Experience w/ invisibleSHIELD?

Can anyone relate experience with the invisibleSHIELD on the MacBook Pro?
I am particularly interested in info re: longevity, looks, durability, possible interference w/heat dispersion.
Thanks in advance.

I can. I purchased their full shield for my Macbook Pro a few days ago.
Like other Invisible Shield products, it's real hard to get on, especially the top shield. Just make sure you're stress free and full of patience before you put it on. It's definitely not for those who have short fuses.
In terms of looks, it slightly darkens the covered areas as is expected with plastic, but it isn't as noticeable as those Speck covers. Here's a picture of the palm rests. Notice the slight gloss.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f398/UniversalStudiosHollywood/11.jpg
But overall, I feel it's worth it. They're not kidding when they say it's durable. I've been very happy with their products, and bought the same shield for my phone and camera.
If you have the money, go ahead and buy it.

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Has anyone ever used an invisibleShield on a Mac laptop?

I have just ordered a White Macbook and am concerned about the yellow discoloration issue. I was thinking of ordering an invisibleShield from www.shieldzone.com and I wondered if anyone had any experience with the product? They just released the 13" Macbook shield in the last day or so.

are you sure heating cause discolorization? I doubt it because iBook has the same materials on surface as well. even macbook heating get more than iBook, it's not too much higher to damage the surface.
by the way, as far as you keep vent clear, invidisible shield will be fine. I just visited that site. there are three options they sell. but I don't recommend that you buy bottom shield. for top plate where Apple logo is glow, and touchpad, palm rest, it will be fine. I also consider to get one, too.

Help does anyone experience this too??

Just bought the iPad and the apple case
first I regret buying the apple case for iPad coz it easily get marks and stains. And I don't like the built. (can I change it?) I think belkin case is better just 10 dollars diff. Is anyone experiencing it too?
Second my iPad screen! It easily gets finger print marks! I don't know if my fingers are dirty but the screen surely loves my finger prints it's all over!! Does anyone experience this too? The prints shows when the screen is turned off and when on a white bright page

The iPad display is oleophobic, it resists oily marks. Just wipe the display across your pants leg and they are easily wiped away.
There are about 20 or more 3rd party cases for the iPad. Everything from simple rayon silk slipcases, to denim or corduroy shoulder bags and backpacks, to wooden picture frame cabinets.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/accessories/ipad
And Zagg has an InvisibleShield ready for the iPad. They are military grade scratch protection.
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-ipad-cases-screen-protectors-covers-sk ins-shields.php
BTW, word on the street is that Apple has banned screen protectors from their stores and as soon as they sell out of their current stock you will have to get your 3rd party protectors, like Zann's InvisibleShield, strictly from 3rd party venders.
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-bans-protective-screen-film -from-apple-store/
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Invisibleshield + Smart Cover = Discoloration

Greeting All,
Just sharing a recent experience to potentially help someone else with troubleshooting.
I'm using the Zagg Invisibleshield and the Smart Cover on the Ipad2. I noticed bands of brownish discoloration on the screen (big bands with rough edges) and thought I had a hardware issue. Long story short - after consulting at the Apple Store - the Invisibleshield is picking up color from the Smart Cover.
The nice folks at Zagg will readily replace the Invisibleshield. But, the discoloration will likely occur again. But, for protection, I'll probably put it back on since it took several months to start seeing the bands of color.
Have anyone else experienced this? Any long term solution?
All the best!

You should go to the nearest Best Buy or Apple store and try to get it off.

For Users of WRT350N - My experience

For all you WRT350N Users out there, I thought I'd post my experience and tips gained over the past 7-8 months using the WRT350N since my WRT54G died.
I purchased the WRT350N obviously as a replacement for the WRT54G with extremely high expectations. Though I did not have any -N equipment as yet, I was planning on it. I did like the fact that it had the USB port. It was also a Linksys product so I expected the same good, reliable experience with it as I had in the past. I was upgrading some of my home office equipment and wanted to embrace wireless for all my peripherals (ie. get rid of the wires).
In the beginning, it was hell.
I suffered from all kinds of bizarre and cryptic events. The WRT350N was at 1.03.2. I had all manners of dropped internet connections, extremely poor wireless performance (WEP and B/G Mode). You've read the threads, I've experienced them all. I almost threw the unit out in total frustration. I upgraded to 1.03.7 about a month after purchase following the procedure outlined by other contributors on this forum...(You must follow the instructions to the letter).
Since then, the unit has worked as advertised in wired modes: internet connection has been solid and stable with no re-boots. The wireless piece has been a bugger running WEP and in B or G... still had 54MB/s when close to the WRT350N but this dropped considerably when the wireless device was moved to other parts of the house.
Well, I fixed the problem... and wireless piece is now running at 270MB/s (-N Mode) flawlessly throughout my house. See below.
So, what have I learned and is it of any use to anyone else?
First off, everyone's configurations, equipment, environment, needs and expectations are different, so take the following with a grain of salt. This is my experience.
My Network and stuff:
Cable Broadband - Cable modem
DellXPS-3.4Ghz (Desktop), 1 TeraByte drives configured for RAID 0, 1 GB Network card, lot's of USB devices hanging off it - everything running on MS XP - System is wired to the WRT350N.
Dell8100-1.5Ghz (Desktop), 500GB Drives, 1GB Network card and a bunch of peripherals - everything running on MS XP - System is wired to the WRT350N.
1 Terabyte USB External Drive used primarily for backups. Originally purchased to hang off the USB port of the WRT350N as a quasi-network drive... It can be configured and it does work. However, I had trouble with Norton Ghost 12 doing backups to the drive via the 350N USB port. I removed it from the 350N USB port and re-attached it to a spare DELL XPS USB port - no problems since. I also have a number of printers, three of which are directly connected to the Desktops.
I purchased a HP Photosmart C8180 All-in-one (good unit BTW) as a network (wired or wireless) color printer and for photo printing etc. It worked intermittently with the 350N when configured for wireless using WEP and in B/G mode. The printer, unfortunately does not support wireless in -N mode using WPA2 Personal-AES. So it is now wired with network connection at 1 GB.
Dell Latitude D600 Laptop... Frustrating!!! With the on-board Intel Wireless B/G, I never really got consistent, solid network or Internet connections via the 350N. It worked poorly with the 350N - wireless. It worked fine wired to the 350N.
Solution: I disabled the on-board Intel Wireless and purchased a Linksys WPC300N - It is a -N device. I really crossed my fingers with this purchase. Well, the card works. I get solid, repeatable wireless connection to the Network/Internet anywhere in the house at 270MB/s. I have had absolutely no interference from any of my neighbor's B and G routers. I have yet to experience any degradation in speed or signal. Use: WPA2 Personal-AES for security. Faster than all the other settings I've tried.
So the 350N works in my case, as advertised. My first -N appliance - the WPC300N card for the Dell laptop also works as advertised. I haven't hooked up XBox or fully utilized/explored all the other features nor have I set up the router for VPN (one step at a time).
So here's what I have in the configuration:
Under SETUP/Basic Setup: Internet Connection Type: Automatic configuration - DHCP
DHCP Server: Enabled - Use DHCP Reservation and assign your devices (MAC Addresses) to IPs
Under SETUP/MAC Address Clone: Enable. My DELL XPS MAC is cloned here (Must do)
Under SETUP/Advanced Routing:NAT Enabled
Under Wireless/Basic Wireless Settings:
Network Mode: Mixed (b/g/n)
Network Name (SSID): Put your SSID here (anything other that linksys!) Radio Band: Wide - 40MHz Channel
Wide Channel: 3
Standard Channel: 1 - 2.412GHz
SSID Broadcast: Enabled
I've experimented with the Auto settings here... it works but I got better results in my case with the above.
Under Wireless/Wireless Security: Security Mode: WPA2 Personal
Encryption: AES
Passphrase: I put a name in here
Key Renewal: The default I believe is 3600 (works). I put in 7200 (works)
Under Wireless/Wireless MAC Filter: (Kind of up to you. For added security, I enabled it and put in my Laptop and other wireless devices MAC addresses here.
Wireless MAC Filter: Enabled
Access Restriction : Permit PCs listed below to access the wireless network.
MAC Address Filter List : Fill out your applicable MAC addresses here. Under Wireless/Advanced Wireless Settings: AP Isolation: Disabled
Frame Burst: Enabled
Authentication Type: (Default: Auto)
Basic Rate: (Default: Default)
Transmission Rate: (Default: Auto)
N Transmission Rate: (Default: Auto)
CTS Protection Mode: (Default: Auto)
Beacon Interval: 50
DTIM Interval: 1
Fragmentation Threshold: 2307
RTS Threshold: 2306
Under Security/Firewall:
Firewall-SPI Firewall Protection: Enabled Everything else - default
Under Storage: I had this configured to handle my USB Terabyte drive but since decoupled it for other reasons. It works and has worked as a Network drive in my case.
Under Access Restrictions: I left everything default here.
Under Applications and Gaming: I have done nothing here. Can't advise on port forwarding or the like.
Under Administration: Everything here is vanilla except under Management I have enabled Upnp.
Hope this helps someone.
Cheers!

My WRT350N has given me very little trouble, however the storage link does not work that great. I definitly like the WRT350 router over my old WRT300. Thanks for the tips and info. I just wished that LInksys came out with firmware updates for there products more often that fixed bugs.

What's new in Java 5 & 6 (Experience programming coming back)

All -
I've been away from Java for a year in the wonderful world of dynamic languages (ruby and python) but I've had 6+ years of Java coding experience. I've heard that Java 5 & 6 have added some pretty cool features like better for loops, block like structures, etc. I've been told that Java is starting to introduce features which give it a more "flexible" feel, similar to a dynamic language.
Anyway, for someone coming back, can anyone give me a quick list of the new WOW features in Java 5 & 6 that I should be looking to use?
Thanks,
Drew

Heh, not new but was a bit hopeful the the forum
environment had changed in the last yearMaybe if less people came and posted open-ended vague questions that they should have started looking with Google for information about so they could ask more specific questions.....
I mean I don't know. It was a dream I had once. Everyone was very nice here. People used google. Nobody pleaded for "teh codes". People used PreparedStatement. People stopped crossposting. Lazy students stopped lying.
It was amazing.

A realistic assessment of your experiences of hardware needed for the type of editing I do please.

Introduction:
I apologise for the length of this post but from experience of reading here, I'm working on the principle of the more I explain about myself now, the less anyone willing to help me will have to ask later.
I have lurked around this forum on and off for a few years, read the various threads in the FAQ section, particularly PPBM5 and What PC to build thread and other related topics around what system to build. I have found them very useful and in particular have enjoyed reading about Harm Millaard's experiences First Ideas for a new system. For about about 12 months I've been delaying upgrading my PC but in Mr Millard's latest updates on his PPBM6 site he talks about new systems and provides a link to Intel's time line which suggests they are in no rush to replace the i739xx series CPU chip - which has I believe amongst other things 2 cores disabled. Normally bitter experience has taught me not to rush out and buy the latest technology but let others "test" it first and then benefit from reduced prices as that model is replaced. However, it now seems like last years technology is going to remain as this years technology and probably the first 2 quarters at least of next year and, if anything, the price of the i739xx series is at best staying at it's existing launch price or even rising. So it's time to take the plunge for me and upgrade.
My current hardware for editing:
I started with Premier 6.5 after I bought it as part of a bundle with a Matrox RTX 10 card - one of the most temperamental pieces of hardware I've had the misfortune to work with. I later upgraded to Premiere Pro 1.5 and edited with that using a Pentium 4 2.6 (overclocked to 3.2), 3 hard drives (no raid) and 4G of memory. The video footage used was avi recorded using a Canon MVX 30i and Panasonic NVGS27 and now I've added the Casio Exilim EX -FC100 (mpeg format) and a Panasonic HDC S90 (AVCHD).
My PC coped with the editing I did with avi footage but couldn't handle AVCHD format and this convinced me to upgrade to Premiere Pro CS5.5. At the same time I switched to editing on a Dell XPS M1530 (Centrino duo chip) - I upped the memory to 4GB, put Windows 7 64 bit home edition on and replaced the existing hard drive with a faster one. In addition I use a SATA Quickport duo attached to my laptop via an eSATA card. However, either the Quickport, eSATA card or XPS is extremely temperamental - I never see two external hard drives, 50% of the time see 1 external drive or none at all - when that happens I edit around it doing things I can with just the one internal drive - but this problem is not my question.
The type of editing i do:
I know people usually say around here not to try editing on laptops and believe me, I understand why, but using this setup I have been able to edit lots of videos - see here for examples of the type of editing I currently do:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PathfinderPro
The equipment test videos place the biggest strain on the hardware when editing. And, to do this editing I have to convert my AVCHD footage in to it's YouTube format before editing and even after I've done that it can be tediously slow to edit and playback even with premiere set to play at 1/4 normal quality. To convert the AVCHD footage to the YouTube format I edit in has to be done over many nights.
Now I am not a professional, I typically edit with up to 4 tracks of video with additional tracks for titles and my target audience is YouTube - which is why I can get away without editing in my prefered option of native AVCHD video format. However, I'm tired of all the waiting, stuttering, and many many days and hours of converting videos into a format I can use so I'm looking to upgrade. My problem is though I'm uncertain what path to take. The PPBM results are dominated by overclocked chips, and whilst the motherboard make and model is listed, the hard disks used, graphic card makes and models and memory modules are not. This is not a criticism of the PPMB tables (big thank you to Bill Gehrke & Harm Millaard for taking the time and effort to pull this much information together) but for me, I am not interested in being in the top 1000 in the world, nor overclocking like mad, and having had horror experiences of using matrox products and compatibility and stability issues with other hardware I'm more interested in compatability and practicality than speed when deciding what to build. I've also read the threads about marvel controllers, dual and quad channel memory support, the pro's and cons of SSD or standard drives, raid setups, the heat problems with overclocking the newer ivy bridge chips and general build advice etc so I'm not coming here without having done some reading first.
The type of system I'm thinking of:
So far based on what I've read here, I've come to the conclusion - but I'm open to suggestion:
- Chip - regrettably due to the cost and unlikely successor anytime soon - a 39xx (with appropriate cooler) because I want to edit in native AVCHD which seems to require the warrior type chip as opposed to the "economical" build regardless of what my target audience is and this suggests
- X79 motherboard (which must have an old PCI slot such as the Asus Sabertooth and which has room for the cooler I'm considering). As I will be carrying over my old terretec DMX 6 fire 24/96 soundcard - all my videos have their audio mastered in Audition using this card - best piece of advice I read was the audience will watch a bad video with good sound editing but not the other way round)
- 4 hard drives plus additional hard drive for operating system using onboard raid controllers (not sure whether the operating system drive will be WD caviar black or SSD and can't justify cost of external raid controller for either my type of use or number of hard drives being used)
- Video card - I can now buy a GTX 580 for less than the 670 - so not sure on the card especially based on Harm Millards observations that memory bandwith seems to be as important as CUDA cores
- Case - I have an Akasa 62 case with room for 5 hard drives - I won't be exceeding that, and if I overclock it will only be by a little so is it really necessary to replace it for a Tower Case - although I would prefer a case with a front connection for esata so I may have to change the case regardless
- Maximum memory 32G - so is it necessary to upgrade to windows 7 professional?
- Power source - I'll work out when I've decided on my components.
Help please:
For me it's video source/dictated software chosen and hardware/audience(youtube) dictates format edited in. As I don't intend to change my camcorders format (AVCHD or mpeg) in the next couple of years and I'm not interested in having the "fastest" system around what I'm really interested in learning is:
what system setups people use now for doing similar editing to me
what make/models of the component parts in your system work well together
and if you do have a bottle neck in terms of hardware, where is it and what hardware would you change to (not a dream model change, just a practical and realistic one)
I have deliberately not given a budget for the changes I'm intending because budget should not be the deciding factor in determining what I "need" to upgrade to for the "type of editing I do" - especially bearing in mind I've got by so far (admitedly at a tortoise pace) with by todays standards a standard spec laptop. Basically I don't want a Rolls Royce to go shopping at Wallmart but I'm tired of walking there and carrying everything back by hand!
Thank you very much for any help / experiences people can share.

Thank you both for your prompt and helpful replies.
Mr Millaard, regarding your excellent article Planning and Building an NLE system, I have read it a couple of times now and it was your article which finally convinced me the time was now to upgrade but within it you said for good reason "Initial choice of CPU: i7-39xx with the intention to overclock to 4.6 - 4.8 GHz", hence my uncertainty about the CPU to use. I have seen a video you posted here - I think it was based on your cats (which I incidently enjoyed) so working on the editing done there (but not remembering if you mentioned what video format you used) and others who have mentioned many pro's for the i7-39xx I was leaning towards that - but I'm financially relieved at least - if the i3770 will do, although now with the possible recommendation by JEShort01 (sorry not sure of the forum etiquette for use of names) of the 2600K overclocked I'm a little bit back in the position of which is more suitable especially with the update to the i3770 being nearer than i7-39xx. This still makes me lean towards the i7-39xx.
Regarding the editing, the match play you can see on the channel is indeed 1 camera basic edits - multiple titles used to provide the score board. However, the coaching videos use mulitple cameras - 3 to 4 sometimes (another reason for upgrading to CS5.5 for the multi cam editing support) and the equipment testing video can use 3 or 4 tracks layered on top of each other other with each track having opacity settings and multiple motion effects and titles with occasional keying video effects added. For example this video at approx 2 mins 50 and 5 mins 10 seconds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1E5T7xo57c&list=PL577F7AB5E31FC5E9&index=13&feature=plpp_v ideo
Monitor wise I use dual monitor setup. My laptop screen and I link out to an LG M2394 D for widescreen and I sometimes use an old Neovo F-419 for 3 / 4 editing. I won't be using more monitors than 2. If the 580 drops a bit more I'll probably go for that - although I'll have to make sure it's size isn't an issue for the motherboard combo setup. Interestingly there is a thread shown on the forum home page which discusses the 570 vs the 660ti and the opinion was go with the 660ti which surprised me a bit.
Windows 7 professional it is then - I should have known that too - apologises for asking a question already asked.
"Accepted, your correct criticism of the lacking hardware info on the PPBM5 website. That is the overriding reason that for the new site http://ppbm7.com/ we want to use Piriform Speccy .xml results to gather more, more accurate and more detailed hardware info."
No criticism intended Mr Millaard - more an observation and I really look forward to that evolution with PPBM7. I'm assuming the .xml results will use pre populated drop down lists people can select their hardware from - that way you can control and ensure consistent entries - downside being the work required by you to populate the lists in the first place and maintain them.
Thanks again for your help but I'm still unsure a bit about the CPU and video card though.

The Enterprise Mac: What works on a Mac based on my experience at SAP.

I've been a Mac User at SAP for 4.5 years and here's what I have running and what I know of that should work.
First, the stuff that I rely on everyday:

SAP Portal in Firefox - almost everything works. The navigation panel has a scroll bar in it, but is usable. I have imported my SSO certificate from Secude's SSO solution on PC into Firefox, so I can access SAP's corporate portal.
Firepass and Contivity VPN- Both VPN solutions work with my PowerBook G4, although I heard that Intel based macs don't yet work with F4 networks Firepass. At TechEd Las Vegas '06 F4 claimed that this is now fixed and SAP has yet to deploy it.
Windows Networking, File Servers- This works exceptionally well (except the resource links on mac use slashes (like web addresses) and in windows they use whacks (\). Annoying. I can authenticate agains the domain and even change my NT login password. I use Dave from <a href="http://www.thursby.com">Thursby Software</a>. For proxy serving I use auto-configuration using a PAC file.
Desk-top to desk-top sharing- I use this everyday because I have both a Widows Machine (for Netmeeting) and I need to share files back and forth. I can open the Mac from the Windows machine and the reverse. Again I use Dave from <a href="http://www.thursby.com">Thursby Software</a>.
Remote Desktop- Working for a software company inevadably need to access servers via . It works great!<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/otherproducts/otherproducts.aspx?pid=remotedesktopclient">Remote Desktop from Microsoft</a>.
Microsoft Office- I love it on Mac!
Email- I use Entourage, the Exchange client in Mac Office. Over all a good program but suffers from not being fully featured. My top two gripes are: You can book resources in Meeting Requests and you can't forward meeting requests!
Wireless-I use <a href="http://www.ipass.com/">iPass</a> for Mac and it works great when I travel! I can also automatically authenticate against SAP's corporate wireless network using 802.1x.
Corporate Printers- I use Dave from <a href="http://www.thursby.com">Thursby Software</a> again. It works very well. Others have had success without Dave.
Collaboration- Webex works very well, and I have heard that NetMeeting has a Java client. I haven't used it though. Anyone?
== What I heard works ==
SAPGui Java client- I also heard that it is far behind the Windows version. Any comments?
Secude SSO Java client- Apparently the version we're using inside SAP is not an officially supported version by Secude. My contacts there say that they are working on an official version in the near future. Stay tuned.
Windows Messenger- Apparently it was working in SAP, but it was taken down for security reasons... Don't know much else. It sure would make my life easier when its up since the entire company is now using it.

Hi Eric,
My experience on an Intel Mac is this:
- Any SAP website that requires a security certificate does not work in Safari. I've been led to believe this is Apple's problem, and I can work around it by using Firefox, but still. In Firefox, there are issues with SAP's websites. In the forums, for example, and page will open in the middle, in stead of at the top.
- Windows networking: the usual problem is OS X's inability to remember logins. It's fairly annoying to have to re-type my login and password every day. And at my current client I can't get to the network at all. I'll have a look at Dave, see if that helps.
- Office: it works well, now that I've upgraded my MBP from 1 to 2 GB. Before it was sluggish, and in tandem with Parallels, it was physically painful. Now, even when both programs are running, they run just fine. Although Office could use some more of "the snappy".
- I use Mail, Address Book, and iCal. It does what I need. The only thing I'd be interested in is some way of plugging into my customer's address book to find e-mail addresses.
- SAPGUI for Java: this works, mostly, but it is slow. Embarrassingly so. It's slow in general, but anytime a longish list needs to be loaded, it gets real bad. Try working in the ABAP editor with an include of 3,000 or more lines... Apart from the slowness, there are a number of missing functions for which I keep Parallels handy. Drag and drop is one, and on the 6.4 version, there was a GUI control that would make the GUI crash.
- Parallels. I can't say enough good stuff about this. Parallels. Parallels. Love it.
Some other points:
- I'd be interested if anyone has installed NetWeaver 2004s under Boot Camp. I'm a bit wary of dropping $300 on a license for WinXP when it may not ever work (Parallels is running W2K, in case you were wondering).
- At TechEd, I had the hardest time connecting to the Internet, even with Firefox. A few sites I could get to, if I disabled images, JavaScript, and Java, but most, even the common ones such as Yahoo or Google, I could not. I ran into someone else using a MBP, and she had no problems whatsoever. So obviously the problem was with my machine, but I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was. Most frustrating!

Error in installing Experience Manager.

Hi all,
I have installed -
1)MDEX
2)Platform Services
3)CAS
4)Document Converter.
5)Deployment Template.
6)Oracle Endeca Guided Search 2.1.2 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)      V31161-01
Everything is installed in a single local machine.The Endeca Reference Application is running fine also.
But when I am trying to install Experience manager -
Oracle Endeca Experience Manager 2.1.2 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)-
xmgrworkbench_2.1.2.618087_x86_64pc-win32 -
it is showing the following error.
"All other Workbench installations must be uninstall before installing Workbench.
Please uninstall all other versions of Workbench before running this installer."
My question is -
There is two components in https://edelivery.oracle.com-
a)Oracle Endeca Experience Manager 2.1.2 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)      V31162-01      80M
b)Oracle Endeca Experience Manager Extensions 2.1.2 for Generic Platform      V31169-01      71M
Which one I have use to avail the experience manager's functionality (Template creation etcs ).
Or I have to use both the versions ?
What are the components need to be installed to work perfectly with experience manager .?
Regards,
Hoque

Hi Hoque. I know it is a bit confusing and we are working to simplify things in future releases, but you will want to install
either
Oracle Endeca Guided Search 2.1.2
or
Oracle Endeca Experience Manager 2.1.2
but you do not need both.
Oracle Experience Manager includes Endeca Workbench and the Experience Manager tool and is the option you'll use when the deployment includes a license for Oracle Endeca Experience Manager. The Oracle Endeca Guided Search package includes Endeca Workbench and the Rule Manager tool and will be used for deployments that do not include Experience Manager.
If you're starting a new project, I recommend starting with 3.1 instead.

Improved user experience transferring from APF to webDAV volume

We've all experienced how files that we drag from our Desktops and drop on folders on the same volume are "received" at their destination and "lost" at their origin. They move.
Users in my organization desire a similar experience when dragging files from their Desktops to folders NOT on the same volume, particularly remote volumes; or ones mounted using a different protocol, like http (webDAV to be exact)--whether on same volume or not. They prefer not having to dispose of needlessly remnant files on their Desktops.
I'm responsible for providing a solution that delivers this experience. I suspect this will require an Applescript.
I have written one that is basically functional. It calls a handler within a folder action to delete files still selected after copying of them to the attached folder completes.
I include my script below. My interest in posting here is twofold.
First: maybe someone can help me make this script work better. I'm still learning, and I haven't gotten it to handle important cases properly.
Second: I wonder whether this has not already been done. I've looked at MacScripter, Applescriptsource, Apple Discussions, and certain individual scripters' sites; but keywords I've come up with haven't gotten me results.
In advance and for any assistance, thanks!
Here is my script. I know it fails if I get an overwrite dialog as a copy operation begins.
If in the Finder, deselection occurs or selection is changed as script runs, no files or wrong files get deleted. I've also had the script delete a file that never got copied to its destination when a permissions dialog came up.
I'd rather no one actually run this script. Just examine it.
The script gets attached to a webDAV site's icon that appears on the Desktop once connection is made. This seems to work like a folder; hence my use of folder actions.
That icon goes away if I disconnect, but I would need the script to work every time connection is made. There are probably other issues.
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
call()
end adding folder items to
on call()
tell application "Finder"
activate
set fileList to selection
repeat with theFile in fileList
delete theFile
end repeat
end tell
end call

This OS behavior is there for a reason.
Good question. Thanks for noticing my post at all much less thinking critically on the subject.
webDAV site is to hold users' working folders. In our case, there will be a lot of dragging from Home folders (including Desktop) to webDAV.
The experience will naturally be compared with that of dragging files to the usual place for working files: a local AFP volume. Since drags to webDAV are going to fail by comparison on speed, I'd like to deliver comparability of the "move" experience.
What if your users want to copy (not move) an item to
a network volume?
As for dragging to other volumes, only the webDAV site would have the folder action. I should have made it clear: I'm talking about getting this functionality only in the case of users accessing their webDAV-hosted working folders.
I can understand readers thinking my aim was to change OS behavior. My fault, the vagueness on this point.
Anyway, Cyclosaurus, don't get me wrong. It relieves me know about the command-drag feature--that's great!

SAP NW CE 7.1 SOA Experience Workshop

Hi,
I want to work with the "SOA Experience Workshop". I have installed the server, the NWDS and the ES Repository correctly. The Probleme occures when I set the additional settings in the NWDS. I have imported the "SOA_Experience_1_0.sca" to the "Local Development". After this I selected all imported nodes to create a project. Next step I want to deploy all projects, but I get this failure message:
Status ERROR
Plugin : com.sap.ide.tools.services
code=0
Deploy Exception.
com.sap.engine.services.dc.api.deploy.DeployException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DCAPI.1027] DeploymentException.
Reason: ASJ.dpl_dc.001085 [ERROR CODE DPL.DC.3077] An error occurred while deploying the deployment item [demo.sap.com_module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear].
; nested exception is:
     com.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.DeliveryException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DC.3298] An error occurred during deployment of [demo.sap.com_module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear]. Cannot deploy it.
at com.sap.engine.services.dc.api.deploy.impl.DeployProcessorImpl.deployItems(DeployProcessorImpl.java:715)
at com.sap.engine.services.dc.api.deploy.impl.DeployProcessorImpl.deploy(DeployProcessorImpl.java:226)
at com.sap.ide.eclipse.deployer.dc.deploy.DeployProcessor70.deploy(DeployProcessor70.java:112)
at com.sap.ide.tools.services.dc.EngineDcDeployService.deployFiles(EngineDcDeployService.java:251)
at com.sap.ide.tools.services.dc.EngineDcDeployService.deploy(EngineDcDeployService.java:125)
at com.sap.ide.dii05.ui.internal.actions.dc.DcDeployAction$3.run(DcDeployAction.java:224)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.DeploymentException: ASJ.dpl_dc.001085 [ERROR CODE DPL.DC.3077] An error occurred while deploying the deployment item [demo.sap.com_module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear].
; nested exception is:
     com.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.DeliveryException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DC.3298] An error occurred during deployment of [demo.sap.com_module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear]. Cannot deploy it.
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:188)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.DeliveryException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DC.3298] An error occurred during deployment of [demo.sap.com_module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear]. Cannot deploy it.
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:118)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.utils.DSRemoteException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DS.6193] Error while ; nested exception is:
     com.sap.engine.services.deploy.container.DeploymentException: Failure during deployment of application demo.sap.com/module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.catchDeploymentExceptionWithDSRem(DeployServiceImpl.java:4714)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:325)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:104)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.engine.services.deploy.container.DeploymentException: Failure during deployment of application demo.sap.com/module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConfigurationsDeployManager.deploy(ConfigurationsDeployManager.java:90)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.utils.container.ContainerWrapper.deploy(ContainerWrapper.java:195)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.makeComponents(DeploymentTransaction.java:526)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeployUtilTransaction.commonBegin(DeployUtilTransaction.java:249)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.begin(DeploymentTransaction.java:188)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:493)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhases(ApplicationTransaction.java:544)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.makeGlobalTransaction(DeployServiceImpl.java:2536)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:378)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:323)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:104)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ActionException: Exception has occurred during deployment of Service Group in ConfigurationsContainer, application demo.sap.com/module_4_exercise_4_sol~ear
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConsumerGroupsDeployer.perform(ConsumerGroupsDeployer.java:144)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.CompositeAction.perform(CompositeAction.java:38)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ActionsManipulator.performAction(ActionsManipulator.java:29)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConfigurationsDeployManager.deploy(ConfigurationsDeployManager.java:87)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.utils.container.ContainerWrapper.deploy(ContainerWrapper.java:195)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.makeComponents(DeploymentTransaction.java:526)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeployUtilTransaction.commonBegin(DeployUtilTransaction.java:249)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.begin(DeploymentTransaction.java:188)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:493)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhases(ApplicationTransaction.java:544)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.makeGlobalTransaction(DeployServiceImpl.java:2536)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:378)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:323)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:104)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)

atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.esi.esp.lib.mm.config.exceptions.SRTechnicalExceptionAn Unexpected ER Technical Exception occurred
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.publishPhysicalSystem(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:1500)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.getLocal(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:2418)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.publishConsumerGroups(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:2824)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.receive(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:165)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.sendSOAObjectEvent(SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.java:237)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.createWithoutRunBatchJob(SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.java:516)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConsumerGroupsRegistryImpl.addConsumerGroup(ConsumerGroupsRegistryImpl.java:72)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConsumerGroupsDeployer.perform(ConsumerGroupsDeployer.java:128)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.CompositeAction.perform(CompositeAction.java:38)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ActionsManipulator.performAction(ActionsManipulator.java:29)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConfigurationsDeployManager.deploy(ConfigurationsDeployManager.java:87)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.utils.container.ContainerWrapper.deploy(ContainerWrapper.java:195)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.makeComponents(DeploymentTransaction.java:526)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeployUtilTransaction.commonBegin(DeployUtilTransaction.java:249)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.begin(DeploymentTransaction.java:188)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:493)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhases(ApplicationTransaction.java:544)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.makeGlobalTransaction(DeployServiceImpl.java:2536)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:378)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:323)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:104)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Nested exceptions :com.sap.esi.uddi.sr.api.exceptions.SRExceptionerror code: 29910 detail message: An Unexpected ER Technical Exception occurred
atcom.sap.esi.uddi.sr.local.writers.PhysicalSystemWriter.save(PhysicalSystemWriter.java:43)
atcom.sap.esi.uddi.sr.local.LocalServicesRegistry.publishPhysicalSystems(LocalServicesRegistry.java:102)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.publishPhysicalSystem(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:1482)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.getLocal(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:2418)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.publishConsumerGroups(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:2824)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.sr.local.SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.receive(SOALocalSRPublisherImpl.java:165)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.sendSOAObjectEvent(SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.java:237)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.createWithoutRunBatchJob(SOAConfigurationManagerImpl.java:516)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConsumerGroupsRegistryImpl.addConsumerGroup(ConsumerGroupsRegistryImpl.java:72)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConsumerGroupsDeployer.perform(ConsumerGroupsDeployer.java:128)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.CompositeAction.perform(CompositeAction.java:38)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ActionsManipulator.performAction(ActionsManipulator.java:29)
atcom.sap.esi.esp.service.server.container.ConfigurationsDeployManager.deploy(ConfigurationsDeployManager.java:87)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.utils.container.ContainerWrapper.deploy(ContainerWrapper.java:195)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.makeComponents(DeploymentTransaction.java:526)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeployUtilTransaction.commonBegin(DeployUtilTransaction.java:249)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.DeploymentTransaction.begin(DeploymentTransaction.java:188)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhasesOnOneServer(ApplicationTransaction.java:493)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.application.ApplicationTransaction.makeAllPhases(ApplicationTransaction.java:544)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.makeGlobalTransaction(DeployServiceImpl.java:2536)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:378)
atcom.sap.engine.services.deploy.server.DeployServiceImpl.deploy(DeployServiceImpl.java:323)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.ApplicationDeployer.deploy(ApplicationDeployer.java:104)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialApplicationDeployer.performDeployment(InitialApplicationDeployer.java:108)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.gd.impl.InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.deploy(InitialGenericDeliveryImpl.java:51)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.OnlineDeployProcessor.performDelivery(OnlineDeployProcessor.java:163)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.deploy(BulkOnlineDeployProcessor.java:57)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor$DeployProcessorHelper.visit(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:229)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeploymentItemImpl.accept(DeploymentItemImpl.java:83)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.AbstractDeployProcessor.deploy(AbstractDeployProcessor.java:91)
atcom.sap.engine.services.dc.cm.deploy.impl.DeployThread.run(DeployThread.java:34)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.Executable.run(Executable.java:109)
atcom.sap.engine.core.thread.execution.CentralExecutor$SingleThread.run(CentralExecutor.java:314)
Any and all help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,

Lost Beats Audio Control Panel, Windows Experience Index and HP Power Manager on fresh install...

HP Pavilion m6-1035dx, product B5S06UA#ABA
Please help! I installed a 240gb SanDisk Extreme SSD and a fresh install of Win 7 home premium 64-bit OEM. I did not reinstall the factory OS and all that goes along with it. I have managed to reinstall all drivers (it seems) but am having the following problems: 1) I have installed IDT HD Audio Driver sp56953 but it does not provide the Beats Audio control panel, any idea how to get it? 2) The Windows Experience Index will not provide a performance evaluation, something in the system is providing it with an error message when it attempts to rate the system and it stops. 3) I have installed HP Power Manager sp57398 and can bring up the control panel but the changes I indicate will not stay applied, when I bring up Power Manager again it show that no selections are made. I knew this fresh install was going to provide headaches, please help if you can. Thanks.

I suspect this may all be related to a common cause.
When updating the windows experience index, what is the error message you receive?
Has the video card driver been installed? It is necessary for the windows experience index to complete.
Also, ensure the HP Software Framework is installed. It is under the Software Solutions category.
You did a clean install of Windows 7. Has all the software and drivers for Windows 7 from HP been installed? Here is a link should you need it.
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A few thoughts and experiences after a few hours using my new ThinkPad E440 with Win 8.1

After waiting 36 days for my new ThinkPad to arrive, I guess I'm just "eh" about it after using it some. Here are some of my thoughts, opinions, and experiences I've had after using it for a few hours... Hope this helps other people.
I should not be surprised because I read all the reviews, but the touch pad really sucks. I hate everything about it, the way it clicks - it's so loud and clunky! - and it's insensitivity (and I adjusted this to be more sensitive). Thank goodness for the track point. I love that thing.
The touchscreen stopped working after a few hours of use. After I rebooted it came back. Is this a bad omen? Or did I inadvertantly turn it off? Is that even possible? I am new to Windows 8 so anything is possible.
The touch screen, when it's working, is not very responsive. It's MUCH LESS responsive than my Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Android phone or my LG G Pad 8.3 tablet. This is very disappointing.
I ran the hardware scan that is in the Lenovo Solution Center and got a warning under the category "Local Connection Test". I looked at the list of System Events and it's very long. The first application error event name is MpTelemetry. Response is "Not available". The next one is "PnPRequestAdditionalSoftware". Response is "Not available". And the list goes on and on and on for pages. I have no idea what to do about this or what it means.
Also in the Lenovo Solution Center, under Software, there is a Critical Alert that says I never updated Windows. But I did when it prompted me to while it was first booting up and it was updating and installing things. Where it says "To update your operating system, you must run Windows Update", I click on the Launch button and it takes me to Windows Update where it says No Updates are Available. Go figure. It also says there have been 9 Windows updates made to the computer. I guess I'll have to just always ignore that Critical Alert.
In the system tray, it says "ThinkPad OneLink Dock Detached!". I don't have a dock... So, yes, that's true, it is detached. I'll have to hide that one.
I realize there is a Lenovo Recovery Partition on the hard drive but I would really like to create a set of recovery disks before I start customizing this thing, installing apps, and moving my files over. I can't find anything that tells me how to do it. Under the control panel, there is the Recovery icon. The only choice there for creating recovery media is to create a Recovery Drive, not disks. I'll post a separate item to get information on this.
On the positive side, I have had it in my lap the whole time and it's not gotten too hot for my legs. That's a big improvement on my old Toshiba Satellite Pro.
This locating the Fn key to the left of the CTRL key decision must have been made by someone smoking crack. Why would anyone in their right mind want to do this? We've had the CTRL key on the outer left edge like, FOREVER, why move it now?? This will be something that will take me a long time to adjust to - if I ever do. I use the CTRL a lot for cutting, pasting, and formatting things in Excel and Word. It's going to be a battle. I wonder if any software exists that allows you to redefine the keys? Speaking of location of keys, I keep hitting the Page Down key when I want the Page Up key. I'm used to the Page Up key being above the Page Down key instead of to the left.
After being told here in the forum that the fingerprint reader was not an option in the US I am pleasantly surprised to see one on my new ThinkPad.
I use the right-click on my mouse often. For example, to open a link in a new tab instead of switching to the new URL. For some reason, when I click on the right part of the touch pad when the mouse is located over a link, it just opens the new URL instead of giving me options for opening the URL. I'll have to figure this out.
So anyway, I guess that's more than a few things... hope this is useful to someone...

You can change FN and CTRL key in the BIOS

WORST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: $200 credit per iphone 5 trade in: Promised by GoWireless in Chino Hills & Verizon Account Manager, But Not Addressed in Over 4 Months

Hello everyone,
I just had the WORST CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE with a Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer (Go Wireless in Chino Hills) and a Verizon Account Manager.
Through a ridiculous saga of events, I finally had to send an email to a customer service supervisor with screenshots, outlined below to try to resolve.
Besides this, is there anything else I can to do address this situation?
I don't want any Verizon Wireless customer to EVER go through this.
Please see the detailed email below for reference.
Hi Laura,
I am also including GoWireless customer service on this email due to the incredibly TERRIBLE customer service I received from their employees.
As we discussed over the phone, I am contacting about the terrible, dishonest, and incompetent customer service I received regarding my upgrading of iPhone 6 through GoWireless Verizon Wireless Premium Retailer located at The Shoppes at Chino Hills, 13925 City Center Drive, Chino Hills. Their phone number is 909-465-5840.
I will send the screenshots of the text conversation I had with GoWireless salesperson (Will) over the course of almost 2 months, in an attempt to receive the $200 per iPhone trade in credits that he and GoWireless had promised me when I upgraded my phone to an iPhone 6.
As the text message screenshots will show (and a follow up emails, as this maximum has a maximum capacity issue), I was continually following up with Will over the course of 2 months regarding receiving the credits. Throughout the conversation, he kept indicating that he would address it. As the text messages will show, he never resolved it and I had to continually pursue getting the credits owed to m e.
After this, I contacted GoWireless corporate customer service and complained about the situation. GoWireless customer service indicated that they would help me resolve the situation. So they ended up contacting the store manager, Aaron.
Aaron then contacted me, after corporate customer service contacted him. Aaron assured me that he would address this and ensure I received the credits I was promised in the original transaction.
Aaron eventually punted me to a Verizon Account Manager during this past January. That account manager's number is 619-756-2100. I will attach the screenshots of the text messages I had with that individual for reference.
That Account Manager indicated that he would just apply the $200 per phone credit to my account since my family had to go through so much trouble and hassle over so many months.
After waiting for a month and not hearing from him, I reached out to him via text a few weeks ago. He did not respond and I sent 2 subsequent texts to follow up, and he never responded.
It was at this point I called Verizon customer service and complained about this issue, this past Saturday (2/21). As the voice recording for that conversation will show, the customer service rep indicated that she would try to apply the $200 per phone credit and that I should call back within 48 hours if I don't receive the credit on my account.
As I didn't see the credits applied today, I called customer service and spoke to you eventually about this situation.
While I appreciate your help in trying to resolve this, I would like to make a note of the following:
1. GoWireless sales representative WILL was INCOMPETENT and/or DISHONEST in applying my credits. As the text messages show, the ONLY reason my family purchased the phones were because of the $200 per phone credit.
2. GoWireless store manager AARON is INCOMPETENT and/or DISHONEST about this situation.
As you heard today on the call, Aaron tried to pass the blame onto me first, saying I didn't turn the phone in on time. This was despite the fact that I had been corresponding with Will over text and spoke specifically with Aaron the situation. They were the reason that I "didn't turn my phone in on time" Either Aaron "forgot" our conversation around this whole situation or was intentionally being deceitful.
Aaron then tried to pass the blame to the Verizon district manager, saying that it was something that that district manager to handle.
This situation indicates Aaron's inability to take responsibility (he tried to blame shift the issue) and be accountable for his actions. I am appalled that a large entity like GoWireless would employ such a person in a management position.
3. Verizon Wireless account manager (phone number 619-756-2100) is INCOMPETENT or DISHONEST about this situation. He indicated that he would help resolve this and he did not, and, in fact, has ignored my attempts to contact him over the past few weeks. I am shocked that such a person could be given responsibility to service customer accounts.
4. As we discussed, I'm am also going to put a formal complaint detailing out this situation on Verizon Wireless forums. I don't think any customer deserves to go through this type of experience. It is completely ASININE, ABSURD, and HORRIBLE that a customer has had to keep following up on this over the past 4 months. Even arranging a conference call today with Aaron and you!
The lack of professionalism and integrity of Will, Aaron, and the Verizon Account Manager is unbelievable!
5. Is there anyway that I can pull my account from GoWireless considering the situation. I don't think Aaron and his team are capable of honestly servicing any customers.
As I indicated, I will send a follow up email with the additional screenshots for your reference to show the set that I have.
I hope we can finally resolve this situation and my family FINALLY gets the $200 per phone credits promised to us in the original transaction.
Thank you.

Holy cow... That was a marathon as opposed to a sprint.... Since the iphone has such a good resale value, I agree - next time ebay.
i Am glad you finally got the cards. They should just credit the account.
As I see the same complaint on AT&T forum, the trade in programs are flawed, universally.

Horrible experience trying to exchange/return Samsung S5 at store #457

So I have had a family plan with sprint for over 10 years now, have 5 lines and alway ls do an upgrade when it's up.
This time one of my line is up for an upgrade so went from my iPhone 5 to the Samsung S5. Great phone lots of features to get used to but phone i originally purchase at location 472 in Union nj, was faulty as I seem to not be able to hear people on the other side of the phone.
Bought the phone on July 6th, did the software updates needed one I got home and went to work like normal, threw out the day got onto using my phone which seem of cause I could barely hear them and they could barely hear me, so went to the store in Rockaway nj to exchange it or return it if need be on July 12th.
Only to find out that best buy doesn't honor their written return policy.
Was turned away dismiss that the phone had any issues, the call volume was fine and issue was the life proof case I bought with it, even after we tested without the case still they found the phone to be working fine volume call level. They would do a swap fora new unit but if I still had the same issue with the new one they wouldn't refund the phone, even thoughi was with in the 14 day return period.
Have bought stuff from best buy for years now, but no more.
Not looking to buy into headaches, I want to spend my money on stuff where there is peace of mind, knowing if something is wrong and with in return or warranty guidelines I will be taken care off.
Manager on duty have me a online support number that dreams with online order as to deal with customer issues.
This place is a joke, they mistreat clients as they know nothing Will happen and they are giving out wrong information, called that number and they claim they don't have a corporate office or customer relation number, or a regional office number.
Last time I ever set foot in one your stores or buy stuff from your company at all, wasted an hour explaining the issue at store level with no results turning me away toa different store cause I didn't buy the phone there, wonder is I was to buy something there would they also tell me to go buy it at another site.
Wasted another hour on phone that was given by employee at the store to find out they couldn't do anything cause they deal with online orders only, answer I got was go to place where you bought it from, I bought it at best buy, should be able to return it at any best buy, even the moon if they had one there and that wad the closest to me.

Hello anthopadilla,
Cell phones can definitely be a blessing or a curse at times. I speak from experience. From what I hear, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is a great phone! I’m sorry if you have been inconvenienced by the issue you are having with the phone and its case. Considering the time you have invested into this, I would be equally as upset. I hope to provide you with some clarity around the communication you received in store and when speaking with our phone agent.
I am glad to hear the store went through the proper steps in testing the phone for you with, and without, the case on the phone. It sounds as though the store exchanged the phone for you even though they were unable to find anything to be wrong with it. The information you received from our phone agent was correct; our support teams do not have the ability to initiate a return for an in store purchase when assisting you over the phone or online. However we may help connect you with the necessary parties at the store level. You should be able to return your store purchases to any Best Buy location in the country, not just the original purchase location. For more information on our Return & Exchange Promise, click here.
The store may have been trying to inform you they would not swap another phone for this same issue, because it is likely you will receive the same result in lessened volume levels as long as you are using that case with for that model phone. I apologize if this was not communicated appropriately by the store employee. I recommend looking into other cases if you are unhappy with the effect it has on your phone’s speaker, rather than looking to perform an exchange on the hardware itself.
I will ensure your feedback is passed on to the leadership at the Rockaway, NJ location. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns. We appreciate your business and I hope you will continue to come to us with your future needs!
Respectfully,
JD|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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