AUTORUN.INF repeatedly trying to run for no apparent reason

I got this Thinkpad X201s direct from Lenovo last November.
Since then, my Avira antivirus software has been blocking Q:\AUTORUN.INF several times a day.
Why would Q:\AUTORUN.INF be trying to run from the recovery partition during normal use of the computer?
Is it likely to have been hijacked by malware?
Curiously, Q:\AUTORUN.INF seems to go mad whenever any potential threat to it is running,
i.e. when Windows Defender is running or paticularly when AUTORUN.INF removal software is downloaded.
If I click on it in Windows Explorer, Avira blocks it but it does open as a Notepad document with an "Access is denied" warning and an empty Notepad window behind it.
Repeated Avira system scans and Windows Defender scans find nothing abnormal.
Can anyone help?

Hello,
Perhaps it is a false positive alarm. Have you tried uploading the AUTORUN.INF file to a site which runs files against multiple anti-malware scanning engines like VirusTotal to see what is reported back? That should help give you an idea of whether the file is infected. You can also submit it your anti-virus vendor's researchers for examination.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky
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   Tiles 14.0
   Torn Edges 14.0
   Twirl 14.0
   Underpainting 14.0
   Vanishing Point 14.0
   Variance 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)
   Variations 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)
   Water Paper 14.0
   Watercolor 14.0
   Wave 14.0
   Wavefront|OBJ 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)
   WIA Support 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)
   Wind 14.0
   Wireless Bitmap 14.0 (14.0 20130423.r.221 2013/04/23:23:00:00)
   ZigZag 14.0
Optional and third party plug-ins: NONE
Plug-ins that failed to load: NONE
Flash:
   Kuler
   Adobe Exchange
Installed TWAIN devices: NONE
Can anyone PLEASE help?

I to have the same issue and it all started after switching photoshop cc's layout to 3d mode now everything crashes repeatedly... Thankgod AE still works but yeah ps 3d system is the culprate here b/c It worked perfectly for 4 months for me until i tried there crappy ps 3d system!

W500 broke down for no apparent reason

Dear all,
I have a W500 that worked fine for 4 years and suddenly started being faulty for no apparent reason.
I've searched the web and tried many fixes, but I still haven't been able to pinpoint the problem. At this point I suspect that the problem might implicate faulty hardware, though I am not sure. I would really appreciate any suggestions that could help me figure it out and (hopefully) fix it.
The laptop is a ~5 year-old W500 that came with Vista install but was upgraded to windows 7 after a couple of months. I made the BIOS upgrade at that point, but not since.
After trying to rescue it without success, I eventually reset the BIOS to default settings and reinstalled windows 7, and I am now able to use the computer but with many persisting problems.
Current symptoms
    Slow boot time (4-5 min until I can start using windows) with occasional failure to start windows (hangs for hours before log on screen, but without crashing)
    Initially failed to shut down, but uninstalling the dvd drive in windows seems to have fixed this.
    Black screen appears on two occasions during boot. (1) between the "please wait" screen and the log on screen, and (2) after logging after the "welcome" screen. Each stays for around a minute (I guess they also show on healthy systems but too short to be noticed)
    Windows is generally slow and prone to failures. Browsing windows explorer sometimes works fine, sometimes hangs for several tens of seconds. Launching programs takes an unreasonable amount of time (up to several minutes in some cases). Installing programs is incredibly slow and often fails.
    Initially, after reinstalling windows, it looked like windows explorer did not refresh itself automatically anymore: if I created a new folder for example, it would not appear until I hit the refresh button. Somehow, this issue seems to have resolved itself, perhaps when uninstalling the cdrom, but I couldn't swear.
    Booting in safe mode hangs after loading CLASSPNP.sys, which apparently is a recurring problem. In my case, after re-installing the OS it only hangs for 2-3 minutes and eventually safe mode successfully starts.
    Yesterday the graphics driver failed multiple times, which never occurred before (well, maybe once, and a long long time ago). The first time the computer restarted automatically, and the next couple of times the screen just went black but the computer was still running.
    Apparently I am unable to restore to factory state using the rescue&recovery environment. The partition which I believe to be the recovery partition (it has drive letter D: and no name, it guess this happened when installing the new OS) cannot be accessed from DOS (I/O error comes up, I am not sure if this is normal or not), and browsing it in windows explorer causes it to freeze. In safe mode it does appear in disk management, where is says 9.8GB, RAW, primary, healthy, 100% free space. Rescue and recovery environment does not start (perhaps as a consequence of this).
    Since reinstalling windows the fingerprint reader does not work, and the "mouse wheel" function of the touchpad is broken (looks like the drivers are missing, but I can live with that for now)
Additional details
As I mentioned above I've had this laptop for 4-5 years and it always worked properly without major glitches. Then one day windows suddenly failed to start without reason, although on rare occasions I was able to log in after a very long boot (which suggests to me that it might not be completely broken but just took forever to start up windows), but then it would also fail to shut down (hanged forever at the "windows is shutting down" screen.
Thinking back, the laptop did on rare occasions fail to start windows, but would always start the next time and never failed to shut down as far as I remember. Lately I also noticed freezing on some occasions, which at that time I thought might be related to the DVD because they seemed to happened only when the DVD was in use.
After many unsucessful attempts to recover the current system I reinstalled windows 7, and now windows is more or less running, but with the symptoms described above.
I've run chkdsk /F /R /B, sfc /scannow, and windows memory diagnostic multiple times, as well as several lenovo diagnostic tools (CPU, memory, optical, graphics and perhaps a couple of others); none of them returned any error (1 bad sector added to list by chkdsk last time it ran).
Questions
    Any suggestions/feedback?
    At this point, is there a chance it could help to reformat the entire drive and reinstall windows?
    In particular, I'm not sure why I need the recovery partition if I (1) it doesn't work and (2) I have an installation CD for the OS anyway.
Also, would it safe to remove the SERVICEV003 partition?
    I've read somewhere that to restore to factory state you need to mark the recovery partition as "active" - is this true, and could it be the reason that rescue&recovery environment does not start?
    Is it any use updating the BIOS at this point?
    Also, is there any chance that playing around with the BIOS config could result in a working configuration?
    If the problem is a hardware problem, how can I figure out which is the faulty component?
    Is it possible to completely disable, e.g., the DVD drive, without physically unplugging it (BIOS doesn't seem to allow this, and even though uninstalling it in windows seemed to fix the shutdown problem, I know that the DVD is still working because e.g. I can boot from it).
    Is there a way to completely disable one of the graphics card to check whether problem could come from it?
    I've been considering pulling out the HD and memory to check if there is any misconnection/dirty connector. Is is even worth trying (I usually try refrain as much as possible from messing with laptop's inside) ?
I will update if I remember anything important or if there is any major new development.
Thanks in advance for your help!

137 attempted reallocations with 6 currently pending. Your drive is probably on its way out.
Back-up your data immediately. You could try running SpinRite or HDD Regenerator on the drive to try and fix it, but chances are you should just replace it.
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Macbook pro 13 inch mid 2010 crashing for no apparent reason

Hi there guys,
My Macbook Pro for the last few months keeps crashing for no apparant reason. I say this because it does not seem to matter what program I am running, how many programs I am running, or indeed have anything to do with my software. Im now sure of this because I took it to the genius bar today and they gave me a system format/reset and the problem is still there.
They also ran diagnostics on the hardware and everything seemed to be ok...
Has anyone else had this problem? I'll paste my report after my latest crash below incase anyone can make heads or tails of it!
Thanks everyone!
Anonymous UUID:       9E59F1A9-A0A2-D50A-5EAF-32E0B742523A
Mon May 19 17:39:08 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801fedbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801fe4bc46, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef8034b467b0, CR3: 0x0000000022bd4000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffef8034b46780, RBX: 0xffffff80fba1f068, RCX: 0x0000000009000000, RDX: 0xffffff80fba1f088
RSP: 0xffffff810835be00, RBP: 0xffffff810835be60, RSI: 0x0000002d5fd901a7, RDI: 0xffffff80fba1f088
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0xffffff80346f0810
R12: 0xffffff80fba1f088, R13: 0xffffff80204fdbb8, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff80204d2b00
RFL: 0x0000000000010006, RIP: 0xffffff801fe4bc46, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef8034b467b0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff810835ba90 : 0xffffff801fe22fa9
0xffffff810835bb10 : 0xffffff801fedbe2e
0xffffff810835bce0 : 0xffffff801fef3326
0xffffff810835bd00 : 0xffffff801fe4bc46
0xffffff810835be60 : 0xffffff801fe35a10
0xffffff810835beb0 : 0xffffff801fe367da
0xffffff810835bf40 : 0xffffff801fe35d8c
0xffffff810835bf80 : 0xffffff80202acc0f
0xffffff810835bfb0 : 0xffffff801fed6ff7
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13C64
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
Kernel slide:     0x000000001fc00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801fe00000
System model name: MacBookPro7,1 (Mac-F222BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 194872029570
last loaded kext at 190985985109: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7fa21aa000, size 49152)
last unloaded kext at 125253391534: com.apple.driver.AppleMCP89RootPortPM          1.11 (addr 0xffffff7fa1d2b000, size 24576)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.15
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          80.14
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.3f10
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.6.0f1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.2.4
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.6.0f1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          35
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.4.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          666.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          3.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
com.apple.security.quarantine          3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.4.35
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          245.13
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard          170.15
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.2.3f10
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.15
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.6.0f1
com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.5fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.3f10
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.6.0f1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.6.0f1
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.2.4
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.2.4
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.7.0d10
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          240.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          660.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          656.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient          1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          630.35
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          675.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          278.11
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          23
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread          1

That panic was not caused by third-party software. If the problem is recurrent, the possibilities are:
A stale or corrupt kernel cache
A damaged OS X installation
A fault in a peripheral device, if any
Corrupt non-volatile memory (NVRAM)
An internal hardware fault (including incompatible memory)
An obscure bug in OS X
You may already have ruled out some of these.
Rule out #1 by starting up in safe mode and then restarting as usual. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
You can rule out #2 and #3 by reinstalling the OS and testing with non-essential peripherals disconnected and aftermarket expansion cards removed, if applicable. Sometimes a clean reinstallation may solve a problem that isn't solved by reinstalling in place.
Corrupt NVRAM, which rarely causes panics, can be ruled out by resetting it.
If your model has user-replaceable memory, and you've upgraded the memory modules, reinstall the original memory and see whether there's any improvement. Be careful not to touch the gold contacts. Clean them with a mild solvent such as rubbing alcohol. Aftermarket memory must exactly match the technical specifications of the machine.
Apple Diagnostics or the Apple Hardware Test, though generally unreliable, will sometimes detect a fault. A negative test can't be depended on. Run the extended version of the test, if applicable.
In the category of obscure bugs, reports suggest that FileVault may trigger kernel traps under some unknown conditions. Most, though not all, of these reports seem to involve starting up from an aftermarket SSD. If those conditions apply to you, try deactivating FileVault.
Even if FileVault is not active, an aftermarket SSD may be the cause of kernel panics. Check the manufacturer's website for a firmware update.
Connecting more than one display is another reported trigger for OS X bugs.
If the system is not fully up to date, running Software Update might get you a bug fix.
In rare cases, a malformed network packet from a defective router or other network device can cause panics. Such packets could also be sent deliberately by a skillful attacker. This possibility is something to consider if you run a public server that might be the target of such an attack.
Otherwise, make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider to have the machine tested. You may have to leave it there for several days. There isn't much point in doing this unless you can reproduce the panic, or if you can't, it happens often enough that it's likely to be repeated at the store. Otherwise you may be told that nothing is wrong.
Print the first page of the panic report and bring it with you.

Probook 4510s,I have lost sound for no apparent reason.

I have lost sound on my ProBook 4510s running Windows 7 pro. for no apparent reason.All checks say sound card is working correctly.I have downloaded latest drivers and installed them and tried all possible solutions I have searched,all to no avail.Any help please

Hi,
Please use the following instructions to check and fix:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01912228&cc=ad&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_r1002_us...
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Hello,
I am using Time machine with Snow Leopard and an external WD My Book 1TB HD - I am using the very latest WD firmware/software (made for Snow Leopard) and was making successful automatic backups for several days until recently when the backup started canceling for no apparent reason. I installed the Time Machine buddy widget and found this message:
Starting standard backup
Backing up to: /Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/Backups.backupdb
No pre-backup thinning needed: 1.80 GB requested (including padding), 894.51 GB available
Error: Flushing index to disk returned an error: 0
Copied 7393 files (997.6 MB) from volume GPL III HD.
Backup canceled.
I tried a manual backup and the same message. I waited until the next automatic backups and got the same message - each and every time.
I have searched the Time Machine section and nothing specifically addresses the error message.
Any ideas on what is wrong and how to resolve it? I thought about erasing the HD and starting over but that seems draconian.
Thanks!

GPL3 wrote:
I checked the set-up and it looks fine except the Tips note that a GUID partition is preferred for some purposes (whatever that means) on Intel Macs (such as mine) rather than the Apple Partition Map which is what the WD HD has - although it does note that either will work. Could this be the problem?
No, I guess I need to try to reword that somehow. Was trying to keep it short. It only matters, under some circumstances, on a drive with OSX installed on it.
Jan 30 08:57:02 Peter-Lambs-iMac virusbarriers[54]: Child scanner 211 exited with exit code: 1
Jan 30 08:57:02 Peter-Lambs-iMac virusbarriers[54]: Child scanner 270 exited with exit code: 1
Jan 30 08:57:10 Peter-Lambs-iMac mdworker32[263]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
mdworker is used by the mds process (MetaData server); Spotlight is it's main client, but Time Machine also uses it, as do some anti-virus apps. Hard to tell just what sort of problem that was.
Jan 30 08:57:20 Peter-Lambs-iMac mds[34]: (/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217)(Er ror) IndexSDB in dbflushdatastore:/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217/sto re.db : dbsyncdatastore: !WARNING! prior write-errors invalidate sync.
Jan 30 08:57:20 Peter-Lambs-iMac mds[34]: (/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217)(Er ror) IndexCI in _ContentIndexSyncIndexBulk:preSync error:22 12
Jan 30 08:57:20 Peter-Lambs-iMac mds[34]: (/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217)(Er ror) IndexSDB in dbflushdatastore:/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217/sto re.db : dbsyncdatastore: !WARNING! prior write-errors invalidate sync.
Jan 30 08:57:20 Peter-Lambs-iMac mds[34]: (/Volumes/GPL III BACKUP/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/291AAEE8-0631-48A0-AAC8-679C66732217)(Er ror) IndexCI in _ContentIndexSyncIndexBulk:preSync error:22 0
These are all mds having problems in the Spotlight index on your TM drive.
Could my anti-virus SW be an issue (I am using VirusBarrier X6)?
Quite possibly. Exclude your TM disk from it, or turn it off.
Also exclude your TM disk from Spotlight indexing, at least temporarily, via SYstem Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy.
That will likely fix the backup problem.
You really don't need much, if any, anti-virus on a Mac; and many anti-virus products are actually worse than a virus! For more detail, see this post by Klaus1: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10942146&#10942146 or: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2307964
If you're running Windoze, of course, the Windoze side needs all the usual anti- stuff of a PC.

ITunes won't import/play certain songs for no apparent reason

I have certain songs that will not play or import into iTunes for no apparent reason. I've been able to play them in QuickTime, Zune and Windows Media Player but for some reason iTunes won't even acknowledge them. When I click on the MP3 file iTunes will load up but not do anything. I've tried everything and can't figure out the issue.
I had been able to upload the songs to iTunes in the past as well with no issues until one day iTunes just decided they didn't exist anymore.
I'm really at wits end right now because i'd like to upload these songs to my iPod but can't do that now. What could the problem be?

It's probably a problem with the ID tags associated with the files. You can run this free program to fix the tags and see if that makes the tracks usable:
http://www.gromkov.com/faq/repair/mp3_validator.html

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Hi.
As long as I have had this iMac 27" i7 my external disks will at random intervals spin up for no apparent reason.
One is set as a TimeMachine disk, the other is just for storage.
I run iStat Pro, but have uninstalled it to see if it made any difference, all to no avail.
There is no program I know of trying to acsess them.
I have lost a TimeMachine disk before, and are therefore a tad conserned when it comes to life expectancy.
Any pointers will be greatly appreciated.
P.J.Berg

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Possibly since the last Apple system upgrade, the Airport signal to my Airport Extreme just drops down to two or three bars often, sometimes off, for no apparent reason.
My set up is
imac Intel (n) ->
Airport Extreme Base Station (n) ->
Printer (wifi) and modem (ethernet)
The connection was very bad when we bought the airport, eventually we had it replaced, it was then mostly OK, recently it's started acting up again.
I have tried turning off the computer and Base Station and modem and printer and restarting. Doesn't help. Right now it's just jumped up to 5 bars again. Neither computer nor base station ever move. The base station is one room away (about 9m). There is no change in the obstacles between the computer and the base station. The temperature of the airport card, according to istat pro, is 66°C - the weather is hot here.
To get the replacement from Apple last time, we had to spend about ten hours on the phone, repeating the problem over and over again, resetting the Airport countless times, creating new accounts, and even reinstalling the system (none of which helped).
So I was wondering if this is a known problem, or if anyone had any solutions to offer other than obvious resetting of the base station etc.
Many thanks for your help - this is a wonderful machine but an annoying problem.
Alexia
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x88)
Wireless Card Locale: Worldwide
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.46.7)
Airport model number: A1143
Serial number: 6F7.........EW

Hi Brandon - thanks for the suggestion!
Funnily enough - ever since writing that message the Airport has been on 5 bars continuously ! I simply have no idea why - unless there was some kind of delayed action of a few hours after restarting everything…
Anyway, I had a look at Airport Utility out of interest - I am on 100% and 2MB. Should I be on 5.5 or 11 MB ?
Also a screen came up saying there was a firmware update available, and then a second one. So I updated - so far so good - maybe that was somehow blocking things ?

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