Feeling Let Down By Lack of Connectivity

Why make a great new laptop, unibody MacBook Pro, and a great new screen, 24" LED, and not allow them to work together fully?
We bought 4 screens for 2 x dual external monitor setups knowing that there was no immediate solution but with great faith in Apple's "Best of Breed" approach which would surely deliver solutions ASAP, right?
Well, not this time.
I will wait until the WWDC to see if anything surfaces and if not, it is eBay for the 24" LED screens and a hunt for another solution, probably something using ScreenReclycler.
Someone slipped up here.... and it appears to be me!

So why the post? Apple hasn't advertised dual external monitor capability with these displays and its laptops, so it seems like this was the wrong solution for you from the beginning. Am I missing something?

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Am I the Only One Feeling Let Down by Creati

I personally believe that I'm not the only one let down by Creative's recent products and support. I was the guy who'd always go around telling other people "Why get an iPod? Everyone has one, they use proprietary connectors for everything, the battery life sucks, and you get to twiddle your thumbs clockwise and counterclockwise as you go up and down."
But not anymore.
And no I'm not talking about boycotting apple here, I'm talking about Creative.
I'll start off by providing a little background information about myself. I've always been heavily into music and movies. My computer consists of a Soundblaster Audigy 2 soundcard, and 600gb of RAID 0 hard dri've space. All used for games, music, and movies.
I always loved my Soundblaster cards, even my Soundblaster li've. Then someone showed me something amazing, a 30Gb Creative MP3 player. I think it was the Zen Ztra, I'm not sure, it was a long time ago. Soon as I saw that baby I fell in love with it. It had just 0Gb less than the harddri've of the computer I owned at the time, the sound quality was amazing, and it was very easy to use.
A good time after that, I decided to finally buy an MP3 player of my own after using a Sony ATRAC3 plus CD player for so long for my music. I went to the store and the only thing I could think of was that it had to be a Creative MP3 player. That day I ended up shelling out about 400 bucks for a 20gb Creative Zen Touch. I was wishing I found the 40gb version after that but for the amount of music I had at the time it worked very well.
I think I owned that MP3 player for at leas 2 years or so without any problems or freezes before someone finally stole it from me. I guess that's what I get for lending it to my girlfriend but thats a different story. She agreed to buy me a new one right away. I Think she knew how much I loved creative products at the time (and how much I hated iPods) that she decided to get me a Creative MP3 player of course. She ended up getting one that I was looking at online for quite a while. The Creative Zen Vision: M, the 60gb model.
I was a little disappointed that the battery life was nowhere near as impressi've as my old MP3 player, but with 60Gb, a gorgeous color screen, video playback, a better touchpad than the iPod (In my own opinion), and better battery life than an iPod (actual fact), I couldn't find much else not to like.
Of course, in less than a week I started getting nothing but problems.
While I was away on a trip the MP3 player froze twice. I had to stop at a nearby store to borrow a paperclip to reset it. The second time it froze was when the battery was getting low. After I reset it again the next screen showed "Low Battery" so I shut it off. I guess Creative thinks that everyone likes to carry a desktop computer with them when they go on trips, or that they've added enough problems to the player that they wont use up all the power till they get back. The only way you can charge it without a computer is by buying a battery charger separately, something which was included in a lot of earlier products.
Not being able to find a "Creative" charger, I bought one designed to charge any USB device. I plugged it in, and all I got was a flashing blue light for 24 hours, which was when I finally decided to call it quits. No matter what I did it wouldn't turn on, the reset button did nothing, and all I got was a flashing blue light.
I get home a few days later (without any good music to listen to on the way home) and plug it into my PC and get the same problem. All of this after the recommended firmware update mind you.
I decided to do some reading on the creative forums to try and solve a problem the majority of Zen Vision and other product owners are experiencing. All I found in the forums was a large group of disappointed individuals. The only posts made by Creative staff were regarding refraining from dropping F bombs. Apparently you even have to pay for tech support?! Is this some kind of sick joke?
The message I'm getting from this is that creative is purposely making defecti've products, not only to save money, but also make money from all the people needing tech support.
It wouldn't surprise me if this post was deleted simply because Creative doesn't like having to face facts. Anyways, sorry for the long post, but I felt it necessary to help vent out my frustration with a company I always looked up to.
After this experience, I will be refraining from buying any more Creative products until they clean up their problems. I'd like to hear from other people as well. I'll be boycotting this company, who's with me?

I've never had any problems with mine ever. The only freeze I've had was from a file I recorded on tivo, cut commericals out in movie maker and then re-encoded to the lowest possible bit rate that that zens nati've resolution supports. Try turning your sensitivity in the touch pad down. Sometimes if you have it up to high you may have a chance of doing that (although I have only had slow response, instead of a freeze by doing that).
You also have to compare to all of the other products out there: Ipod and Zune are a lot worse with pathetic little problems (annoyances). I didn't pay for tech support?

Let down by lack of BT infinity

I swapped back to BT from Talk Talk yesterday.
Phone line is live but Infinity not connected....
I rang last night after midnight and was assured it would be live today.
On ringing back today I was told it won't be before Friday.
The lack of trustworthy info is unacceptable - time frame shifting so I have no confidence at all.
Meantime losing money as unable to work from home.
I will look at cancelling service should this not be sorted this week and will consider BT to have failed to deliver a fit for service product.

Hi SJJ,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting!
I'm sorry for the problems you're having since transferring your services back over to us. I'm happy to help get things sorted from here.
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Let down by BT

Hi, I recently ordered BT Infinity and had to have a phone line installed. BT gave me a date for this and i booked the time off work. The BT engineer turned up and after half hour of tinkering he informed me he couldnt do the job but would send some one out who could. Im not sure why he couldnt connect a line to my house, as the other six properties in my row all have lines.
I then waited for the next engineer but no one turned up. I then got in con BT and they appolagised and said they would give me a new date for installation. I then recieved a text message saying they would install my phone line, internet and tv package the following Friday (29/8/14 - today) in the morning between 8am and 1pm. I booked the morning off work and waited for the engineer to arrive. At 12:15 no one had arrived so i used the chat option to find out where the engineer was, i text chatted to a representative and they put me through to some one else via my mobile phone and they told me the engineer had been held up on a previous job but would get to me shortly. I then phoned my boss up and booked the afternoon off work.
At 14:30 no engineer had turned up, so again i used text chat to ask why. The BT rep then told me that no appointment had been made even though i have proof of the appointment on my phone via a text message. I asked could they put me through to the cancellation team and spoke to a nice chap called Patrick. He was appalled by the way i had been treated and cancelled my order for me.
I not only feel let down by BT but I've also lost a day and a half of pay (over £150) because of their incompetence.
Since my cancellation Ive not heard off them, either by phone or email. A written appology would have been nice.

Hi Bluebird27,
Welcome and thanks for posting.
I'm sorry for the time it's taking to get your service connected. Have you spoken with anyone since you posted this? If not, I'll be happy to check this out from here.
Click on my username and under the "about me" section of my profile you'll see the link to get in touch with us.
Cheers,
Robbie
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Many of the apps in my newstand won't let me get past the "connect to iTunes" notification. When i touch "OK" the same notice keeps coming back. What do i do.

many of the apps in my newstand won't let me get past the "connect to iTunes" notification. When i touch "OK" the same notice keeps coming back. What do i do.

Settings>Store>Your Apple ID - tap the ID and then sign out.
I only have one app in the Newsstand folder - the Sports Illustrated app. I have never gotten this message about connecting to iTunes so I'm not sure what that is all about. I would quit the Newsstand app and the other apps and the restart the iPad and see of that helps.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Double tap the home button and the task bar will appear with all of your recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner of the app that you want to close. Tap the home button or anywhere above the task bar. Restart the iPad.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
If that doesnt work, reset the iPad. Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

Let down

Levels of service from HP
I ordered a hp914c which was to be a main Christmas present ,i filled in all the information and got back a conformation email saying it was ordered and on the way there is a tracking system on the order which is useless after checking for a few days nothing was moving so contacting hp service the system had not prodused the details no contact from hp to say there was a problem ,i then ordered the second time hoping that it was in time but no it was out of stock so far so bad for hp we then left it to the 12 days with no words from hp saying still out of stock i looked over the web to and found every body had plenty of stock to my mind hp must not need costumers because it was of no concern that there costumer been let down i have bought from hp in the past but now time to look fro reliability and better costumer service

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Itunes 9 a let-down, app store browser user-unfriendly?

Hi,
maybe I'm just missing something, but I find that that the new version is a let down. It's slow as ever and the appstore page is totally cluttered. There's so much talk of the endless number of applications that have been developed for the iphone. But finding what you're looking for can be a right pain, because the start page shows nothing but the most popular ones and the browser is in my opinion really user-unfriendly.
First you need to select app store, then click on a category, wait a while and eventually the list builds up right in front of you. But take a closer look and you'll see that a. the table is the same as for mp3/songs (trackname, released, genre (I am using the German version and don't know the English equivalent).
Next you select a line if you see something that catches your eye and would love to get more details, but there are none. Do a right click on the same line and the a window will pop up that makes a lot of sense for mp3s (the one with trackname, tracknumber, album name, realease date, cover picture etc) but is utterly useless if you're looking for an application. Wouldn't it make sense to show the details of the application in a pop-up window, although, sure this could also be implemented in a different way.
In any case it goes from bad to worse, because say you double-clicked on a line, read the application description, and decided it's not what you're looking for - how do you get back to the previous list?
Easy you think. Just click the little arrow in the top left of the app store window, but truth is the arrow takes you back to the very front page of the app store, which means that you have to select brows from the quick links section and so on and so forth one more time. It wouldn't be so bad if Itunes weren't so sluggish.
Any help or ideas appreciated.
Regards
Stephan

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether your problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
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The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Test while in safe mode. Same problem? After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of the test.

IMac slows down wifi/LAN cable connection

Hello,
I came across a quiet unique and annoying problem, that I have not seen being discussed so far.
I spend the last 3 weeks trying to solve my internet/wifi connection following all kinds of posts here.
Problem: Wifi/Lan internet connection is slow (less than 0.8mbit/s)
Problem only appears when I login with an iMac via wifi OR lag cable
iMac, 2011 27`` Mac OS 10.7.5
Background:
I have a 20mbit/s internet connection with my provider. works fine on iPad, iPhone, appleTV HTC one mini, etc… BUT as soon, as I login with my iMac, the internet connection slows down to less than 1 mbit/s
I have tried following solutions:
- live box (router) was exchanged and is brand new
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- shut down wifi on iMac - connection with all devices great, as soon as i switch wifi on, all devices lose their high speed connection and go down to less than 1mbit/s
- connected iMac via LAN cable: same problem, all speed is lost
- iMac is not in the network - speed is great
- connected iMac via time capsule wifi, same problem. connected iMac via netgear extender, same problem
also, if I open network preferences and start the "assist me" app and run diagnostics, all dots are green except the ISP and server, bit most of the time they switch to green immediately, but connection is still slow.
Reception bar is on "3", so signal strength is no problem, and I´d like to emphasize that this is also happening on LAN cable. and again, if the iMac is disconnected from wifi AND / OR LAN, all other devices work fine.
Would love to hear your thoughts!
Thanks!

Although I have been on Mac OS for a while now, I have never had to troubleshoot faulty network in the mac itself.
OSX does apparently have a safe mode boot..
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Try that.. as that gives you the same thing as windows with all the extras left out, so you get a basic operating system only and you can see if the problem still exists.. if it does.. I would simply bite the bullet.. wipe the Mac.. reinstall the OS and then carefully reinstall your applications from original disks/downloads and move your operating files back .. but start a different user on the computer and copy back the min you need to get working again.
If the problem still happens even in safe mode boot then do a hardware test.. because it is possible something has actually failed at the hardware level.
Using Apple Hardware Test

When I turn on my wifi in top bar and connect,minutes later I get an annoying pop up notification letting me know I'm connected, AGAIN. It freezes everything including psswds and I have to start all over This is petty but how do I shut this popup off?

When I turn on my wifi in top bar and connect,minutes later I get an annoying pop up notification letting me know I'm connected, AGAIN. It freezes everything including psswds and I have to start all over. This is petty, but how do I shut this popup off?

What OS X version are you using?
Can you take a screenshot of the pop-up notification?
To take a screenshot hold ⌘ Shift 4 to create a selection crosshair. Click and hold while you drag the crosshair over the area you wish to capture and then release the mouse button. You will hear a "camera shutter" sound. This will deposit a screenshot on your Desktop.
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⌘ Shift 4 and then pressing the space bar captures the window the cursor is on.
⌘ Shift 3 captures the entire screen.

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Yep... ur right... I can confirm this.
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After putting my iPad onto airplane mode it won't let me access apps without connecting to iTunes but it won't let me connect to iTunes how can I resolve this?

After putting my iPad onto airplane mode it won't let me access apps without connecting to iTunes but it won't let me connect to iTunes how can I resolve this?

Try "Pacifist"!
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Contribute 3: Could not connect because the server is down or not acceptiong connections.

Hi,
I have two customers who use Contribute 3 and are currently
having the same problem:
When they want to Publish a page, they get the following
message: Contribute encountered a network or file system error.
Then they can click on "Connect" and get: Contribute could
not connect because the server is down or not accepting
connections.
They don't have an internet connection problem, there's no
firewall that blocks Contribute.
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I have spent many hours trying to get reconnected to my site.
My PC died in early January and I have not been able to get
reconnected since. I get the same error message. My Network
Aministrator has worked with me to see if there are any firewall or
antivirus issues blocking the connection. I administer the site so
have had to do elaborate work arounds to get users' pages
published. I am using WebDAV. My question: I would like to try
creating a new username and password (which is about the only thing
I have not tried yet.) If I do so, and get connected, I should be
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Computer shuts down ever time I connect the IPOD Touch

My computer shuts down every time I connect my Ipod Touch. I tried holdin down the On/Off button simultaneously with the Home button as suggested in the trouble shooting section, but the computer still shuts down. The battery is fully charged.

Hi. Actually, I have the same problem. I've had the same problem for about a month now. At first.. it took me a while to realize that my computer turned off because of my ipod being connected. Because at first, it took a couple of hours or so before it would turn off. But now, at for the past 3 weeks or so, it turns off instantly when I connect my ipod to my computer. I've been googling ways to solve this problem - but couldn't find anything, and that's where i ran into this topic.
I know the problem isn't my ipod and ipod usb wire. I connected it to another computer to recharge, and it didn't turn off, and there were no problems. But when i connect it to my computer to update it, it turns off instantly. It doesn't even have time to update.
My CPU has 4 USB ports, and I tried connecting it to each of them.. but the same thing happens. I don't think it's my USB ports either, because i've connected other things to the USB ports, and the computer didn't turn off like it did with ipod.
I'd really appreciate it if an answer could be received regarding this issue.
Thanks.
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Does RTMT works if publisher is down?I mean if publisher is down then can we connect to subscriber through rtmt?

Dear All,
Does RTMT works if publisher is down?I mean if publisher is down then can we connect to subscriber through rtmt?

Yes. Enter the IP/hostname of the subscriber.
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Let down by Creative Customer Supp

[size="2" face="Tahoma">My daughter received a Creative Zen Vision M which was purchased in November?and the screen went faulty with the colour dissapearing on the video. We called the customer support in Ireland and followed all the instructions and it was not corrected so they asked for?it to be returned. She did this and duly an e-mail was sent to say that it had been replaced and was being sent by Parceline. Parceline tried to deli'ver it today but no one was in so my brother in law collected it. The parcel was undamaged.[size="2" face="Tahoma">Now the real issue starts when I spoke to my daughter and asked if it was ok she was very upset and stated that the replacement player had quite a number of scratches and a small dent imperfection in the case. Now I can only presume that this is a refurbished product and my daughter was in tears on the phone to us. May I say that I am disgusted that Creative should treat there customers in this way and that a player that was approximately 2 weeks old and that she had saved up towards is replaced by a inferior product. The?[size="2" face="Tahoma">RMA No. is?6375438. Today I received an e-mail from?Andrew Killeen about a survey could anyone give me his e-mail so that I can discuss this issue with him.[size="2" face="Tahoma">May I say that the Customer Support team in Ireland were very helpful and polite when I spoke to them but they?and Creative have been totally let down by this treatment of customers and this has tarnished the name of Creative as far as I am concerned.?

I sent a copy of my post to Customer Services and received response as follows. My comments are shown in bold.
Dear Richard,
I'm very sorry to hear this.
When it comes to our replacement procedures, we always recommend our customers to go back to the shop if a product fails or if they're for any reason unhappy with it within the first 30 days. This was not practical at the time and I did not believe that by returning it to Creative that you would receive inferior warranty terms to returning it ot the shop.?The faulty unit was sent to our depot in the U.K., and a replacement was shipped here from Dublin upon receipt. This means that we have not yet received your unit, we have not seen it, and we are therefore
unfortunately unable to guarantee that the replacement looks exactly the same. Surely Creative should at least give the customer the chance to have there unit inspected and repaired this means that you could send a unit back which may not even have a fault or a easily remedied fault and it is replaced with a far inferior product. Perhaps Creative should make customers aware that when they buy a new product if it goes faulty that it will be replaced by?a refurbished item therefore it may be as well to buy a refurbished product in the first place.
As long as the product is 2 weeks old she's as far as we're concerned absolutely entitled to a brand new unit. This does however depend on the store and their return policies.
As this is the technical support department, we can replace faulty units. We have no possibility of sending out new players, this is always done by the shop. The faulty unit is replaced with a refurbished one. This is also why we recommend going back to the store within the first 30 days. Why do Creative not stress this issue when you call them and be completely up front when calling them. In effect Creative are offering an inferior warranty as manufacturer to the shop that is selling it. At least Creative could make the customer aware of why the product is a refurbished one in the first place if a fault existed?what it was and what is actually the age of the second hand unit.
When all this is said you are NOT supposed to receive a unit with, and I quote, "quite a number of scratches and a small dent imperfection in the case". The unit might have been damaged in transit, or a mistake has?been done while packing the unit. The package arri'ved undamaged so how can scratches appear to an item whichis in a box and packaged it would appear that Creative need to tighten up on there checking procedure.
What we can do in this case is to collect the unit and ship a new replacement. To do this I would need the serial number of the unit you received from us. Surely this will not be a new one but another refurbished one.?I understand that you are very upset with the service we have provided, and this is something we take very seriously. I would therefore also ask you to get back to us with information on who you have been dealing with and how they have mistreated you. I dont believe that anywhere did I state that I was mistreated by any Creative employee in fact I complemented the PERSONNEL on the way they dealt with the problem.
The fact that you are "disgusted that Creative should treat there customers in this way" and that "this treatment of customers and this?has tarnished the name of Creative" is something we definitely need to
go further with. Creative stri'ves to provide the best possible customer support and we will not tolerate any of our customers to be treated in this way. This appears to be tolerated by Creative by the company policy in the first place.
Please get back to me as soon as possible, and I'll arrange for the collection and replacement of the unit you have received. I will also bring this matter to the attention of our management team. The management must be aware of this sort of matter as it is them that that are primary in making company policy in the first place.
Please accept our sincerest apologies once again for any inconvenience caused. I dont think that sincerest apologies are acceptable in such issues as this.
Please be aware that Creative have made one teenage customer very disenchanted with the company and the product after the complements that she has made concerning the staff that you employ. The only part that has not been answered as yet is Andrew Killeen's e-mail address and if anybody can make me aware of anyone high up in Creative that I can contact I would be most obliged.

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