Ghosting on 30" AC

Has anyone ever had your monitors do any ghosting? In other words, I've set my background to be a neutral gray, when I move this Safari window I can still see it faintly where it was. Kind of a big deal when dealing with subtle colors, and awful annoying otherwise.
Monitor is about 2 years old. I'm outside of my 1yr and didn't get the extended service. Apple said $500 to fix, but since I can't work without a monitor, it really means buying a new monitor in the meantime. I'm wondering if a) it's the monitor or the vid card (ATI X1900XT) b) if there's anything I can do to fix it or prevent it from happening.
My screen saver kicks in after 5 minutes of inactivity, but it's not burn-in (it does go away sooner or later), it's just ghosting.
Any help would be appreciated.

Well that might be true. But I can tell you this. I have owned a number of LCD displays from various manufacturers and I never noticed any "ghosting" regardless of the brightness settings. All of my displays have been calibrated using a Spyder2 and the brightness usually ends up at around 75-80%. It makes no difference on my 23" ACD. There is always some image persistence. This may be "common" but it is more noticeable on my ACD than on any other LCD display I have ever used regardless of price.

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Finally, a year or so ago when I had some time, I brought my computer into the Apple store. I told them of my ghosting issue, along with an odd sound from the fan when the CPU was pegged. They held it overnight. They claimed they did some diagnostics and cleaned the fan. I thought, well, I don't think that will fix anything, but I signed off. The Applestore staff are very friendly. It's difficult to say, "wait, no -- this is ****** up," to them.
Of course, that fixed nothing. Why would it? I went back to being busy. Then, recently, I had more time again. I brought my laptop into the store. Since Apple had just issued a notice about my year's laptop having graphics issues, I thought, "finally, they understand there is a problem!" They took my computer and shipped it out to Texas, aware of not only the random buffer-level (graphics card) pixelation, but also about the ghosting. It came back with a new logic board and heat sink. Again, this didn't seem likely to fix it, but I didn't object at the store. They were so friendly there.
I bring it home. Unsurprisingly, the ghosting issue was unresolved. This fantastic retna screen is functionally useless for me when doing graphical work. On my Apple. A computer that lauds the creative power of graphical designers. Really?
In no world this okay (see video) for an Apple product that I spent several thousands of dollars on, with the expectation that I could do graphical work. The challenge I heard both times from Apple employees -- "how long were you on the same screen" -- is an utterly absurd question. The video answers it -- about 30 seconds. But, in any case, you can't bill this as a high resolution screen for graphical designers and artists with this problem. We spend time on single screens, fussing over single pixels for hours.
I'm willing to assume that my screen was oddly defective. And, that this was not indicative of a common fault in this particular model. But, it demands resolution. The screen needs to be replaced. I'm tired of explaining that to the Apple store.
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Text input ghost image

I created several text input fields in a presentation.
A ghost image of the shortcut character displays when a user
highlights the text field.
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I'm just taking a shot at this because there's not much to go
on.
I am aware of a similar complaint regarding invisible buttons
with a shortcut key assigned to them. When an invisible button is
triggered via a keyboard shortcut, that invisible button ends up
getting a yellow rectangle on it -- something to do with
Captivate's "focus manager," or some such.
Could it be that you have a single slide with multiple text
input fields on that slide?
If so, I can imagine a variety of problems (including the
yellow box or "ghost characters") being exhibited.
The most effective way to build interactions in Captivate is
to use only one interaction per slide. If you have one screenshot
on which you need to simulate the entry of text in multiple fields,
you'll be better off using a separate slide for each field:
1) On slide "a", have the student enter the text in field 1.
2) On slide "b", display the correct answer in field 1, and
have them enter text in field 2.
3) On slide "c", display the correct answers in fields 1 and
2, and have them enter text in field 3.
Repeat this "build up" of entries until they've made all the
necessary entries.
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"ghost" issue you're seeing won't show up at all. If this doesn't
work for you, maybe you can describe your situation better or
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Just sent in my 1-week old rMBP 13" late 2013 for display ghosting issue (mine was A018- presumedly a LG panel & 3016 produced in late 2012 according to some thread on this forum).
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(as printed on the service slip)
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I have never knew of any sensor issue in my one week of usage but I asked her if my display panel would be replaced and she said yes.. is that really true?
Hopefully if so, it would a Samsung panel.

I have thought of doing that as well. But seems quite a hassle to return and then to order another one.
From i can tell or at least infer from other threads, people are seemingly getting Samsung during display replacement, and most of new rMBP (of the cases i know) are shipped with LG panel.
Not too sure if that is Apple's way of doing business and conduct of business ethics, to take advantage of less-informed consumers, and only to replace if they would to send it in for repair.
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Restarting my iPad does not help
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Did you try to set it up as new device, as explained in this article?
How to erase your iOS device and then set it up as a new device or restore it from backups
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I received an ipod touch 5th gen for Christmas. The first songs i've downloaded and synced with my touch have created ghost songs. They are only on my computer in itunes once but appear on my ipod twice, one copy that won't play. I can't delete them

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I had no problems with my ipod touch 4th, which I had for years.   Any help would be great.

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
Or
See
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
- I would start with
Removing and Reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
or
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
However, after your remove the Apple software components also remove the iCloud Control Panel via Windows Programs and Features app in the Window Control Panel. Then reinstall all the Apple software components
- Then do the other actions of:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
paying special attention to item #5
- New cable and different USB port
- Run this and see if the results help with determine the cause
iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests
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iPod not recognised by windows iTunes
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How do I delete 'ghost' Pages documents from iCloud / iPhone?

Today I got back a brand new iPhone 4 from the repair. It was already preinstalled with iOS 5, just updated to 5.0.1 and restored data from backup on iTunes. Enabled iCloud, opened Pages and…after 5-10 seconds iCloud started to sync and I got almost dozen "ghost" files in Pages — inf folders they look like normal Pages documents, but when I open folder, they are grayed out and at the top right corner they have arrow pointing upwards. Can't delete, can't open them.
Completely closed Pages, disabled data backup in iCloud preferences, turned off iCloud sync in Pages settings. Opened Pages, chose to delete all files in Pages. Restarted iPhone, enabled iCloud data backup and enabled iCloud sync in Pages settings, opened Pages, and soon real files appeared in Pages, which I could see also in Safari browser in iCloud/Pages section. However, after one minute all those "ghost" files and folders also appeared back! I can't even drag those "ghost" documents out of "ghost" folders, can't rename, can't delete. And someone not long ago ensured us that iCloud will surely work…
I deleted Pages application form my iPhone, installed from App Store again, enabled iCloud syncing and again after 1 minute all "ghost" files are back in Pages. In Safari browser I see only one "ghost" file, all the other "ghost" files and folders are not visible at all. Any idea what to do?

Problem solved! I completely quit Pages on my iPhone, then opened ~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents folder on my Mac and deleted all those "ghost" folders and files there, also deleted the same names in iWorkPreviews folder. Opened Pages on iPhone and voila! — all those "ghost" files and folders disappeared for good.
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IMac to TV (HDMI) : Ghost display when TV is off

Hi,
I'm using my Sony TV (40BX420) as my secondary display for my iMac 27", connected via
MiniDisplay Adapter+HDMI Cable.   When connected everything works fine, the
audio & picture appears normally. I use this setup to watch movies on my bigger screen.
I always keep the hdmi cables physically connected between the TV & iMac (which is always on).
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hdmi appears active to my iMac, and the audio & windows which was getting displayed on the TV, does
not reappear on my iMac.
The only solution to my problem is to physically disconnected the hdmi cable when I do
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I'd an older Toshiba TV, when I connect the same hdmi cable to this tv. As soon as I change the input
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I call sony, their tech support is horrible, they told me it a feature of their TV, it keep the HDMI active in standby mode.
I tested this buy shutting down the power on the TV, but the iMac was still behaving as if connected and I've a ghost display
on the TV.
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Sajid

hi there,
have you solve this problem?
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There's a ghost in my computer ... and it is not Steve Jobs

In 1986, the MSX Gradient arrived in Brazil and it was my first computer. Since then, I went through all PC stages - from DOS to Windows - and three years ago I finally surrendered to the MacBook Pro, entering into a completely new world for me. A world that my brother (who signs this text with me) had known since 2006 and that seduced me because it promised perfect backups, easy file recovery, and full immunity against virus and malware attacks.
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In Brazil, I could not find any reference to iTunes 11.1.5 problems, but in these communities https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5943168?tstart=0 and https://discussions.apple.com/message/25124369#25124369 I discovered that there was a bug in iTunes: apparently Apple released new a version without being attentive to all possibilities of error - something I’ve seen a competitor do so many times for decades! And now, iTunes get in conflict with the iBook ... and, then, I felt that ghost getting closer to me.
My brother used the procedures described in http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/13/delete-itunes-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/ to delete the iBook. And since Monday we are re-importing my music to the HD ... but iTunes has crashed again and that ghost has finally reached my computer.
Moreover, I could not find out what might have happened with TimeMachine (Iomega 1T). I suspect that it stopped doing full backups of my computer after I inserted my music library. And the fact is that in no time was this library really saved - except for that fact that I have preserved the original HD where my music came from. This means that, again, I have to back up the backup, something I learned to do since computers only stored information on 720 Kb disks... and this ghost that took possession of my Mac now has a name: Bill!
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Fireworks CS4 animated gif - ghosting - Help Please!

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Hello,
I'm trying to export an animated gif with a transparent background to use on my website, but I'm getting a very strange issue where, as the gif cycles through frames, the previous frames "ghost," or remain despite the new frame playing.
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How can I use PowerShell to Remove "Ghost" (Old Hidden) VMware Network Adapters in Windows 7?

We recently upgrade the virtual hardware of some of our VMware VM's running Windows 7. One side-effect is that in Windows on these machines, an instance of the NIC from the previous version of virtual hardware remains, as a hidden
device. This can be easily found manually on a machine by enabling Device manager to show hidden devices (registry and a menu option - View...Show Hidden Devices). You can then just right-click on the device in question and uninstall.
The problem here, like in so many other tasks, is that you may have multiple instances, on multiple machines. We had just that, and in scouring the internet for a PowerShell only script to resolve the issue, I could not find one. Therefore, I've written
my own.
This exact script is only seeking out VMware "VMXNET3" nic cards, but could be easily adapted to find Ghost NIC's for a different vendor using my example. There are also some commented lines left in to aid you as an example of how you can
test the various queries in your own environment, on a test machine, before a full-blown deployment.
NOTE: Please try this out (at your own risk - I am not responsible for how this works out for you), and please vote for my answer to this dilemma if this helped you. I'd appreciate it after all of the sweat the script took to crank out.
Thanks!
P.S. This script, of course, requires that Powershell is installed and enabled on the target computer. It then must be run as System - In our environment it is being remotely pushed through a software delivery systems, which runs this scrpt
as system.
THE SCRIPT:
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
  Write-Host ""
  else
  Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
  $DID = $_.DeviceID
  If ($DID -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
  else
  Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
  EXIT 666
  if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
   Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
   Write-Host ""
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000$DID"
  ELSE
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00$DID"
  $GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
  Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
                $PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
  $PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
  Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
  Write-Host ""
  Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
  $NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
  foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
   $TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
   if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
    #Write-Host ""
    #Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
    ELSE
    #Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
    $NICID = $_
    $SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
    $SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
    $NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
    #$NICProperties
    $Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
    #$Match
    foreach ($_ in $Match) {
    #Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
    #Write-Host ""
    if($_ -NE $GUID)
    #Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
                               #Write-Host ""
    ELSE
    Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
    Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
    foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
     $CCS = $_
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
                                         if($DID -NOTLIKE
"1*")
              $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
                         Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
       ELSE
       $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
       Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Enum\PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\' + $PNPDID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
#This is our Success check at the end
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
          $Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
  If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
  Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 666
  else
  Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
  Write-Host ""
  EXIT 0

THE SCRIPT:
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
$DID = $_.DeviceID
If ($DID -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
else
Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
EXIT 666
if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
   Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
   Write-Host ""
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000$DID"
ELSE
   $NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00$DID"
$GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
                $PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
$PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
$NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
   $TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
   if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
    #Write-Host ""
    #Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
    ELSE
    #Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
    $NICID = $_
    $SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
    $SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
    #Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
    $NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
    #$NICProperties
    $Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
    #$Match
    foreach ($_ in $Match) {
    #Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
    #Write-Host ""
    if($_ -NE $GUID)
    #Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
                                #Write-Host ""
    ELSE
    Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
    Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    $CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
    foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
     $CCS = $_
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
                                         if($DID -NOTLIKE
"1*")
              $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
                         Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
       ELSE
       $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
       Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
     $reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Enum\PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\' + $PNPDID
     Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
#This is our Success check at the end
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
          $Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "vm*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
EXIT 666
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
Hello Octavio,
I'm having similar issues with azure VMs (windows server 2008 and 2012). I noticed that the name of the network adapter changes every time the servers are turned off and then on.
For example every time I perform that action on each VM, the network adapter became to "Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #3" (and then #4, #5, etc).
I found in to many forums that to resolve that is needed to remove Hidden (Ghost) Network Adapters and most of the people is doing that manually from the device manager (right click on the hidden network adapter and select uninstall).
Then I found this script created by you and made some changes to find Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*".
It seems to find the adapters and also remove them (based on the script results). But if I go to the device manager after restarting the server, all hidden (ghost) adapters are still there (for example Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter
#2, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #3, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #4, Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter #n).
The only thing I noticed after running the script is that, in the Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center, the name of the adapter has no # (Now is shown as “Ethernet” and before as “Ethernet #”)
This is my script, could you please take a look and tell me if there is something wrong o missing?
CLS
#Querying WMI for Ghost NICs and Returning Criteria...
Write-Host "VMware Ghost NIC Remover" -Foreground GREEN
Write-Host "Author: Octavio Serpa AKA Octavio-Admin"
Write-Host "Copyright Octavio Serpa - Octavio-Admin - 2014"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Checking Powershell Version" -Foreground Yellow
$host.version
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Ghost NIC's" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "One or more ghost NIC'S do exist on this machine. Script will continue..." -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0
#Using Criteria to Obtain the GUID of each Ghost NIC
Write-Host "Getting NIC Variables" -Foreground Yellow
foreach ($_ in $Ghosts) {
$DID = $_.DeviceID
If ($DID -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "The NIC DID: $DID"
else
Write-Host "$DID is NULL - Exiting..."
EXIT 666
if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
Write-Host "Adding additional 0 to registry lookup since the DID is just one character..." - foreground yellow
Write-Host ""
$NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\000$DID"
ELSE
$NICREG = Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\00$DID"
$GUID = $NICREG.NetCfgInstanceId
Write-Host "The NIC GUID: $GUID"
$PNPDID = $NICREG.DeviceInstanceID
$PNPDID = $PNPDID.Trimstart("PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\")
Write-Host "The truncated PNPDevice ID is $PNPDID"
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for Registry Keys that match NIC GUID: $GUID" -Foreground Yellow
$NICREGPATH = @(1..50)
foreach ($_ in $NICREGPATH)
$TESTREG = Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_" -Verbose
if($TESTREG -EQ $FALSE)
#Write-Host ""
#Write-Host "FALSE: HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\$_ DOES NOT EXIST" -Foreground RED
ELSE
#Write-Host "True - NIC $_ Exists" -Foreground Green
$NICID = $_
$SubPath1 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
#Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath1"
$SubPath2 = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\'+$NICID
#Write-Host "The Sub-Key Path To Query = $SubPath2"
$NICProperties = Get-ItemProperty $SubPath1
#$NICProperties
$Match = $NICProperties.ServiceName
#$Match
foreach ($_ in $Match) {
#Write-Host "The NIC GUID found in this registry key is: $_" -Foreground Yellow
#Write-Host ""
if($_ -NE $GUID)
#Write-Host "NO MATCH - THIS NIC HAS NOT BEEN TOUCHED" -Foreground GREEN
#Write-Host ""
ELSE
Write-Host "MATCH - Registry Entries for this NIC will be DELETED" -Foreground RED
Remove-Item $SubPath1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item $SubPath2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$CCS = @("ControlSet001", "ControlSet002")
foreach ($_ in $CCS) {
$CCS = $_
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\DeviceClasses\{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\##?#PCI#VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01#$PNPDID#{ad498944-762f-11d0-8dcb-00c04fc3358c}\#'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\'+$GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\JNPRNA\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\NetBT\Parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Psched\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Adapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\DNSRegisteredAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\services\WfpLwf\Parameters\NdisAdapters\' + $GUID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
if($DID -NOTLIKE "1*")
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\000' + $DID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
ELSE
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\00' + $DID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
$reg1 = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' + $CCS + '\Enum\PCI\VEN_15AD&DEV_07B0&SUBSYS_07B015AD&REV_01\' + $PNPDID
Remove-Item $reg1 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -verbose
#This is our Success check at the end
Write-Host ""
Write-Host "Searching for any remaining Ghost NICs:" -Foreground Yellow
$Ghosts = gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | ?{$_.Description -like "Microsoft Hyper-V Network*" -and $_.Installed -like "True" -and $_.MACAddress -eq $null}
$Ghosts | Select-Object Name,DeviceID
If ($Ghosts -NE $NULL)
Write-Host "There is still at least one ghost NIC present. The remover script may not be functioning correctly. Please contact Octavio-Admin on Microsoft Technet Forums with any questions" -foreground RED
Write-Host ""
EXIT 666
else
Write-Host "No ghost NIC's Found :) - Exiting..." -Foreground Green
Write-Host ""
EXIT 0

Database open but no processes?   Ghost instance?

10.2.0.3.0 RH 5
customer had been doing some SAN work and caused a database problem, listener wouldnt start. Got called to look at it.
ok, lsnrctl status shows its up, I logged into database as sysdba query v$instance, all open and good.
SQL> select * from v$instance;
INSTANCE_NUMBER INSTANCE_NAME
HOST_NAME
VERSION           STARTUP_T STATUS       PAR    THREAD# ARCHIVE LOG_SWITCH_WAIT
LOGINS     SHU DATABASE_STATUS   INSTANCE_ROLE      ACTIVE_ST BLO
              1 DWH01
DWHBOX
10.2.0.3.0        08-MAY-12 OPEN         NO           1 STOPPED
ALLOWED    NO ACTIVE            PRIMARY_INSTANCE   NORMAL    NO
SQL>ok, whats the problem? user cant login with a TNS 12530 error, thats strange lets look at the alert log, (this is a test datawarehouse instance with no arc log mode) ... nothing in it since last night some time.
ok, lets see what oracle processes are running. whats that? No oracle processes!
>
[root@DWHBOX ~]# ps -ef | grep pmon
[root@DWHBOX ~]#
>
no, that cant be right, I just logged on to the database, lets have a look at all oracle processes
>
ps -ef | grep ora
root 5067 4933 0 14:45 pts/4 00:00:00 su - oracle
oracle 5068 5067 0 14:45 pts/4 00:00:00 -bash
oracle 5090 5068 0 14:46 pts/4 00:00:00 sqlplus as sysdba
oracle 5091 5090 0 14:46 ? 00:00:00 oracleDWH01 (DESCRIPTION=(LOCAL=YES)(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=beq)))
root 5113 3065 0 14:46 pts/3 00:00:00 grep ora
root 15237 3823 0 Apr27 ? 00:00:04 sshd: oracle [priv]
oracle 15281 15237 0 Apr27 ? 00:00:06 sshd: oracle@pts/0
oracle 15282 15281 0 Apr27 pts/0 00:00:00 -bash
[root@DWHBOX ~]#
>
woooh, hold on, NO oracle processes at all except for the listener. I must have a typo, stop the listener and do an lsof | grep oracle to see what open files there are, if I can query v$instance then at least the controlfile must be open. (sits on /u01)
>
[root@DWHBOX ~]# lsof | grep oracle
[root@DWHBOX ~]#
>
nothing! I now officially have a ghost database. /shudder/
I know, lets go look at the v$process
>
oracle@DWHBOX ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue May 8 14:46:04 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> desc v$process
Name Null? Type
ADDR RAW(4)
PID NUMBER
SPID VARCHAR2(12)
USERNAME VARCHAR2(15)
SERIAL# NUMBER
TERMINAL VARCHAR2(30)
PROGRAM VARCHAR2(48)
TRACEID VARCHAR2(255)
BACKGROUND VARCHAR2(1)
LATCHWAIT VARCHAR2(8)
LATCHSPIN VARCHAR2(8)
PGA_USED_MEM NUMBER
PGA_ALLOC_MEM NUMBER
PGA_FREEABLE_MEM NUMBER
PGA_MAX_MEM NUMBER
SQL> select addr, program from v$process;
ADDR PROGRAM
7F2B2758 PSEUDO
7F2B2D10 oracle@DWHBOX (PMON)
7F2B32C8 oracle@DWHBOX (PSP0)
7F2B3880 oracle@DWHBOX (MMAN)
7F2B3E38 oracle@DWHBOX (DBW0)
7F2B43F0 oracle@DWHBOX (LGWR)
7F2B49A8 oracle@DWHBOX (CKPT)
7F2B4F60 oracle@DWHBOX (SMON)
7F2B5518 oracle@DWHBOX (RECO)
7F2B5AD0 oracle@DWHBOX (CJQ0)
7F2B6088 oracle@DWHBOX (MMON)
ADDR PROGRAM
7F2B6640 oracle@DWHBOX (MMNL)
7F2B6BF8 oracle@DWHBOX (D000)
7F2B71B0 oracle@DWHBOX (S000)
7F2B7768 oracle@DWHBOX (q000)
7F2B7D20 oracle@DWHBOX (QMNC)
7F2B82D8 oracle@DWHBOX (q001)
7F2B8890 oracle@DWHBOX (J000)
7F2B8E48 oracle@DWHBOX (TNS V1-V3)
>
theres the pmon, lets get the PID of pmon and track that down on the OS
>
SQL> select pid, program from v$process;
select pid, program from v$process
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel
SQL>
>
Ouch, so trying to get the OS PID crashed my session, lets disconnect, sqlplus back in, but now Im on a dead database, so it looks like trying to query the PID killed whatever ghost instance was there
>
SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production
[oracle@DWHBOX ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Tue May 8 14:47:35 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL>
>
startup as normal and we're open for business and pmon an all other processes are up.
Can anyone explain that?
Edited by: deebee_eh on May 8, 2012 3:31 PM
Corrected typo: ora 12530 was the original error reported, not 12503.

nothing in the alert. no traces, dumps, nothing. A switch last night Mon May 7 22:10:05 2012, and the PID kill from that SQL session with error 472 which I know is something external killing the instance. Im not too bothered by this though, Ive never EVER seen an instance be open with out the corresponding OS processes
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 71
Current log# 1 seq# 71 mem# 0: /u01/app/datafiles/DWH01/redo01.log
Sun May 6 07:25:55 2012
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 72
Current log# 2 seq# 72 mem# 0: /u01/app/datafiles/DWH01/redo02.log
Mon May 7 17:00:58 2012
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 73
Current log# 3 seq# 73 mem# 0: /u01/app/datafiles/DWH01/redo03.log
Mon May 7 22:10:05 2012
Thread 1 advanced to log sequence 74
Current log# 1 seq# 74 mem# 0: /u01/app/datafiles/DWH01/redo01.log
Tue May 8 14:47:22 2012
USER: terminating instance due to error 472
Instance terminated by USER, pid = 5091
Tue May 8 14:48:14 2012
Starting ORACLE instance (normal)
LICENSE_MAX_SESSION = 0
LICENSE_SESSIONS_WARNING = 0

Windows server 2008 R2 File& Folder Permissions; Ghost Permissions From "Parent Object" Assigned to Folder Owner

Windows 2008 R2 file server: Subfolders of a particular folder have an account that has Full Control permission that are listed as inherited. That account has no permissions in the parent folder. It was, however the account that was used to copy the folders
and their contents in there from another source and was the owner of the folder.
In Advanced Permissions, it shows them as inherited from "Parent Object" as opposed to the folder name of the parent folder (there are some of these.) (The parent folder of the place where the problem occurs does not inherit from _its_ parent)
I removed it as owner and yet the permissions remained. (as displayed either through the GUI or with ICACLS.)
If I make _any_ edit in Advanced Permissions, the 'ghost' permissions then go away (e.g. add my account with full control - I'm domain admin, so have that anyway) This step seems like it should be unnecessary, but it is required in this situation.
I've done this to 5 of about 20 subfolders and it is consistent. Folders which did not have the 'problem account' as their owner did not exhibit this characteristic.
This affects the files within the subfolders as well.
Oddly, adding an owner to a folder has the same effect and required the same edit before the permissions are seen. This was tested on a different drive on the same server.
Is this an anomaly, a bug, or expected performance?

Hi,
Do you mean that there is an account that has Full Control permission that are listed as inherited but it doesn’t appear in the parent NFS permissions? If so, please try to uncheck the "Include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" checkbox,
clicking Apply.
There is a similar thread, please go through it to help troubleshoot this issue:
NTFS: I have a user’s that's inherited from parent folder but it doesn’t appear in the Parent ACL
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6061af36-4d44-4de8-8139-d71f06d59a2c/ntfs-i-have-a-users-thats-inherited-from-parent-folder-but-it-doesnt-appear-in-the-parent-acl?forum=winserversecurity
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MacBook Pro 15'' retina mid-2012 - "ghosting"

Hello, I need your help to solve the following problem.
I have a MacBook Pro 15’’ retina mid-2012, purchased in August 2012, and in the last 6 months I had attended the "ghosting" (aka “burn in”) phenomena on my computer monitor, which is getting worse every day. With just a few minutes of high-contrast image exposure, followed by a gray background light, we can clearly see the persistence of previous image on the monitor.
At the beginning I never saw this phenomenon as a computer problem, but a fatigue phenomenon in the result of an intense use.
In the last 6 months, we can clearly see that this phenomenon is a serious anomaly in the computer monitor which has been aggravating.
It should be noted that I already have communicated this problem to Apple Portugal after the warranty expired, so they tell me that they can´t/don´t have to do anything about it.
I just wanted to share with you this, because I consider this anomaly a manufacturing defect that already was in the computer, and that this should be repaired by the brand without any extra cost to the client.
This computer is the top of the range brand, so is not supposed to have an anomaly as serious as the one I just registered.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdhIA8-UIRQ
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