Considerations for an OS X install on a Beige

Well, not being able to view QT movie trailers w/ the QT 6 Pro I paid 30 bucks for a couple of years ago was the last straw. It is now obvious that I need to update the Mac OS on my Beige or give up using it as my primary home computer. I need the OS update for effective net surfing and to run periodic apps no longer offered in OS 9 (e.g., Turbo Tax). So, I would greatly appreciate answers to the following questions and any other "words of wisdom" you may have regarding my intended OS update.
First, is there any value in trying OS 10.2.8 or should I just go and try to install and use Panther? The last time I looked at OS X it was Jag on a "new" Mac a few years ago. It was so painfully slow that my 6100 would put it to shame. I understand that Panther finally got some quickness into OS X, but it was also not designed to be run on a Beige.
My HDD is an 80 GB Maxtor on an ATA133 card. It has two partitions, 20 GB and 60 GB, w/ OS 9.2.2 on the 20 GB partition. As I understand it, the 8 GB partition rule doesn't apply to HDDs on PCI cards, correct?
Is it proper or best to install OS X on the same partition as OS 9 or on a different partition?
Other mods to my Beige include a 1 GHz, G3, Powerlogix processor upgrade, a USB 1.1 card, and a mutant Radeon 7000 video card (flashed Asian PC card w/ 64 MB VRAM). Will, could any of these present a problem for the recommended OS X vintage install?
Thanks in advance for answers, comments, and recommendations.
Carl B.

Hi carl,
I upgraded to Panther (via XPostFacto 3.1 of course) only last Sunday. It is, to me, a significant improvement over Jag, and the installation was a breeze by comparison. I removed nothing from the computer, even leaving in the Lite-On CD-RW drive that would not install Jag (see this thread).
Speed differences are hard for me to judge. I was having some directory problems with the older boot drive, and I installed a fresh new drive as part of the Panther upgrade. I started my OSX experience with Jag. The speed was acceptable but not as frisky as was OS9. However, part of that is due to the Beige not using Quartz Extreme for finder functions. QE can be enabled, but may have some downsides if you do 3D gaming.
Today, I would say go straight to Panther. I'm at 10.3.9 and all is stable.
One caveat that may not bite you (1G processor advantage?) is related to QT. I, too, was keen to get QT7 so I could continue to enjoy the movie trailers. The new trailers are dreadfully slow and choppy, even with my 128MB VRAM vidcard. I tried some older saved QT movies with QT7 and they ran great. New content must need more power, It is my fear that the newer QT movies are optimized for a G4 and that's why all is so slow.
You are right: the 8GB partition rule only applies to the logic board ATA bus.
I did not install any ATI drivers other than those included with OSX. The Radeon 9200 is doing fine, shown by excellent performance in a flight sim that shouldn't really run on an 8 year-old machine. I recommend trying the flashed Radeon with native drivers--it should work.

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For Your Consideration: Ultimate Lync 2010 client install with SCCM 2007

While the subject of my post may be very presumptuous, I submit the following for your consideration to answer the often-asked question about how to deploy Lync 2010 client with SCCM.
Background:
I cannot understand why Microsoft made the Lync install so darned confusing, complex, and convoluted.
After our Lync 2010 FE server was up and running and all users migrated off our OCS server to the Lync environment, I spent about a month and a half trying to figure out how to:
1. Uninstall the OCS 2007 R2 client
2. Install all prerequisites for the Lync client
3. Install Lync on all user workstations silently.
While researching this, the simple answer I kept seeing given to this question was, "just use the .exe with the right switches according to the TechNet article here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg425733.aspx". Well, my response is, I
tried that and while the program installed itself correctly pushed through SCCM, because I was doing it using an administrative account (i.e. the SYSTEM account) due to our users not having admin rights, when the install was done, Lync would automatically
start up, but in the SYSTEM context so that the user couldn't see it was running, they go to run it and it won't run for them. I was unable to find any switch or option to prevent the automatic launch. I suppose the simple solution to that would
be to have the user reboot, but that's unnecessarily disruptive and was contrary to the desire to make this a silent install.
The next simplest answer I saw was, "extract the MSI and use that with the right switches". Problem with that is that the MSI by itself doesn't remove the OCS client or install the prerequisites, and also either requires a registry change to even allow
the MSI to be used or a hacked MSI that bypasses the registry key check. I tried to put a package together to uninstall OCS, install the prereqs, and use a hacked MSI, but I never could get the MSI hacked properly. The other problem I ran into
was detecting if the OCS client was running in a predictable way so I could terminate it, properly uninstall it, and then do the rest of the installations. It was this problem that ultimately led me to the solution that I'm about to detail and that has
worked marvellously for us.
Solution:
As I said before, when I first looked at this problem, I started by building a typical software deployment package (Computer Management -> Software Distribution -> Packages) and then created the programs to do the install. My first attempt was
just with the .exe file provided as-is by Microsoft using the switches they document in the link above for IT-Managed Installation of Lync, and...well, the end result wasn't quite as desirable as hoped. So, my next attempt was to extract all the prerequisite
files and the Lync install MSI (both for x86 and x64), attempt to hack it to get around the "UseMSIForLyncInstallation" registry key, and make the command-lines to terminate OCS and uninstall it.
In the past when I had an install to do with SCCM that also required uninstalling an older version of a given application, I typically used the program-chaining technique. That's where you have, for example, 3 or more programs that run in a package
in a sequence and you have Program 3 be set to run after Program 2 does and then set Program 2 to run after Program 1 so you get the desired sequence of Programs 1-2-3 running in that order. So, I created programs to 1) kill Communicator.exe 2) uninstall
Communicator 2007 R2 by doing an "msiexec /uninstall {GUID}" 3) install Silverlight 4) install Visual C++ x86 5) optionally install Visual C++ x64, and then 6) install the Lync x86 or x64 client. That final step was always the point of failure because
I couldn't get the hacked MSI for the Lync Client install to work. I also realized that if Communicator wasn't running when the deployment started, that step would fail and cause the whole process to bail out with an error. That's one of the downsides
of program-chaining, if one step fails, SCCM completely bails on the deployment. This is what also led me to the key to my solution: TASK SEQUENCES.
I'm not sure how many people out there look in the "Operating System Deployment" area of SCCM 2007 where Task Sequences normally live, but I also wonder how many people realize that Task Sequences can be used for more than just Operating System deployments.
One of the biggest advantages of a task sequence is you can set a step to ignore an error condition, such as if you try to terminate a process that isn't running. Another advantage is that task sequences have some very good built-in conditionals that
you can apply to steps, for example, having the sequence skip a step if a certain application (or specific version of an application) is not installed on the machine. Both of those advantages factor highly into my solution.
OK, for those who already think this is "TL;DR", here's the step-by-step of how to do this:
First, you need to extract all the files from the LyncSetup.exe for your needed architectures. We have a mix of Windows XP and Windows 7 64-bit, so my solution here will take both possibilities into account. To extract the files, just start up
the .exe like you're going to install it, but then when the first dialog comes up, navigate to "%programfiles%\OCSetup" and copy everything there to a new location. The main files you need are: Silverlight.exe, vcredist.exe (the x64 LyncSetup.exe includes
both x86 and x64 Visual C++ runtimes, you need them both, just rename them to differentiate), and Lync.msi (this also comes in an x86 and x64 flavor, so if you have a mix of architectures in your environment, get both and either put them into their own directories
or rename them to reflect the architecture).
For my setup, I extracted the files for the x86 and x64 clients and just dumped them each into directories named after the architectures.
Next, move these files into a directory to your SCCM file server, whatever it might be that you deploy from, in our case, it was just another volume on our central site server. Go to the SCCM console into Computer Management -> Software Distribution
-> Packages and then create a new package, call it something meaningful, and then point to the directory on your SCCM file server for the source files.
Now you need to create 3 to 5 programs inside the package:
1. Name: Silverlight
   Command Line: x86\Silverlight.exe /q     (remember, inside my main Lync install folder on my distribution point, I have an x86 directory for the files from the x86 installer and an x64 folder for the files from the x64 installer.
The fact is the Silverlight installer is the same in both, so you only need one of them.)
   On the Environment tab: Program can run whether or not a user is logged in, runs with administrative rights, Runs with UNC name
   On the Advanced tab: Suppress program notifications
   All other options leave default.
2. Name: Visual C++ x86
    Command Line: x86\vcredist_x86.exe /q
   On the Requirements tab: Click the radio button next to "This program can run only on specified client platforms:" and then check off the desired x86 clients.
   Environment and Advanced tabs: same as Silverlight
   (If you have only x64 clients in your environment, change all x86 references to x64. If you have a mixed environment, create another program identical to this one, replacing references to x86 with x64.)
3. Name: Lync x86
    Command Line: msiexec /qn /i x86\Lync.msi OCSETUPDIR="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Lync" (The OCSETUPDIR fixes the issue with the Lync client wanting to "reinstall" itself every time it starts up)
    Requirements, Environment, and Advanced tabs: Same as with Visual C++ and Silverlight
    (Same deal as above if you have all x64 clients or a mix, either change this program to reflect or make a second program if necessary)
Now you need to make the Task Sequence. Go to Computer Management -> Operating System Deployment -> Task Sequences. Under the Actions pane, click New -> Task Sequence. In the Create a New Task Sequence dialog, choose "create a
new custom task sequence", Next, enter a meaningful name for the task sequence like "Install Microsoft Lync", Next, Next, Close.
The task sequence will have up to 12 steps in it. I'll break the steps down into 3 phases, the prereqs phase, uninstall OCS phase, and then Lync install phase.
Prereqs Phase:
These are the easiest of the steps to do. Highlight the task sequence and then in the Actions pane, click Edit.
1. Click Add -> General -> Install Software. Name: "Install Microsoft Silverlight". Select "Install a single application", browse to the Lync package created earlier and then select the Silverlight program.
2. Add -> General -> Install Software. Name: "Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 x86". Install Single Application, browse to the Lync package, select the Visual C++ x86 package.
As before, if you're an all-x64 environment, replace the x86 references with x64. If you have a mixed environment, repeat step 2, replacing x86 with x64.
3. Add -> General -> Run Command Line. Name: "Enable Lync Installation". This step gets around the UseMSIForLyncInstallation registry requirement. The Lync client MSI simply looks for the presence of this key when it runs, so
we'll inject it into the registry now and it doesn't require a reboot or anything. It just has to be there before the client MSI starts.
Command Line: reg add "hklm\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Communicator" /v UseMSIForLyncInstallation /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Uninstall OCS Phase:
This part consists of up to 6 Run Command Line steps. (Add -> General -> Run Command Line)
4. Name: "Terminate Communicator". Command Line: "taskkill /f /im communicator.exe". On the Options page, check the box next to "Continue on error". This will terminate the Communicator process if it's running, and if it's not, it'll
ignore the error.
5. Name: "Terminate Outlook". Command Line: "taskkill /f /im OUTLOOK.exe". Check the "Continue on error" on the Options page here too. Communicator 2007 hooks into Outlook, so if you don't kill Outlook, it might prompt for a reboot
because components are in use.
(NOTE: If necessary, you could also add another step that terminates Internet Explorer because Communicator does hook into IE and without killing IE, it might require a restart after uninstalling Communicator in the next steps. I didn't run into
this in my environment, though. Just repeat step 5, but replace OUTLOOK.EXE with IEXPLORE.EXE)
6. Name: "Uninstall Microsoft Office Communicator 2007". Command Line: "msiexec.exe /qn /uninstall {E5BA0430-919F-46DD-B656-0796F8A5ADFF} /norestart" On the Options page: Add Condition -> Installed Software -> Browse to the
Office Communicator 2007 non-R2 MSI -> select "Match this specific product (Product Code and Upgrade Code)".
7. Name: "Uninstall Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2". Command Line: "msiexec.exe /qn /uninstall {0D1CBBB9-F4A8-45B6-95E7-202BA61D7AF4} /norestart". On the Options page: Add Condition -> Installed Software ->
Browse to the Office Communicator 2007 R2 MSI -> select "Match any version of this product (Upgrade Code Only)".
SIDEBAR
OK, I need to stop here and explain steps 6 and 7 in more detail because it was a gotcha that bit me after I'd already started deploying Lync with this task sequence. I found out after I'd been deploying for a while that a tech in one of our remote
offices was reinstalling machines and putting the Communicator 2007 non-R2 client on instead of the R2 client, and my task sequence was expecting R2, mostly because I thought we didn't have any non-R2 clients out there. So, at first I just had our Help
Desk people do those installs manually, but later on decided to add support for this possibility into my task sequence. Now, when you normally uninstall something with msiexec, you would use the Product Code GUID in the command, as you see in steps 6
and 7. All applications have a Product Code that's unique to a specific version of an application, but applications also have an Upgrade Code GUID that is unique for an application but common across versions. This is part of how Windows knows that
Application X version 1.2 is an upgrade to Application X version 1.1, i.e. Application X would have a common Upgrade Code, but the Product Code would differ between versions 1.1 and 1.2.
The complication comes in that Communicator 2007 and Communicator 2007 R2 have a common Upgrade Code, but different Product Codes and the "MSIEXEC /uninstall" command uses the Product Code, not the Upgrade Code. This means that if I didn't have step
6 to catch the non-R2 clients, step 7 would be fine for the R2 clients, but fail on non-R2 clients because the Product Code in the MSIEXEC command would be wrong. Luckily, we only had one version of the non-R2 client to deal with versus 4 or 5 versions
of the R2 client. So, I put the command to remove Communicator 2007 non-R2 first and checked for that specific product and version on the machine. If it was present, it uninstalled it and then skipped over the R2 step. If non-R2 was not present,
it skipped that step and instead uninstalled any version of the R2 client. It's important that steps 6 and 7 are in the order they are because if you swap them, then you'd have the same outcome as if step 6 wasn't there. What if neither is on the
machine? Well the collection this was targeted to included only machines with any version of Communicator 2007 installed, so this was not a problem. It was assumed that the machines had some version of Communicator on them.
8. Name: "Uninstall Conferencing Add-In for Outlook". Command Line: "msiexec.exe /qn /uninstall {730000A1-6206-4597-966F-953827FC40F7} /norestart". Check the "Continue on error" on the Options Page and then Add Condition ->
Installed Software -> Browse to the MSI for this optional component and set it to match any version of the product. If you don't use this in your environment, you can omit this step.
9. Name: "Uninstall Live Meeting 2007". Command Line: "msiexec.exe /qn /uninstall {69CEBEF8-52AA-4436-A3C9-684AF57B0307} /norestart". Check the "Continue on error" on the Options Page and then Add Condition -> Installed Software
-> Browse to the MSI for this optional component and set it to match any version of the product. If you don't use this in your environment, you can omit this step.
Install Lync phase:
Now, finally the main event, and it's pretty simple:
10. Click Add -> General -> Install Software. Name: "Install Microsoft Lync 2010 x86". Select "Install a single application", browse to the Lync package created earlier and then select the "Lync x86" program. As before, if you
only have x64 in your environment, replace the x86 with x64, or if you have a mixed environment, copy this step, replacing x86 references with x64.
And the task sequence is done! The final thing you need to do now is highlight the task, click Advertise in the Actions pane, and deploy it to a collection like you would with any other software distribution advertisement. Go get a beer!
Some final notes to keep in mind:
1. You can't make a task sequence totally silent...easily. Users will get balloon notifications that an application is available to install. The notifications cannot be suppressed through the GUI. I've found scripts that supposedly
hack the advertisement to make it be silent, but neither of them worked for me. It was OK, though because in the end we wanted users, especially laptop users, to be able to pick a convenient time to do the upgrade. The task sequence will appear
in the "Add/Remove Programs" or "Programs and Features" Control Panel. You can still do mandatory assignments to force the install to happen, you just can't make it totally silent. On the plus side, the user shouldn't have to reboot at any point
during or after the install!
2. In the advertisement setup, you can optionally show the task sequence progress. I've configured the individual installs in this process to be silent, however, I did show the user the task sequence progress. This means instead of seeing
5 or 6 Installer windows pop up and go away, the user will have a single progress bar with the name of the step that is executing.
3. One step that I didn't consider when I actually did this was starting the Lync client as the user when the install was complete. The user either had to start the client manually or just let it start on its own at the next logon. However,
while I was writing this, I realized that I could possibly start the client after installing by making another Program in the Lync Package with a command line that was along the lines of "%programfiles%\Microsoft Lync\communicator.exe" and then in the Environment
tab, set it to "Run with user's rights" "only when a user is logged on".
4. My first revision of this task sequence has the Prereqs phase happening after the OCS uninstall phase, but I kept running into problems where the Silverlight installer would throw some bizarre error that it couldn't open a window or something wacky
and it would fail. Problem was, I couldn't re-run the task sequence because now it would fail because OCS had been uninstalled, so that's why the Prereqs happen first. It ran much more reliably this way.
5. For some reason that baffles me, when I'd check the logs on the Site Server to monitor the deployment, I'd frequently see situations where the task sequence would start on a given machine, complete successfully, almost immediately start again, and
then fail. I'm not sure what is causing that, but I suspect either users are going to Add/Remove Programs and double-clicking the Add button to start the install instead of just single-clicking it, or the notification that they have software to install
doesn't go away immediately or Lync doesn't start up right after the install, so they think the first time it didn't take and try it a second time.
I hope this helps some of you SCCM and Lync admins out there!

On Step 8 I found multiple product codes for the Conferencing Add-In for Outlook. Here's a list of the ones I found in the machines on my network:
{987CAEDE-EB67-4D5A-B0C0-AE0640A17B5F}
{2BB9B2F5-79E7-4220-B903-22E849100547}
{13BEAC7C-69C1-4A9E-89A3-D5F311DE2B69}
{C5586971-E3A9-432A-93B7-D1D0EF076764}
I'm sure there's others one, just be mindful that this add-in will have numerous product codes.

HT1349 mini graphics to vga adapter for macbook how to install in windows 7.

mini graphics to vga adapter for macbook how to install in windows 7.
i have macbook with windows 7 operating system.

Can you be more specific?
What are you trying to do?

Firefox.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. I have been using firefox for years. I installed the latest version of Firefox. It worked fine for several days. Now I get the above message each time I try to s

firefox.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
I have been using firefox for years. I installed the latest version of Firefox. It worked fine for several days. Now I get the above message each time I try to start Firefox, even in safe mode. i have checked with latest antivirus softwere also.. i didn't find any thing suspicious.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== after loading firefox 3.6.6 ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.99 Safari/533.4

I was having this problem few days ago,and I have fixed.Try this steps-If you have AVG antivirus so go on firefox>Tools>Add On and Disable AVG safe search and AVG tool bars too.Then restart computer.

"this computer is no longer authorized for applications that are installed

"this computer is no longer authorized for applications that are installed on the ipad "name of ipad" Would you like to autoriize for items purchased from the itunes store?
if you do not autorize ....
Why am I getting this message I only have 1 computer the ipad connects to, it hasnt changed so why do I suddenly have to autorize it again????

I've gotten the same issue now on my ipad.
My mac mini is authorized. I only have ONE itunes account. I sync my original ipad today and I get this message. So i say sure authorize, even tho it is. Enter login and password, comes back with this computer is already authorized. I knew that but ok. hit ok. Up pops message that this computer is no longer authorized, blah blah blah. Ok ill try again. Authorize credentials entered. Get message that computer is already authorized. Itunes is most recent 10.2.1. Ipad is updated to 4.3.1.
I deauthorized computer and reauthorized it. Still get loop.
google for solutions, find lots of problems, no answers outside of reinstall itunes and it "might" work, but not for everyone. Not gonna do that yet.
Figure Ill call, I mean its not that an old a device and its surely a bug in the software, I havent changed a single thing since I last synced and only tried got the sync message when i plugged it in to update the OS.
/rant on Go through a gazillion voice prompts and question, finally get operator and he'll help me if i spend 80 or 30 bucks depending on the service program I want. Yah know thats just total #$%@.
How about some customer service eh? How about posting a solution to the forums. If you dont have one, at least tell people that.
I get the same bit of attitude when I walk in the apple store. Love the products, have been an apple user since the IIe, but I just want the products I bought from you, the software that I get from you, the music that I buy from you, the apps that I buy from you, etc etc to WORK with each other.
/rant off
has anyone seen a solution for this.

Why am I still getting this message after logging in - This computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the iPhone "Myron Liptzin's iPhone". Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store?

why am I still getting this message after logging in? "This computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the iPhone “*************s iPhone”. Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store?" - after I have logged in and get the message that the computer is already authorized!!!?? - and then the above message pops up again?

Click here and follow the instructions.
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When i pluged in my ipod,computer start scanning,it says"your computer is no more authorized for app that are installed in"yadav ipod",would you like to authorizes this computer for item purchased from itune" what should i do to fix this problem,,,

when i pluged in my ipod,computer start scanning,without finishing scan,it says"your computer is no more authorized for app that are installed in"yadav ipod",would you like to authorizes this computer for item purchased from itune" what should i do to fix this problem,,,

What the message says. In iTunes g the the Store tab in ther upper part of the screen and then clink on Authorize this computer.

HT1386 Hello, When trying to sync, I get the following message. This computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the iPhone "Terri George's iPhone". Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store?

while trying to sync with my iphone I recieve the message: This computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the iPhone “Terri George’s iPhone”. Would you like to authorize this computer for items purchased from the iTunes Store? When I put in my password and hit authorize, I get a message telling me there was an unknown error (-50). Would love to sync today. Any help would be appreciated.

The -50 error is documented in this article:
iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
Here is a synopsis:
Error 13, 14, 35 and 50 (or -50)
These errors are typically resolved by performing one or more of the steps listed below:
Perform USB isolation troubleshooting, including trying a different USB port directly on the computer. See the advanced steps below for USB troubleshooting.
Put a USB 2.0 hub between the device and the computer.
Try a different USB 30-pin dock-connector cable.
Eliminate third-party security software conflicts.
There may be third-party software installed that modifies your default packet size in Windows by inserting one or more TcpWindowSize entries into your registry. Your default packet size being set incorrectly can cause this error. Contact the manufacturer of the software that installed the packet-size modification for assistance. Or, follow this article by Microsoft: How to reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to reset the packet size back to the default for Windows.
Connect your computer directly to your Internet source, bypassing any routers, hubs, or switches. You may need to restart your computer and modem to get online.
Try to restore from another known-good computer and network.

When syncing iPad to MacBook Pro itunes says "this computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the ipad" . When I enter my id and password it tells me the computer is authorized.

when syncing iPad to MacBook Pro itunes says "this computer is no longer authorized for apps that are installed on the ipad" . When I enter my id and password it tells me the computer is authorized.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389

Error in the instructions for performing a silent install

There's an error in the instructions for performing a silent install of Photoshop Elements:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/silent-install-instructions-photoshop-element s-1.html
In step 9, the instructions say to use the following command line:
start /wait "path to Setup.exe" /UL%LangCode% /V“SERIALNUMBER=%AOO volume license serial number%"
The correct command line, however, is this:
start /wait "path to Setup.exe" /UL%LangCode% /V"SERIALNUMBER=%AOO volume license serial number%"
See the difference? Look closely at the character after the /V. In the instructions on the website, they put in a "curly quote" character. This obviously needs to be a straight quote.
Interestingly enough, the erroneous command line from the web site will actually work just fine as posted if all you are passing in the /V is the serial number. If, however, you wanted to add a "NODESKTOPICON=1" to disable the creation of a desktop shortcut, for example:
start /wait "path to Setup.exe" /UL%LangCode% /V“SERIALNUMBER=%AOO volume license serial number% NODESKTOPICON=1"
then it fails to run silently.
I post this in the hopes that Adobe will fix the typo in their instructions and save other admins the hours of grief I've been put through today trying to get this working.

Check the response file where you define the SGA memory size for the new database.
You can also choose not to create the database at the installation and do it afterwards, making a specific response file for it. (I'd recommend specially this option. like that you can separate possible installation errors with the ones on the DB creation process).
Good luck.
Regards,
Enric Moya

Drivers/Utilities CD..XP and VISTA..can I use vista for WIN7 64 bit install?

Drivers/Utilities CD's, that came with the p-35 Motherboard..XP and VISTA..can I use Vista for WIN7 64 bit install, or download the chip set drivers for Awin7 BEFORE the OS install??
MSI P-35 Platinum
Q6600 Core 2 Quad
Presently XP 32Bit
NVidia geforce 8600GT
8GB DDR2 SDRAM PC6400-800MHz
Windows 7..waiting to be installed.
Hello,
I WANT TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL.I have Windows 32 Home XP, I have the Win7 OEM I want to install.
When i bought my MSI mobo, it came with both the drivers and utilities for XP and Vista. Can I use the chip set drivers and utilities for Vista, until i can go to MSI and download the latest chip set drivers? When do i install these drivers....before the OS install, or after?
Can I format these drives first, go in the BIOS change to boot sequence from Raptor Boot Drive to the DVD/Rom to boot the WIN7 from, or should I format while installing Win7?
Someone on another forum suggested that 1) disconnect the two droves, then install the OS on the boot drive, and2) before win7 install, make the proposed boot drive (NOT THE DVD/CD ROM the first choice priority for the boot sequence....is this right?
Is it absolutely necessary to unplug the other two drives, while formatting and installing the WIN7 O.S.? People tell me that there is a chance of the OS installing sometimes on the other drives.
Also, if I want to change the now present boot drive Local disk letter (C) to my storage drive (G) and the other two drive letters, can I do this in manage disks, anytime, or only during windows setup install?
Thx

I've never had this much trouble hooking up a HDD.
I have two IDE DVD/CD ROMS. (My RAID MODE was IDE in XP OS, and still is with WIN7.)
I have three SATA HDD's.
After unplugging the SATA 2TB HDD while I installed the WIN7 OS on the 500 GB HDD (it was on the 74 RAPTOR, but I moved location, and made absolutly sure nothing went on my raptor)
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....AND THEN,
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The managed window showed this:
74GB (system,active,Primary partition) Storage
2TB (Primary partition) Excessive Storage
500GB (Boot, page files,crash-Dump, Primary partition) Operating system
Both the PCI IDE BusMaster and ON-Chip SATA Controller were both ENABLED.
Before I just got online, I tried RESTART, and it opened Windows the usual way, so I hope I don't have any more problems. It worked fine BEFORE I just plugged in the 2TB HDD back in.
I pretty much did what everyone suggested,except for leaving in the 74GB Raptor when I installed WIN7, which prompted me to format the drive prior to installing the OS. Also, when I changed the IDE, RAID,and AHC1, to the AHC1 Mode, just before I installed Window7, like a few suggested, I also had problems, so after the install, I went back and changed it back to IDE. My Floppy was an IDE, but I removed it from my system, and disabled in BIOS, but even a few times I went into Bios and saw that thje floppy was 1st Boot, even though I changed to either the DVD/CD Rom, or the 500GB boot drive.
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Hello chilondon,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
The password your Mac is prompting you for is your administrator password for the computer. If none of the attempts to enter it in worked, including leaving it blank, you can reset the password by following the directions in the link below.
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Take care,
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I am having OWB 9.2 for Linux. I installed the same on Linux AS2.1
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Ok, king of the stupid questions:
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Thanks,
John
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