a Windows-ME system.
When it comes to selecting the drives (partitions) for backing up, both are marked as System, and both are selected. Both are also "greyed out) - I cannot uncheck them.
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Any of the products listed below will backup the contents (all partitions) of your disk drive. The only limitation is that you must install the backup software in Windows 7. You will perform a "Disk and Partition" backup by manually selecting
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EaseUS Todo Backup Home V7.5
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Free version:
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Version comparison chart:
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User's Guide: http://www.todo-backup.com/download/docs/User_Guide.pdf
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Acronis True Image 2015:
Has a 30 day trial version available, trial Key sent to your Email Address.
Note: Cloning and drive initialization (creating a MBR) are not supported in the trial version.
For the trial version, recovery is available only when booting from an Acronis Bootable Media CD.
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Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.

How to create a game. Basic steps.

So, just browsing through these forums, I see many posts by prospective game designers wanting to get started. But many of these questions are so ill-researched or off basis that most people don't even know how to respond.
So here's a quickie guide on how to get started learning to make a game. Notice I didn't say making a game. First you learn, then you make, or else you'll just get frustrated and quit.
Here's the basic steps:
1) You need to learn Java. Seriously, don't even think about writing a game if you don't want to. Get a book. My favorite was one by Ivor Horton. But really, any will do.
If Java is your first programming language, it is important for you to read through the book carefully and do the excercises. This is for you learn what a "programming language" actually is.
All a computer can do is add numbers. A computer itself knows nothing about Mario or how to make Mario jump. So YOU have to figure out, just what does Mario have to do with numbers.
2) Write a simple game, without animation in it.
My first game was Minesweeper. Other examples include Solitaire, or Poker, etc...
This teaches you how to organize a "large" program. Organization is important. If you don't organize, you'll begin writing a game, and eventually get stuck because your code is unreadable, and your bugs will be impossible to trace down. You'll be frustrated and quit.
3) Learn the concepts behind animation and a 2D game.
I see questions like: "I want to make a game, and I drew Mario. Now how to I make him move?". This is for you people.
Animation is drawing a bunch of images in rapid succession. And a game, basically is a logic system that decides which animations to play at any given time.
4) Write a 2D game.
Now, you are ready to attempt an actual game. I started small and wrote a tetris-esque puzzler as my first game with animation. I suggest you do the same, but if you feel ready you can probably jump into a major project now.
5) Learn about 3D.
For those aiming high, you can get started learning the concepts behind 3D now. I suggest you know at least a basic knowledge of trigonometry. This means know your sin, cos, and tan inside out, or else you'll up for a lot of work.
3D is not like 2D. There are quite a few concepts that you will need to learn, and they're not immediately intuitive. Those who have a stronger math background will progress faster. Those who have a weaker background will find it more difficult. But you'll learn a lot along the way. Nothing teaches trig faster than writing a 3D engine.
6) Write a 3D engine.
You're entering the hardcore right about now. Few people on this forum will have experience with this and you'll need to do a lot of thinking. Mainly, just because, there's not many people left to ask.
Some of you will have some ideas on writing this engine. In this case, I recommend you go ahead and try. You might not succeed, but trying will teach you more than anything else.
Those that don't quite have it down yet, or those that tried and didn't quite succeed can follow along with a book that takes you through this step. The book that I used was "Java game programming". It has a very in-depth section on 3D.
7) Make your engine fast.
This step is probably the hardest of all. If you completed step 6, you'll notice that writing a 3D engine, and writing a fast 3D engine is two almost completely different things.
Here's when you'll research into various computer science algorithms and techniques in order to speed up your engine. Actually, this is when you'll probably learn the concept of "algorithm".
This is research! You'll find almost no help at forums for this step. Nothing but hard work.
I can't comment on more than that, as that's as far as I've gotten so far. But that's the basic roadmap.
Good luck on your games.
-Cuppo

Okay I am going to add a few points since they have come up recently.
With relation to what you should know with Java.
Beyond the basics you should get a good grounding in the following
- threading
- networking in Java (if applicable)
Threading
For threading you can use the concurrency tutorial found here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/concurrency/index.html
Threading is really a must. No kidding. Because you will be unable to do anything performance wise without it. Additionally you can't normally take a non-threaded application and slap threading on it. You need to have a design that incorporates being threaded.
You also don't want to come up with a design to find out later that it's wrong. Don't be afraid to ask questions about your design in general and as how it relates to threading.
Making a good multi-threaded application is actually not all that difficult, once you understand it. But this is the thing that seems to trip up alot of people. I see an awful lot of bad threading code in the Java Programming forum. Tip: If you are using Thread Priorities you are doing something wrong!
Networking
The Java networking tutorial may be found here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/index.html
This is a basic tutorial though so don't assume you know everything there is to know once you have finished it. If you are serious about your development then I HIGHLY recommend the following book
http://books.google.com/books?id=l6f1jTB_XCYC&dq=Fundamental+Networking+in+Java&psp=1
As a bonus the author is a long-time member on these forums and a regular in the Networking forums.
Networking your program, especially depending on how you will use it is important to design into your game from the get-go. If you are planning to make a multi-player online game you need to know what the limitations are with regards to performance early in your development. If you build a beautiful game but it runs like a dog because of what you did in your networking code it would be a real shame and worse it may not be fixable.
Again don't be afraid to ask questions.
Restatement of CuppoJava's Comments
This is a good thread and that's why I am adding these comments to it. I would also say that I totally agree with the sentiments on what you should expect.
If you are new to Java and expect that in just a few months you are going to crank out a game with a custom 3-d engine you are in for a nasty surprise.
It isn't that we want to be discouraging, but please do try and set yourself realistic goals and time deadlines. You'll find it a much more positive experience and the less frustrated you are the more likely we are to be able to help you. :)

Using array from one vi in another vi

Hi,
Im new with NI LabView and i have few Qs:
1. I'm writing a vi and I'm creating a numeric array in it. How can I use the array (It's content) in a different vi that's I'm writing?
2. How do I link between vi's? Im writing few vi's and pressing a boolean button at one of them should close the current vi and open another one. How it's being done?
3. How can i create that a picture will appear after pressing a button? pressing a button create entering to a case frame in which I make a string visible, bolded etc. How do I make it also shown picture at the same time?
thanks and regards,
Shay

Ok, so you're at the very beginning so don't be afraid to ask, there are no silly questions.
LabVIEW is based on the dataflow paradigm, to pass data from A.vi to B.vi the natural LabVIEW way is to place A.vi and B.vi in a new VI, let's call it C.vi.
So C.vi has two subVIs (A.vi and B.vi).
Hmmm... you know what... instead of writing I'm going to shout a video.
It shows how to use the VIs you create as subVIs and how to use the connector pane to pass data from main VI to subVIs and from a subVI to another one. Here is the link : http://www.vimeo.com/17805576
If this is too easy for you, please don't feel insulted and if you have questions please ask.
Maybe it's not the best idea to display VI's front panel one after the other (it's possible if that what you really want), this easiest is probably to build a main VI that will use many subVIs to perform different actions. and if you need space a good option is to use tabs.
Hope this helps
When my feet touch the ground each morning the devil thinks "bloody hell... He's up again!"

Unexplainable phenomenon

First off i would like to say thank you to all the Hp support people for putting up with me continueing to come back here asking the same kind of questions, Secondly i would like to appoligize that i have not explained this better and also, how long this explanation is.....
Now for the problem, My hard drive in a sense "Freezes" when i do things on my computer such as play games, watch youtube videos, or even talk on skype. Sometimes this problem happens when my computer is on and i'm not even on it, it's just idleing. Now, when i go to the task manager the disk is reading at 100% but when i scroll down everything on the list is at 0. After some time of this happening the computer will blue screen and crash. Also, another way it will crash is it will essentially shut off the backround, all the icons will disapear, the task bar will vanish, applications will crash and others will come up saying there was a hard drive error and then the computer will crash. Now, for the really weird part. My, computer will automaticaly restart after it has crashed and when it goes to do that it gets its self into a blue screen loop untill i power it down. Then, I have to wait 5 to 10 minuets before i can attempt to turn on my computer or it Will bring up a screen that say hard disk error please run so and so hard disk check. Now, when i go to try to do this "check" it is not even installed so i just shut it off and wait untill i can turn my computer back on then, it works fine untill it desides to crash again.
Now, i know what you might be thinking, the hard drive is going bad and needs to be replaced and everything will be fine, but no. I have replace the hard drive in the computer with a better one (also mecanical) to try to solve the problem but it has not proved to be doing much for me. Also, i have taken my computer to a friend that is a professinal and he removed all the viruses from the OS and the rest of the computer with the software that he had. Also before I took it to him I was not able to update my computer what so ever. Now that he has removed the viruses from it i am able to manually install them from windows update. If i try to leave it up to the automatic then the update fails and the computer undos the changes and goes back into windows.
So, at this point i can honestly say that it is not the hard drive it's self as a peice of tecnology, As for the operating system I am not sure. Recently I completely reset the computer removeing all my files and reinstalling the operating system. I'm not sure if the reset process actually reinstals the entire OS or just part of it which could still be allowing the problem to happen. When the computer is just on though the problem does not happen (usally). I also do not have the disk for the OS so i can't just reinstall it. But, then again i'm not completly sure that that is the problem
Time for specs.
i5 intel 3.00 GHz processor
Nvidia GT 625 Graphics card
1TB SATA Western Digital (Black) Hard drive
6GB of ram (4gb stick and 2gb stick)
The MotherBoard is the one that came with it originally (so what ever that is)
Now that i have had this problem for a while i desided to do a few tests. The hard drives read and write speeds are 170Mb per second, so it should be more than capable to handle what im doing on my computer. The next thing i did was i opened task manager and i downloaded a GPU monitor from the inter net so i could monitor everything that was happening while this problem emerged. Then, i opened the game JUST CAUSE 2, a game my computer should be more than able to play.
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen
Memory: 3GB system Memory
Hard Drive:
Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory
(Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)
Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card
DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10.1
Then, When i bgan to play i started to watch the lavels of all my hardware. The CPU was running at a prtty average level for playing a game, The ram was at 3GB out of the 6GB that i have, The hard drive was running as normal pulsing every now and again to update grapic textures and send nessasary files to the game to make it run correctly. Then i look to the graphics card, The graphics card GPU load was averageing 98% The cpu was at its max clock speed, the cards integrated memory was at 789Mb out of the 1Gb that it has the fan speed at 47% temperature was around 47 celsius which is not terribly warm. Now, i am not sure if a graphics card has anything to do with the hard drive but if it does that could explain why. The game it's self was running at 60FPS and i was experiencing no lag at all. Then, randomly the hard drive began to do its problem that it has been having where it is at 100% but litterly nothing is happening. Then i notice that when the hard drive froze so did the graohics card. When the drive froze the graphics card droped down to zero percent and thats when the game froze. Then there were other time were the hard drive would freeze but the graphics card would not so the game would still be playable.
Personally i do not know a whole lot on how computers actually work. Most of my knoledge is, what the parts are and what they do, but past that i have know clue. I turn the computer on do a few tests like i did and that ends my knowlege on how to fix the computer so, i appriciate being able to come here and get a little extra guidence. i hope that was not to much to take in but i wanted to be as descriptive as possible to maybe find a solution to this problem.
If you happen to need any screen shots of anything whiles its happening i can get those, and if you need any more information please don't be afraid to ask!

Wow, that seemed a lot shorter in the editor, I got a little long winded.

Very weird problem

First off i would like to say thank you to all the Hp support people for putting up with me continueing to come back here asking the same kind of questions, Secondly i would like to appoligize that i have not explained this better and also, how long this explanation is.....
Now for the problem, My hard drive in a sense "Freezes" when i do things on my computer such as play games, watch youtube videos, or even talk on skype. Sometimes this problem happens when my computer is on and i'm not even on it, it's just idleing. Now, when i go to the task manager the disk is reading at 100% but when i scroll down everything on the list is at 0. After some time of this happening the computer will blue screen and crash. Also, another way it will crash is it will essentially shut off the backround, all the icons will disapear, the task bar will vanish, applications will crash and others will come up saying there was a hard drive error and then the computer will crash. Now, for the really weird part. My, computer will automaticaly restart after it has crashed and when it goes to do that it gets its self into a blue screen loop untill i power it down. Then, I have to wait 5 to 10 minuets before i can attempt to turn on my computer or it Will bring up a screen that say hard disk error please run so and so hard disk check. Now, when i go to try to do this "check" it is not even installed so i just shut it off and wait untill i can turn my computer back on then, it works fine untill it desides to crash again.
Now, i know what you might be thinking, the hard drive is going bad and needs to be replaced and everything will be fine, but no. I have replace the hard drive in the computer with a better one (also mecanical) to try to solve the problem but it has not proved to be doing much for me. Also, i have taken my computer to a friend that is a professinal and he removed all the viruses from the OS and the rest of the computer with the software that he had. Also before I took it to him I was not able to update my computer what so ever. Now that he has removed the viruses from it i am able to manually install them from windows update. If i try to leave it up to the automatic then the update fails and the computer undos the changes and goes back into windows.
So, at this point i can honestly say that it is not the hard drive it's self as a peice of tecnology, As for the operating system I am not sure. Recently I completely reset the computer removeing all my files and reinstalling the operating system. I'm not sure if the reset process actually reinstals the entire OS or just part of it which could still be allowing the problem to happen. When the computer is just on though the problem does not happen (usally). I also do not have the disk for the OS so i can't just reinstall it. But, then again i'm not completly sure that that is the problem
Time for specs.
i5 intel 3.00 GHz processor
Nvidia GT 625 Graphics card
1TB SATA Western Digital (Black) Hard drive
6GB of ram (4gb stick and 2gb stick)
The MotherBoard is the one that came with it originally (so what ever that is)
Now that i have had this problem for a while i desided to do a few tests. The hard drives read and write speeds are 170Mb per second, so it should be more than capable to handle what im doing on my computer. The next thing i did was i opened task manager and i downloaded a GPU monitor from the inter net so i could monitor everything that was happening while this problem emerged. Then, i opened the game JUST CAUSE 2, a game my computer should be more than able to play.
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 or Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen
Memory: 3GB system Memory
Hard Drive:
Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory
(Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 series/ ATI Radeon HD 5750 series)
Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible Dolby Digital 5.1 sound card
DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10.1
Then, When i bgan to play i started to watch the lavels of all my hardware. The CPU was running at a prtty average level for playing a game, The ram was at 3GB out of the 6GB that i have, The hard drive was running as normal pulsing every now and again to update grapic textures and send nessasary files to the game to make it run correctly. Then i look to the graphics card, The graphics card GPU load was averageing 98% The cpu was at its max clock speed, the cards integrated memory was at 789Mb out of the 1Gb that it has the fan speed at 47% temperature was around 47 celsius which is not terribly warm. Now, i am not sure if a graphics card has anything to do with the hard drive but if it does that could explain why. The game it's self was running at 60FPS and i was experiencing no lag at all. Then, randomly the hard drive began to do its problem that it has been having where it is at 100% but litterly nothing is happening. Then i notice that when the hard drive froze so did the graohics card. When the drive froze the graphics card droped down to zero percent and thats when the game froze. Then there were other time were the hard drive would freeze but the graphics card would not so the game would still be playable.
Personally i do not know a whole lot on how computers actually work. Most of my knoledge is, what the parts are and what they do, but past that i have know clue. I turn the computer on do a few tests like i did and that ends my knowlege on how to fix the computer so, i appriciate being able to come here and get a little extra guidence. i hope that was not to much to take in but i wanted to be as descriptive as possible to maybe find a solution to this problem.
If you happen to need any screen shots of anything whiles its happening i can get those, and if you need any more information please don't be afraid to ask!

HMM. I am no where near a expert I am just a average computer user but I know that with the advent of Windows 8.1 some games have been reported to have compatability issues under the new windows expecilly ones that came out before windows 8 or before windows 7. as for the other stuff you mentioned I actually have no idea but it does sound like something is dieing or got really messed up in the computer.

My ipod 5th generation wont charge after ios 8 update .. does this have something to with the charger not being an apple product?

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Could be that the update make the iPod more aware of marginal cable. Other users have reported the same.
Not Charge
- See:
iPod touch: Hardware troubleshooting
iPhone and iPod touch: Charging the battery
- Try another cable. The cable for 5G iPod (lightning connector) seems to be more prone to failure than the older cable.
- If a 5G iPod
Iphone 5 lightning port charging problem - SOLUTION!
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- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
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I had to have my iMac hard drive replaced after it crashed. Since then, the printer works fine, but I can't scan anything. Do I need to uninstall and then reinstall for everything to work properly. TIA

Hello Glo48,
Welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you are having some scanning issues.
Try downloading and installing the HP Printer Drivers v3.0 for OS X.
Please let me know how you make out and if you have any other questions, don't be afraid to ask.
Cheers,
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I can't get past this fundamental set up. I only want one user to admin the server software, but I have 5 users of other macs in our office who I want to be able to use the server services, like email and wiki.
How do I set them up?

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I have a netbook of
Dell inspirion mini 10
1 GB of Ram
Intel Atom Processor
Hard disk of 140 GB with no partitions
So when i formatted my harddisk having windows xp on it and stated to install win 7 from my usb it started to show an error
"Setup cannot create or find any exiting partitions"
when it came to select partitions or harddisk. I have searched all the net but still didnt find the solution.

Install Partition Wizard on a USB thumb drive and see if its able to locate the hard disk.
Partition Wizard Home Edition:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Note: There is also a bootable CD or bootable Flash drive versions:
CD: http://www.partitionwizard.com/partition-wizard-bootable-cd.html
Flash Drive:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/bootable-flash-drive.html
Some of the features and Functions include: Create partition, Delete partition, Format partition,
Resizing a partition, Move partitions, Restore Partition after accidental deletion,
Convert partition, Explore partition, Hide partition,
Change drive letter, Set active partition, partition explorer (View contents).
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J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com
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External drive not showing up - which disk initialization method will NOT erase the data on that external hard drive?

Hi,
as thousands of other users, my WD Passport drive worked like a charm until yesterday and now it wont show on any computer, but does show in the Disk management and when plugged in , the Disk Management offers two ways of initialization : MBR and GPT
i dont understand any of that and want to know if any of those two methods will make the disk initialize wITHOUT loosing the data on the drive?
i looked on so many forums and some people say that it will and others that it will not erase the data.
can you please tell me what is correct?? also a suggestion is to add some more wording to that initializaiton dialog box so that we can know what initialization does and doesnt
thank you so much
t

Try connecting it to a different computer to see if you can access the data, under no circumstances should you Initialize the drive as all existing data will be lost.
If you still can't access your files, then remove the drive from the case and connect it via an extra SATA cable and power connector (you usually need a desktop PC in order to do this if the drive is a 3.5 inch model, a 2.5in drive will fit into a laptop
if you have a spare slot).
J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com
Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.

Invalid key length on hard drive. Can this be fixed?

Hello,
I have a question about an error I am receiving with a hard drive I have been using for a few months on an imac G3 (the slot loading version). I bought this used 80 GIG hard drive on ebay for a friend of mine and I helped him transfer all his data from his older 9 GIG drive to this newer 80 GIG drive that I bought for him on ebay. I simply cloned the 9 GIG drive onto the new drive using Carbon Copy Cloner. There is not a lot of data on the drive - only about 3 GIGs of data.
The drive is the only drive in the computer (an imac G3) and therefore it is the startup drive. The operating system on the drive is OS9. All was working fine for a few months until just last week. Now I am receiving this following error:
error message:
The disk "Macintosh HD" appears to be damaged. Use a disk repair utility to repair the disk.
And so I used the disk utility built into OS9 to see if I could repair the problem. (I think OS9's disk utility is called "Disk First Aid")
When using OS9s disk utility (I think it is called "Disk First Aid") the following report is issued:
Problem: Invalid key length, 4,943
Test done. Problems were found but Disk First Aid cannot repair them.
My questions are:
What is an "Invalid key length"?
How serious is this?
What would cause this?
Could this have been caused by the physical condition of the disk or possibly by the software on the disk?
Would re-formatting the drive fix it? (Of course I would try to save any data first onto another disk)
Or is it risky to continue to use this disk even after reformatting it?
I guess I have a lot of questions here and if anyone could make any suggestions or comment on why "Invalid key length" errors happen I would really appreciate it. Thanks:)
Here are some details:
When I bought the 80 GIG hard drive from ebay the first steps I took were to format the drive using OS9's "drive setup", load the OS9 drivers and then I verifed the disk. The disk seemed to be fine. Then I cloned his old drive onto this 80 GIG drive using Corbon Copy Cloner. I was sure the 80 GIG drive was in a healthy state at that time and I trusted it enough to give it to my friend for his startup drive. Now that the drive has failed with his data and programs, I feel pretty bad. How could this "Invalid key length" error occur?
Should I go back to the person who sold me the drive on ebay and ask for a refund? Or are "Invalid key length" errors a common occurance with hard drives that should just be accepted? Or might it possibly be the contents (data) on my friend's disk that caused this error.
It has been suggested to me to use "Tech Tools Pro" or "Disk Warrior" to repair the disk. Hopefully that might repair the disk. Unfortunately these programs are too expensive for this purpose because they would cost more than the computer actually costs (its an old imac G3 computer). I found a service that would run Disk Warrior on the disk to repair it for a $50 fee. Still, that is also not worth it as the computer may not even be worth $50.
Here are some specifications:
80 GIG drive specs: SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.7 80GB hard drive
computer: imac G3 (slot loading version)
OS: Mac OS9
Thank you for any suggestions especially as to whether I should attempt to return the hard drive or look for a refund for this hard drive or attempt to reformat the drive and try again (backing up the data first).
I also question the source of all the data on my friends computer. If he had the original operating system disks (which he said didn't come with his computer when he purchased it second-hand), I could have easily re-installed the OS and the applications. But he doesn't have any disks. That serves me right for having to deal with trying to help out someone who has software from a questionable source. I'm never doing that again. I guess that makes me guilty too as an accomplice. I don't feel very good about this
I didn't know for sure - but I guess I should have assumed his software was illegal if he didn't have the disks - I was afraid to ask. I'm never putting myself in this possibly illegal situation again. Never again will I try to help someone out who doesn't clearly have the legal disks. Please forgive me and everyone else who reads this post. I feel shameful about this but somehow I must get myself out of this problem. I've learned a good lesson. Should I attempt to fix his computer? Or should I tell him to first buy a legal OS and software before I can help him out? You see I feel further guilt because I was the one who gave him the 80 GIG problematic hard drive that failed and I feel I should have to fix it. Can anyone offer me a bit of advice? What do I do?
What's the right thing to do?

Thank you Jim and Apple2Freak,
I appreciate your comments. I am now suggesting to my friend to buy a legal OS and if that is the case I am suggesting to him to move to OSX instead of OS9. Luckily he let me know there wasn't much data on that drive that he needed to save. I am still trying to determine if I could still use this hard drive with the keylength errors if I erase it or if the hard drive has permanent damage. I am hoping that I could install OSX on it and erase the hard drive to start again.
This imac (slot loading version) can support up to OS 10.3.9 however I might consider Xpostfacto to try to run 10.4. But then I would need to buy 10.3.9 as well as 10.4 and that would double my OS cost. I think I might just look for OS 10.3.9 only. Its not worth it for me to buy two OSes for it.
Jim, your post was very interesting because it also pointed out that it could be an issue of bad RAM. A few months ago we installed some new second-hand RAM and I wonder if that is the cause of all these problems. I will have to check that first.
Thanks again!

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