Ease the pain

Hi,
i'm trying to facilitate the job of those that manage security in BO4. For that, my first goal is to find a security management solution that would facilitate the job. But before doing so, i have to identify what are the selection criterias that i have to look for in such a tool. Anybody to help ?

Hi Christian,
To get the overview of Security in BO altogether, You can refer here
     http://bi-insider.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SAP-Business-Objects-Security.pdf
You can apply security at various levels in businessobjects. below are some of them
1. Security at Object level - Using Case and Decode. refer here
          http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=69969
2. Security at Universe level - Using Security profiles. refer here
          http://events.asug.com/2012BOUC/1213_Delivering_Personalized_and_Secure_Business_Intelligence.pdf
3. Security at Folders level - In CMC as per content management plan
     To understand more have a look here.
     http://blogs.hexaware.com/business-objects-boogle/business-objects-content-management-planning/
4. Security using external tables by using BOUSER variable
      Refer here
     http://wpselect.com/bidw/business-objects-universe-row-level-security/
Finally the actual security rights setting has been described here.
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Example+of+how+to+map+an+organisation+chart+with+the+BOE+security+model+and+universe+overloads
Hope this could help you.
Regards
Mani

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Easing the Pain of Repetitive Tasks in WCS

Hey All -
I normally use a custom scripted process to pre-configure all of my APs (name, location, controller IPs, channel, power, etc.). But on occasion the names change following construction, planning, etc. So I have been in WCS changing the names of a few APs. I use the search bar to find my APs by name (they're prefixed with a building name identifier). Then I choose the Configure List. I finally sort that by AP name ascending. The problem comes when you click on the first AP you want to change and it takes you to the AP configuration page in the same window. Now you've essentially lost that custom list you searched for. It would be better if such windows opened in a new one or a tab so that when we're done editing we simply close it, and I've forwarded that request to the folks at Cisco. In the mean time, here's my workaround:
Go through the normal procedure for getting that custom list. Now right click on the column header you want to sort by and select 'Copy Link Location'. The page uses GET variables to send the request to WCS for what information to display. So after you've made your changes and saved them, you could either do the sloppy 'BACK BACK' in your browser's history, or just simply paste your url back into the location bar and voila! Your custom search has returned, showing your updated information.
Rinse.
Repeat.
Here is my custom url for searching all APs that are in the building 'MS', show ALL results (i.e. 999999), and only show me the 2.4 GHz ones (802_11b). BTW, why does the config list return all APs and list each one twice by 2.4 and 5 GHz when clicking either link takes you to the same page? That's why I filter my results by just the 2.4 radios to take out our duplicates for this task.
My url:
https://x.x.x.x/webacs/searchLradIfAction.do?
orderByColumn=lradIfName&
isAscending=true&
itemsPerPage=999999999&
pager.offset=0&&
searchApType=lradName&
severity=0&
timeInterval=-1&
searchRadioType=802_11b&
apText=MS&
deviceIpAddress=x.x.x.x&
campusKey=606&
buildingKey=&
outdoorKey=&
operation=configList&
operation=configList&
wcsAddress=&
support11n=false&
siCapable=false&
siEnabled=false&
searchType=All&
searchText=&
isQuickSearch=false&
controllerIpForName=x.x.x.x&
searchApByType=LWAPP&
searchByApMode=0&
officeExtendAp=false
Normally this is without line returns, but I am displaying it this way so that you can see what each of the GET parameters are. Try creating different searches to learn what each of the parameters are. For example, for 'searchByApMode' you see the value of '0'. This corresponds to 'local' in the list of AP modes. Incrementing by 1 will get you the next and so on. I think a couple are typos on Cisco's part, unfortunately. The parameters 'siCapable' and 'siEnabled' as you can guess really should be 'isCapable' and 'isEnabled'. I also don't know why 'operation=configList' is in there twice, nor do I know why 'pager.offset=0' is followed by two ampersands. Usually arguments are separated by just one each.
Hope this helps!
Regards,
Scott

This is a great time saver! Thanks Scott!

Script to ease the pain of using setfacl

Edit : New version - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=176379 (29/1/2014)
Hello everyone,
setfacl is very useful, but I find setting files individually very frustrating, especially when you have to set a lot of files/folders, and you might have to do it again after an update.
I discovered setfacl a while ago, but due to the above reason, I don't rely on it too much.
Until recently, I came up with the idea of having a script to process a config file of restrictions, hence the script and file I want to share, and hope you find it useful.
There are basically two files, _setfacl.sh is the script, setfacl_file_list is the config.
_setfacl.sh has 582 lines, so I will just leave the pastebin page here : http://pastebin.com/Ls54eE8G
setfacl_file_list is a short one, nonetheless, here's the pastebin page : http://pastebin.com/1gP1NFTn
I will demonstrate the use of the script below.
Assume you put the two files in same directory, and chmod u+x _setfacl.sh, then run it
(_setfacl.sh will not execute actual setfacl command yet, currently it will only show generated command)
You will see the following
$ ./_setfacl.sh
0 Warning
No config error detected
setfacl -m u:user2:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user3:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user4:--- file1
setfacl -m g:group2:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user2:rwx file2
setfacl -m u:user3:rwx file2
setfacl -m u:user4:rwx file2
setfacl -m g:group2:rwx file2
setfacl -x u:user2 file3
setfacl -x g:group1 file3
How does that work? Lets take a look at the config file, shall we?
# NO will change the action, '-m' to '-x'
# ALL implies all users/groups
# RESTRICT USER/GROUP and EXCLUDE USER/GROUP can be used once within one ACL block
# One ACL block = NO/RESTRICT...END
# In other words,ACL blocks must start with NO or RESTRICT and ends with END
# RESTRICT,PERM and END must be present, NO and EXCLUDE are optional.
# PERM specifies the default permission for a single segment
# However, you can also specify it individually, like shown below (line 16)
# The script will ignore comments, empty lines or lines filled with spaces
RESTRICT USER ALL # The script will ignore inline comments as well, like this one
RESTRICT GROUP group2
EXCLUDE USER user1
PERM rwx
file1 --- # At here, --- replaces rwx, so file1 has permission of ---
file2
END
NO # Since this ACL block starts with NO, the generated operation
RESTRICT USER user2 # will be "setfacl -x ..." instead of "setfacl -m ..."
RESTRICT GROUP group1
PERM 5 # You can also use number instead of string to specify permission
file3
END
I think the comments inside of it explains pretty well, so I will only make additional explanation on top of those comments.
The number of warnings shown means the number of non-critical mistakes you have,
for instance, you will have to specify an array of users and groups in _setfacl.sh,
if you type in a user or a group which does not exist in those arrays, it will give you a warning, but it will not stop working.
Hence, "No config error detected", no critical errors detected, it will process the config.
Since it continues to run, it generates the setfacl commands.
setfacl -m u:user2:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user3:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user4:--- file1
setfacl -m g:group2:--- file1
setfacl -m u:user2:rwx file2
setfacl -m u:user3:rwx file2
setfacl -m u:user4:rwx file2
setfacl -m g:group2:rwx file2
setfacl -x u:user2 file3
setfacl -x g:group1 file3
I will only examine the first ACL block here, just to demonstrate the logic of the config.
At the first ACL block of config, ( refer to comments in config file for definition of ACL block)
it starts with "RESTRICT", so the option of setfacl will be "-m"
"RESTRICT USER ALL", the array contains user1 to user4, so all are selected.
"RESTRICT GROUP group2", the array contains group1 to group2, so it accepts this input.
"EXCLUDE USER user1", here it removes user1 from the previous RESTRICT statement,
so you can't see "setfacl -m u:user1:--- file1" in the generated output,
but you can see "setfacl -m u:user2:--- file1" to "setfacl -m u:user4:--- file1"
file1 has individually specified permission, hence "---" for setfacl permission
file2 doesn't have specified permission, so it will use default permission of the ACL block,
"PERM rwx", default permission is "rwx" for this ACL block, so file2 has "rwx" for its related permission.
The script will try to detect syntax/input errors, so feel free to make the config file incorrect and see how it reacts.
I spent two days on this script, so it's poorly documented and might lack certain features.
It may also contain bugs at the error detection as well.
Please let me know what you think about it or report any bug of it.
Thank you for your time,
Darren
Edit : The script will handle normal file names, but furtherwork is needed in case your config include asterisk(*) or your file name is "END". I am working on those and will clean up my script a bit while I'm at it. (14/12/2013)
Last edited by darrenldl (2014-01-28 18:09:08)

Hi,
the script could look like:
if (typeof(app.viewerVersion) != "undefined")
if (app.viewerVersion < 8.0)
xfa.host.messageBox("Your Version of Adobe Reader is to old...");
You can use it in the docReady:Event of your form to inform the users.

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TS1338 I have 4 Trojan Horse viruses on my external drive I use for Time Machine. My MacBook Pro hard drive is clean. I have eased the external drive 3 times using Disk Utility and it still has the 4 Trojan Horse viruses. How do I get rid of them. Wayne

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Is there a way to run part of the Pain() method once?

I'm working on a paint program.
I'm using AWT and Applet supplied by Java, and in the Paint method I have it drawing the UI and checking to see if this or that has been clicked to change color. Problem is, the Paint method is always running, and so the UI is always being redrawn, and so the color is always black, which is the last color to be changed.
So, is there any way I can have it stop drawing the UI, and just checking the colors? Or is there another method to use to put the UI code in?
Here's the code:
// CiPaint
// Version 0.2
// Programmed and Designed by Paul Adamski
// This program is inflexible and exhibits poor design
// ZOMG!!
// TODO:     80% -      Changing colors
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class CiPaint extends Applet
     Rectangle red, green, blue, purple, black, white, yellow;
     Color backgroundColor, eraseColor, currentColor;
     int numColor;
     Image virtualMem;
     Graphics gBuffer;
     int oldX, oldY, newX, newY;
     int appletWidth;
     int appletHeight;
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          backgroundColor = Color.white;
          eraseColor = Color.black;
          red = new Rectangle(10,10,25,25);
          green = new Rectangle(40,10,25,25);
          blue = new Rectangle(70,10,25,25);
          purple = new Rectangle(100,10,25,25);
          yellow = new Rectangle(130,10,25,25);
          black = new Rectangle(160,10,25,25);
          white = new Rectangle(85,40,25,25);
          numColor = 0;
          appletWidth = getWidth();
          appletHeight = getHeight();
          virtualMem = createImage(appletWidth,appletHeight);
          gBuffer = virtualMem.getGraphics();
          //gBuffer.setColor(Color.white); Makes screen flicker
          //gBuffer.setColor(Color.red); Makes whole right side of menu screen red
          gBuffer.fillRect(200,0,appletWidth-200,appletHeight);
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          // Draws the borders and UI
          g.drawLine(200,0,200,600);
          g.drawLine(1,1,800,1);
          g.drawLine(800,1,800,600);
          g.drawLine(800,600,1,600);
          g.drawLine(1,600,1,1);
          g.setColor(Color.red);
          g.fillRect(10,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.green);
          g.fillRect(40,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.blue);
          g.fillRect(70,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.magenta);
          g.fillRect(100,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.yellow);
          g.fillRect(130,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.black);     // This line unwantingly is the drawing color
          g.fillRect(160,10,25,25);     // This whole section is repeatidly called, it only should be called ONCE
          g.drawRect(85,40,25,25);
          // End Drawing
          switch (numColor)
               case 1:
                    g.setColor(Color.red);
                    currentColor = Color.red;
                    System.out.println("ITS RED NUBCAKE");
                    break;
               case 2:
                    g.setColor(Color.green);
                    currentColor = Color.green;
                    break;
               case 3:
                    g.setColor(Color.blue);
                    currentColor = Color.blue;
                    break;
               case 4:
                    g.setColor(Color.magenta);
                    currentColor = Color.magenta;
                    break;
               case 5:
                    g.setColor(Color.yellow);
                    currentColor = Color.yellow;
                    break;
               case 6:
                    g.setColor(Color.black);
                    currentColor = Color.black;
                    break;
               case 7:
                    g.setColor(Color.white);
                    currentColor = Color.white;
                    break;
               case 8:
                    break;
          // Works, but doesn't change color
          if (oldX > 200)
                    g.fillRect(oldX,oldY,2,2);
                    //g.drawImage(virtualMem,0,0,this);
          /*UBER Flicker and doesn't even draw
          if (oldX > 200)
                    gBuffer.fillRect(oldX,oldY,2,2);
                    g.drawImage(virtualMem,0,0,this);
     public boolean mouseDown(Event e, int x, int y)
          if(red.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 1;
          else if(green.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 2;
          else if(blue.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 3;
          else if(purple.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 4;
          else if(yellow.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 5;
          else if(black.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 6;
          else if(white.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 7;
          else
               numColor = 8;
          newX = x;
          newY = y;
          oldX = newX;
          oldY = newY;
          repaint();
          return true;
     public boolean mouseDrag(Event e, int x, int y)
          newX = x;
          newY = y;
          oldX = newX;
          oldY = newY;
          repaint();
          return true;
     public void update(Graphics g)
          paint(g);
}

You have only to move your switch block from paint method to mouseDown method: in this way you first assign correct value to currentColor variable.... then pain method will use the color you have already set.
Notice that methods mouseDown and mouseDrag are deprecated: you should better use processMouseEvent and processMouseMotionEvent methods (see documentation of class Component to more details.
Below the implementation I tried.
Bye
Diego
import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
public class CiPaint extends Applet
     Rectangle red, green, blue, purple, black, white, yellow;
     Color backgroundColor, eraseColor, currentColor;
     int numColor;
     Image virtualMem;
     Graphics gBuffer;
     int oldX, oldY, newX, newY;
     int appletWidth;
     int appletHeight;
     public void init()
          backgroundColor = Color.white;
          eraseColor = Color.black;
          red = new Rectangle(10,10,25,25);
          green = new Rectangle(40,10,25,25);
          blue = new Rectangle(70,10,25,25);
          purple = new Rectangle(100,10,25,25);
          yellow = new Rectangle(130,10,25,25);
          black = new Rectangle(160,10,25,25);
          white = new Rectangle(85,40,25,25);
          numColor = 0;
          appletWidth = getWidth();
          appletHeight = getHeight();
          virtualMem = createImage(appletWidth,appletHeight);
          gBuffer = virtualMem.getGraphics();
          //gBuffer.setColor(Color.white); Makes screen flicker
          //gBuffer.setColor(Color.red); Makes whole right side of menu screen red
          gBuffer.fillRect(200,0,appletWidth-200,appletHeight);
     public void paint(Graphics g)
          // Draws the borders and UI
          g.drawLine(200,0,200,600);
          g.drawLine(1,1,800,1);
          g.drawLine(800,1,800,600);
          g.drawLine(800,600,1,600);
          g.drawLine(1,600,1,1);
          g.setColor(Color.red);
          g.fillRect(10,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.green);
          g.fillRect(40,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.blue);
          g.fillRect(70,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.magenta);
          g.fillRect(100,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.yellow);
          g.fillRect(130,10,25,25);
          g.setColor(Color.black);     // This line unwantingly is the drawing color
          g.fillRect(160,10,25,25);     // This whole section is repeatidly called, it only should be called ONCE
          g.drawRect(85,40,25,25);
          // End Drawing
//          switch (numColor)
//               case 1:
//                    g.setColor(Color.red);
//                    currentColor = Color.red;
//                    System.out.println("ITS RED NUBCAKE");
//                    break;
//               case 2:
//                    g.setColor(Color.green);
//                    currentColor = Color.green;
//                    break;
//               case 3:
//                    g.setColor(Color.blue);
//                    currentColor = Color.blue;
//                    break;
//               case 4:
//                    g.setColor(Color.magenta);
//                    currentColor = Color.magenta;
//                    break;
//               case 5:
//                    g.setColor(Color.yellow);
//                    currentColor = Color.yellow;
//                    break;
//               case 6:
//                    g.setColor(Color.black);
//                    currentColor = Color.black;
//                    break;
//               case 7:
//                    g.setColor(Color.white);
//                    currentColor = Color.white;
//                    break;
//               case 8:
//                    break;
                g.setColor(currentColor);
          // Works, but doesn't change color
          if (oldX > 200)
                    g.fillRect(oldX,oldY,2,2);
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          /*UBER Flicker and doesn't even draw
          if (oldX > 200)
                    gBuffer.fillRect(oldX,oldY,2,2);
                    g.drawImage(virtualMem,0,0,this);
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          if(red.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 1;
          else if(green.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 2;
          else if(blue.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 3;
          else if(purple.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 4;
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               numColor = 5;
          else if(black.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 6;
          else if(white.inside(x,y))
               numColor = 7;
          else
               numColor = 8;
          newX = x;
          newY = y;
          oldX = newX;
          oldY = newY;
          switch (numColor)
               case 1:
                    currentColor = Color.red;
                    System.out.println("ITS RED NUBCAKE");
                    break;
               case 2:
                    currentColor = Color.green;
                    break;
               case 3:
                    currentColor = Color.blue;
                    break;
               case 4:
                    currentColor = Color.magenta;
                    break;
               case 5:
                    currentColor = Color.yellow;
                    break;
               case 6:
                    currentColor = Color.black;
                    break;
               case 7:
                    currentColor = Color.white;
                    break;
               case 8:
                    break;
          repaint();
          return true;
     public boolean mouseDrag(Event e, int x, int y)
          newX = x;
          newY = y;
          oldX = newX;
          oldY = newY;
          repaint();
          return true;
     public void update(Graphics g)
          paint(g);
}

Are you disappointed and frustrated with the Note 3? I feel the pain!

I feel everyone's pain with the Note 3 Issues! I have been in the tech field for 20 years and Verizon treats me as if it is the first time they are hearing about the issues! Rather that work on a fix, I've been told that I can leave my contract with no penalties!
I have documentation and screen shots of all my issues and here is the short list of what I've been through....
1. 80 + hours on the phones with a support team that close tickets without resolution, transfers you around the country to different call centers to start all over again,
2. 3 emails to Verizon Executive Office
3. A refurbished phone replacement of my brank NEW Note 3 that I was told would definitely fix the issues..
4. 4 Visits to Verizon stores, 2 Simm Card replacements, 2 Network Extenders, replacement charger cord and new battery
5. Conference calls with Samsung
6. Been offered a less expensive phone replacement for "free" ... yeah Verizon trade my Mercedes priced phone for a Neon...
7. Calls not returned by support agents
8. Text messages from technicians initiated by Verizon to me, from their work domain, never responded after multiple conversations with screen shots sent showing my issue
My issues:
1. Network signal drops constantly in my home. No mobile network errors, dropped calls, hanging texts, 1x signals. I am told by one group that I am in a 4g covered area and the other group that I am in a weak coverage area! My other Verizon phone has 4g yet support can't understand my logic that it is a phone issue!
2. Slow charging messages to use the original charger with my screen shot plugged into the brand new SAMSUNG charger
3. Battery usage of 10% per hour when my phone would last all day before the KitKat update and still have almost 70% remaining
4. Overnight battery drainage in 7 hours from 91% to 27% while OFF..no wifi on and no Bluetooth on
5. PIctures in my Gallery, that I can see and get file information for that are NOT there in the SD folder identified, and then mysterious disappear forever
All since the mandatory software update that you can not refuse, delete or revert back to factory version!
So now they are going to bring the Note 4 into the mix with KitKat 4.4.4 before they update and fix the software for the owners of the Note 3...
So what do I do? Switch to the Note 4 or wait or wait months with TERRIBLE service while Verizon tries to fix a bad update? By the time that happens Lollipop with be out!
This is so frustrating... the big 3 point the fingers around rather than collaborate..
Google makes the base Android Software update for a hardware device manufactured by Samsung that is sold by and placed on a Verizon Network. Verizon tweaks the software for "their" business. Verizon sends refurbished phones while under factory 1 year Warranty and sends devices . Samsung says everything leaves their business working properly but I can send my phone to them and be without my phone for 10 days while they "properly" flash the device for free. They tell me Verizon does not flash the device the same way and their way is "better". Who do I trust? And be without my phone for 10 days because Samsung "rigorously" tests everything???
And to top it all off... I wrote to Samsung's "Voice of the Customer" which is supposedly and direct complaint to the Executive Level. I wrote 3 times and 3 weeks later still no contact from Samsung. They should call it the "Voice into the Abyss!"
I'm sooooooooooo disappointed with my experience this year....

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IMac either or has been remotely accessed, has malicious code, is hacked and/or all of the aforementioned or something that I have not yet researched. With my health issues, my Mac keeps me from thinking about the pain and disability I have. Thank you.

Hello,
I'm giving it one more chance and then Mac goes into trash. My iMac is either remotely accessed, perhaps malicious code, hacked and/or all of the aforementioned. I am not savvy in these areas. Please read some of the many symptoms and if you can assist me -- I am beyond grateful. If you want to say it is my fault because I allowed somebody to use my computer or other nonsense please do not waste my time or yours. This is serious and has been going on for a period of time that is longer then I can remember!
I have a neighbor, lives in my apartment building, 'had' physical access to my iMac. Shortly after this I started to have problems that beyond any nightmare I have ever heard of - whether it be Windows or Apple! Please feel free to ask me any question(s) that might help me rid my iMac of this malicious act as the police have been useless -- say they do not have equipment to check my Mac. FBI can't b bothered.
It is more then clear that a person(s) has access and has messed up the OS, among other terrible things. He took over my Facebook account months ago, posted as though he was me. He also prevented me from getting back into FB and Yahoo to close those connected accounts. Went to an Apple store, under protection of their router and removed FB/Yahoo accounts. The pages that were showing at home turned out to be fake pages controlled by him. (Think they are called "defaced").
Anytime I did a 7X or zero out clean install -- he was there before I even hooked up the router!!!
It came to a point that I can no longer even get to the erase/Utility/install from my apartment so I took it to Apple more then once. Besides erase/install, I turned off ALL Sys Preferences that could alert him to Mac. The last time I received a gray Install CD and was told to take it out of the building and do another erase/install. There is no sense of going through this until I know if/how to get rid of him.
Also when I first sign on I ALWAYS get a 192.168.100.11. I do NOT have a router. I then go to System Preferences to Network and click "renew DHCP" several times before I get an IP addy! I am not savvy in this area but do feel that this is a major clue.
Passwords have been changed, master password is not something I can access which prevents me updating, etc., etc.
I will not bombard you with every detail as that would take several pages. I am beyond desperate. Will be happy to provide further details to serious responders only.
Thank you.
'REQUIRE ASSISTANCE'
Heartfelt sympathy to the many family members, friends, people who loved Steve Jobs even though they never met him -- RIP Steve. You are missed.

If you really believe that your system has been compromised, here's what you do:
Disconnect your Mac from your cable modem;
Back up any documents on your system that are important to you;
Boot your Mac from the system installation disks that came with it (insert the disk, restart your Mac, and hold down the "c" key until you get the "spinning gear" icon);
Choose a language and click the arrow button to continue;
From the Utilities menu, choose Disk Utility;
In Disk Utility, select your computer's hard drive;
Click the "Erase" tab;
Click the "Security Options" button and select to have it overwrite all the data on the hard drive;
Click the "Erase" button and allow it to process;
Once the "erase process has completed (it will take a while), reinstall Mac OS X.
Or, if this is too much for you to accomplish on your own, take your system to an Apple Store and have them help you perform these steps. If your system was indeed compromised, this will remove any such hack. You can then set up a new user account for the computer, reinstall your applications (reinstall only from original disks or downloads from the company making the software) and documents, and reconnect to the Internet.
Note that when you reconnect to the cable modem, you may still get an IP address starting with 198. This is normal with some cable modems and probably not a cause for concern. It will not be an indication that your system is still compromised; that will not be possible if you perform all the above steps.
Regards.

Trouble Playing A loaded 'SWF' file in the pain timeline

Hey there. I have created a presentation that loads
interactive SWF movies into a 'target' movie clip on the main
timeline.
As you progress through the presentation different SWF movies
are loaded into the presentation. And this in turn allows me to
change the presentations content quickly and easily for different
clients.
These SWF's use some of the flash preloaded content objects
like combo box's and the like.
However when these SWF's are called into the main
presentation they cease to work properly.
They work fine when tested independently of the main
presentation.
Does anyone know how I may be able to get these SWF's to work
properly?
Cheers Fletch

The first thing to do is check the scoping in your loaded
SWF. Any references to _root, for example, mean something different
once the SWF is loaded into your wrapper movie.
Also, some of the V2 components don't work properly when
their SWF is loaded into another SWF. There's a Tech Note and easy
workaround here:
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19278
Good luck!

Shoot me or share the pain Apple geek family LOL

Hello GUYS
This morning really suck. Everything is broken. Where do I start!?
I have a macbook pro and G4 on Leopard. I'm using it for a week. I'm quite happy with it. Unfortunately!
problem 1- G4 ->the major problem I don't know how to solve
Leopard is installed all works just fine. Only Airport is shutting down every 3 minutes or so. I have to turn it off and on, to go back online. It switches itself off, when I browse internet printing...etc.
It is my wife's computer, so I did not rush to solve her problem hahaha lol. But now I'm banging my head on the table, because my macbook pro collapsed:((((((( (do you know what the problem is, with the airport???
Problem 2 ->
Leopard on macbook pro really nice. Just this morning I was recording a "screen show" video, for my mum who just bought a new macbook. I was using IshowU software I bought a year ago.
All was fine recorded everything. then suddenly I saw that my photos are disappearing from the folders. I could not find them anymore. It was strange. So I quit all applications and restarted because something looked odd. Well after restart *BLUE SCREEN APPEARED* and I knew i was fu*&%^.
Now I'm browsing a net how to solve the problem, Connection goes on and off. and My mac book pro can not be reinstalled because I don't have a space on my HDD. There is a forum That I can use terminal -> did not work, I don't have a firewire cable so reinstall is the option.
-> *well I have the time machine. When I select to restore my operating system, there is a strange warning. It says that it will delete all folders. DOES IT MEAN I will LOOSE all FILES? Photos, movies ..etc?* I can not do that.
I called Help service. I get connected to India or some country like that. Not able speak english. She gave me a number to call to England. Good for me the number did not work, so I did not need to pay phone cost. I called again for different number, She gave me second number to England. Lucky me it did not work too. LOL So Im writing my connection is off. and hopefully I will be able post this message and somebody will help me out.
sorry about that
Regards MIKE
What should I do?

For problem 1, try the solution in Mac OS X 10.5: AirPort may not work after installing Login and Keychain Update 1.0 -- basically, just start up in safe mode, then restart normally.
For problem 2, is it possible that you have filled up your startup drive to near its capacity? OS X requires some free space on the drive for scratch files or it can't run properly -- 10-15% free space is the rule of thumb most suggest. How big is your drive & how much of it is free?
Also, you say using Terminal "did not work." What were you trying to do with Terminal & what happened?
As a bit of general advice, if you call AppleCare & have trouble understanding the support person, either ask to be transfered to someone you can understand more easily or just thank them for their efforts, end the call, & call again -- you will probably get someone with a better command of English.

Error 3014 (or other numbers) Fix. Read this and cure the pain!

I kept getting iTunes error 3014 right at the end of the firmware installation on the phone, so I spent hours troubleshooting using what I found on Apple's site and on the web.
The last thing I tried, and the ultimate solution for me was to go into the hosts file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts-open with Notepad) and delete the 74.208.10.249 gs.apple.com IP address-Saurik's server (IIRC, added to enable restore of 3GS after jailbreaking).
I thought I'd have to hunt down another gs.apple.com IP address and write it in place of Saurik's IP address, or that iTunes would write it, but neither occurred, and my iPhone 4 restored to new without a problem after deleting that IP address and saving the file.

I'm getting the same error message and my Iphone 4 is not working at all. I went through many web sites (including apple)but I couldn't find an answer yet. Can anyone help us? I already tried to use 2 different computers. First I got the error 1004 and now the 3014.
Thanks in advance

Trial Acrobat X - not worth the pain

SO, IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT TRIALING ACROBAT X . . . DON'T! YOU'LL REGRET IT.
I use all parts of CS3. I saw the trial for Acrobat X and thought, "I'll give it a spin." Big mistake. Now Adobe popups are hounding me every minute or so with "buy it now??!!" messages. Annoying. So, I think I'll just go back to using my trusty Acrobat 8 Pro. NO CAN DO! Apparently, installing the trial has invalidated the license data on my system for the version 8. And, of course it was installed from a corporate license so I don't have the CDs or any idea of what the magic codes are. So, Adobe has maneuvered me into paying full retail (since I can't prove I have a license, I can't get the upgrade discount) to use software I've already paid for.
Sweet.
Man, Gimp, Nvu, et al are looking better and better . . . Adobe is definitely working itself out of a franchise. Any suggestions for open source solutions for PDF editing? I've got CutePDF and it works great. Just too limited in functionality.

Acrobat will uninstall any previous version - this is clearly indicated on the install dialogs, and if a user has lost the license key or media for a previous version, that's unfortunate but not the fault of Acrobat X.

Easing the entry of 2 point interpolations into scaling module.

I have a program that I need to check and calibrate the scaling data x1 and x2 frequently .
I would like to make this entry without typing in the voltage setpoints and from the Layout if possible to keep the machine operator out of the worksheet .
Calibration proceedure at the moment.
- I place low tolerance master into tool
-cycle unit
-take the numbers from the voltage digital meter and enter them manualy into the linear scaling module x1 box
-repeat the process with the high tolerance master for the x2 box.
Is it possible to have the scaling setpoints entry made by simply pressing an enter button from the layout after cycling the unit
without having to type the numbers in and hgow could I go about this ?
Thanks Kent.
Attachments:
Volt Cal..DSB ‏94 KB

Yes...
Use Global variables in the Linear Scaling module.
In the Layout window, use the table object, and configure the cell to use the defined global variables, selecting the "Variable" option.
Then, on the layout, when running, enter the value and hit enter to store it
Test it... the scaling module may want you to restart to pick up the value.
- cj
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