I love this thing and hate it....
I got this IPOD 5g early for Christmas and it has been the coolest toy and the biggest headache....
First....why is there no manual for this thing? Why do I have to download it from the site and take up memory on my hard drive.
I wanted the IPOD so I can free up the memory on my hardrive since I was sold on the 30G harddrive thing....I am guessing this is not the case!
I downloaded all my songs and videos to the IPOD.....I needed to free up some space on the harddrive and deleted laptop copy since I had it on my new IPOD... well at the next update...I lost all of it on my IPOD!
Is there anyway to get it back or am I just screwed? I am so upset. I lost over 2 gigs of stuff!!!
Do I have to have the original files on my laptop forever?
This is sooooo frustrating!
Ipod 5G Windows 2000
As mentioned your files might be revcoverable from the recyle bin if and only if it wasnt emptied or secured emptied. In the wayy of rother recovery you will have to get the files back onto your computer. You can not alow this to occur by making a backup copy of all your files and manually managing your music library. Or simply store them on your laptop or a external harddrive.In the wway of downloading the manual from the site well remember you are saving trees and the environment! =)
Besides the digital manual size is negligle considering other files that are larger on your computer.Dont sweat it.
Its only frustrating becuase you didnt know of this occuring prior to doing it. We all malke mistakes this certainly isntthe worst thing possible.
GFF
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(seasons) greetings all!
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K8N Diamond Plus: I LOVE THIS MB!!
I'm not a huge overclocker...but I soon will be. Sorry i just had to give major props to msi this time around..im spending way too much time with this thing and my gf is getting jealous
Quote from: nthexwn on 03-February-06, 11:44:39
Mine is being a major pain in the arse!
It refuses to recognize my Corsair XMS PC3200 memory as anything but DDR333. I've tried tinkering around with the BIOS several times but it either locks up (thank god for the CMOS reset switch) or doesn't change anything when I reset the frequency (by the way what the heck is with the numbers after the 133, 166, 200mhz, etc. options under the manual memory timings? The ones that say "us" after them. Is that microseconds?). I've even tried overclocking it through the BIOS with no luck and then I tried overclocking it in Windows with Ntune (which MSI seems to have butchered support for) and finally with Corecell which is being stupid and won't let me do any overclocking but the D.O.T options. I had the K8N Neo2 Platinum a while ago and I had control over the FSB with Corecell on that motherboard. When I try to adjust the memory frequency in the BIOS it just gives me ratio options. When I set it to 1/1 with a 200mhz FSB it STILL only runs at DDR333. I'm not even allowed to force the damn thing! Also, all of those smaller memory timings are nice to have, but I don't understand them all and it forces you to set some of them to settings other than auto if you want to, say, change the command timing from 2T to 1T (which I still haven't been able to do without a lockup). On top of that, the SPD is detecting different timings EVERY TIME I RESET CMOS. I seriously need a newbie mode where it just lets me adjust the 4 standard timings (my memory supports 2,2,2,5 at DDR400 in dual channel but this motherboard doesn't friggin' understand that!), frequency, voltage, and command timing, but instead I have to deal with all of these obscure timings that I've never heard of, and when I get them wrong I have to start all over again. The documentation is sparse at best and the amateur English that MSI speaks in all of their documentation is infuriating. I swear my purchasing decisions will be based on comprehension of the English language by the company that I'm purchasing from rather than actual product quality in the future.
I'm about to go nuclear... I'm going to do some browsing here as I assume that I'm not alone on this issue?
No signature yet so here are my system specs:
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OMG buddy !! R U KIDDING ME....why the **** would u even get this board if you dont even know the first thing about overclocking....i suggest you educate yourself first then start asking questions...I think this board is too big for your britches...you should definitely stick with a nice and simple intel board especially if you dont even know how to put the ram into dual channel mode(do a search buddy its there!! the search button on the top of this page isnt just for looks!!!).....geeez how do you expect to do anything else..i'm just scared that you'll fry your board before you even get a chance to enjoy it...i have the same board and have no problems running 2 gigs pc 3200 (running dual channel), using ntune, manipulating the FSB or anything else...what the hell r u doing using core cell to overclock ...if your going to over clock dont pussy around fiddling with that thing...Do everything manually!! ...get cpuz get everest or something ...OMG ... PLEAASE for the sake of the board DO SOME RESEARCH
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I hate this Thunderbolt and I can't take it anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm a POWER phone user (but I don't root or jailbreak). If I want to watch a Youtube vid, it had better come up. If I want to sream a radio station, it had better buffer and play, when I want to check something out on a website, it had better come up for me. Otherwise, why not just buy a basic phone? I can do all this other stuff from home. But I don't have TIME at home. I only have time when I'm out and about. So...if my phone doesn't live up to the hype, It just makes me all the more angry.
This Thunderbolt reboots all the time AND loses it's data connection, even after the update. I'm hoping Gingerbread OTA comes out today as planned.
But I have a theory as to why this is happening.
I think It has something to do with the networks and Andriod and isn't specific to VZW or the Tbolt. My buddy now lives in a 4G market and never has any issues. He's with Sprint and has their Droid X equivilant. His phone will rarely and only reboot when he's in this area (Kokomo, IN) and he just got Gingerbread and says it really improved battery life.
I drive 30miles one way to work. There are many routes I can take, but they are all rural. Kokomo is a hodge podge of crap networks. We're 3G, EV, 1x, etc. So nothing lasts long when driving as you'll drift in and out of the various networks all the time. And my phone will almost always reboot when I'm driving, and with no rhyme or reason, consistancy, etc. If it doesn't reboot (which I'm convinced isn't a heat issue either), it will at least lose it's data connectivity. Sometimes It comes back on, but most of the time I have to pull the battery. In the Driod forum, many others have said the same thing, and that a refurb replacement didn't help. So, I don't think it's the phone, but rather how Android handles networks.
I haven't checked... but do other Android phones reboot and lose data like mad? I was surprised when my non-VZW buddy told me his Droid X w/ Sprint rebooted yesterday. For a period of time after the last update, my data connection was fine, but rebooting startedh happening all the time. I don't think my phone rebooted once prior to the last update. My iPhone friends never talk about any of these issues... or any issues to be honest.
Which brings me to this... I was so excited to get this phone. It was my first Droid phone and I chose it over the iPhone only because I had plans on getting an iPad 2. I already have an iPod Touch. So I am stacked full of app's. If I'm in a 4G area, (which is hardly ever), the phone seem to peform fine. I came from a Blackberry Tour 9630, which I thought was the worst phone ever. But this one is JUST as bad, and one of the worst decisions I've made in a long time. I love many things about Andriod and this phone, but I spend more time in forums looking for solutions, (while holding back the desire to smash the phone to bits), than I do using it. I basically dream even using the phone anymore because it will always infuriate me at some point. One more ill-timed reboot is going to make me snap (It's not like my Blackberry, but not exaclty a fast booter either!).
And what stinks is that I'm stuck with it until the end of 2012! Plus, I've invested in an extended life battey and a skin. It's annoying how few aftermarket products are avail for this phone to be honest. Battery life is dreadful, so an extened battery is a must. God forbid Otterbox release a case that fits an ext life battery too. It's not going to happen. So, I'm stuck wiith skins, which is fine.
Also, the charge jack is located in the DUMBEST spot ever. Do you think I'll ever see a good cradle that allows me to watch movies or whatever in landscape mose while charging? I bet not. Yes, I know they make some, but none are any good. I quite simpley I hate this phone and regret buying it. I've been with Verizon for a LOOOONG time too.
I went to the local store, and they are all really cool and nice, but acted like I was supposed to live w/ the reboots and loss of data. Someone there always grabs the phone and checks it out, making sure the settings are correct, and hands it back. I want a phone that works!!! God forbid they let me get a different phone. I'll even pay my insurance ded of $99 to get out of this phone.
If I call tech support, they are going to want to do my SECOND hard reset, which is a pain to get up and running again. My gmail addy book is dialed in, so I'm good there. But a hard reset won't work, because it doesn't work for anyone else. A refurb phone will do the same thing, and so will a new. Besides, I bet half of those refurbed phones are from rebooting problems anyway! If I march down to the VZW store, they'll tell me to wait till the OTA update hits to see if that works, which it might. But I've read that people who have rooted their phones and got the update say it's better, but still has some issues and quirks. I've been trying all day to get the update, but I bet that they haven't even released it. I need to check. Last time I got an OTA update, I had to get it in the middle of the night.
My point is.... i'm in cell h--- in this area. We are a 3G city, but if you go any direction out of the city, you start getting into to Centennial Wireless territory, and they are a giant thorn in the side to all major cell companies. They won't let go of a particular area and because of it, Kokomo will likely have ghetto 4G. At least for me, because I'll be far away from the tower. Plus, I live on the south edge of town. So, as I travel south to Indy, I'll have weak 4G, and then get into North Indy's weak 4G until I get closer to the city. Then it's FAST!! Good 4G service is unreal. I'm just regurgitating what a VZW rep told me. I'm just repeating it all back with some "hatred" mixed in.
So, I don't know what to do. Call Tech Support? Beg for a refurb that likely won't work? I could file an insurance claim since I have a legit reason. Sweat got under the display and won't go away. It's not bad, but it's not perfect. The people at the VZW store told me that I really need to get a Bluetooth headset, esp if I sweat a lot. I also put the phone in the crook of my neck a lot and talk while working. This almost always hangs up the call. Very irritating!!
They also told me at the store that if I go thru Insurance and pay my $99 ded, I MAY have a chance to talk them into letting me get a different phone of equal or more value but i'll have to really sell the idea. And if so, I'm going iPhone 4. Period. I don't think it's necc better than my Tbolt, but it's reliable, I have tons of app's for it already, and I'm a Mac user anyway. It just makes sense. Otherwise, there is NO CHANCE i'll be able to talk VZW into getting me out of this phone, even though none of these issues were present while I had the return policy. Only after did it start to do all of these weird things.
It sounds like I'm complaining about the Tbolt just to get the iPhone and I'm not. I'm upset because using my phone is a horrible experience as it's either slow, has a horrible connection most of the time when I'm driving, and is only useful on Wifi. Maybe a different phone will be no better and I'm just cursed to live in a bad market? VZW was supposed to the be the best though, so switching probl won't help me.
Not sure what to do exactly... so I will probl wait to see if anyone has any suggestions. I hate to be so negative, but I'm likely SOL, and that's really sad. VZW has been very good to me over the years, but i don't see how this will end well for me.
Jasonjpoprock1 wrote:
You know something ironic? I tried to respond to this using my Thunderbolt and the stock browser, and I couldn't type anything in this box! HA!! I'm doing this from the web.
Anyway, doing the *#*#4636#*#* thing did the trick. I'm now running CDMA (PRL), and only have had one reboot in two days. Usually I would have like 10. This totally confirms that it's something with the brains of the Tbolt that can't handle hand-off's on non-4G networks. In fact, in the past my phone would be in 3G mode, then when a 1x handoff needed to happen, my phone would either not hand off to 1x at all, or it would simply LOSE it's data connection. I watched my signal on my trip home yesterday, and it would easily switch in and out of 3G and 1X. As I said, I'm in "cell hell" here, so I bet I change from 1x to 3G at least 4 times in a 30 mile radius either direction.
So, for VZW store employees to tell people we'll be 4G before the end of year, is just a ploy to cell the new phones. Even if Kokomo goes 4G, it's only good if you never leave town! If half the state is still 1X, then what hope is there that most places will be 4G?
I don't understand, outside of sheer cost, what the problem is making 1x Towers 3G or 4G capable? Are these towers privately owned? Is it up to the owner to fork over the money? Why would they do that for the convenience of minority 4G users if 1X and 3G works "Ok"? It should be manditory. And there are towers ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, so I can only imagine the expense involved. But still, these companies have a responsibility to stay current. Otherwise, someone else will come along with a totally dialed in network and they'll lose business. I'm starting to think VZW is getting so big so fast that they can't keep up.
verizon has the largest network. they have the fastest network. what more can they do? yes, they focus on major markets, but that's because that is where they make money. they aren't a public utility. they are a for profit corporation. their coverage speaks for itself. they pay WAY more attention to the rural areas than any other carrier.....but it's just bad business to throw ten towers in a spread out rural area that will cover a few thousand people....when they can use 9 of those towers in an area that will cover 200,000 people. their LTE network is 10 times faster than sprint's "4g" and they are banking on domintaing the market with it, just like they did with 3g. keep in mind that they launched the first LTE areas only 6 months ago and this is still very new technology.
for the record though, i mostly keep mine in 3g right now, as it is much better on my battery. i switch it to 4g if i'm not near wifi and want to browse or download something. i'm in a strong LTE network and i do believe this LTE network will blow the other carriers out of the water. my 3g incredible speed tests at the same rate as my friends' EVO's on sprint's "4g" netowrk. (just under 2 mbps). no reboots, but i didn't install they update back in may. -
Post Author: wapper
CA Forum: General
As a developer, I have been working with Crystal since version 5. Currently on v8.5, not moving further because of existing projects and the number of issues with CR10-XI that I don't like. My feelings to Crystal have always been contradictious. It is a great and powerful tool for doing things, better than any other reporting software I know. But there are certain weaknesses that you will soon encounter if you work with Crystal every day.
I decided to write down things I hate about Crystal, in a faint hope that someone has a workaround I'm not aware of. Needless to say, I have checked Knowledge Base for all problems below, but there was no solution. Couldn't find a solution in forums either.
1. MOST ANNOYING: Cannot move multiple columns with column headers left or right simultaneously. My reports are carefully aligned by using guidelines. Usually there are no empty spaces between the fields. When I have to insert a new columns to the left part of the report, I have to manually move existing columns to the right to make space, one by one, by pulling guidelines. What a pain with 60+ columns, each column has its precise width that needs to remain the same. I really hate it about Crystal. In Microsoft Reporting Service, swapping fields is a breeze, just drag-and-drop column variable and it will be moved along with its header, preserving its width and the widths of other columns. (no solution)
2. MOST ANNOYING: It is very difficult to find where a user variable or database field is referenced, in case we need to delete some unneeded variables. A variable or a field can be in use by another variable, or conditional formatting forumula, or a selection formula, or sorting, or running total, or other. The reference of a variable can be located by changing the data type returned by this variable and observing the error message. But no solution for finding reference of a database field. (no solution)
3. MOST ANNOYING: if I have some groups in my reports, with all the data and conditional formatting, and I need to add yet another group that should become the most outer group, then I need to manually move down all the data and formattings for existing groups one by one, to free up the outer group, because Crystal can only add the inner group, not the outer one. (no solution)
4. Cannot place running totals results for a group into group header. There is a workaround by using crosstab in group header, but it is extremely awkward solution and is not suitable if you have many running totals. The best solution would be the 4th pass that would place precalculated running totals to any place on the report. (no solution)
5. Cannot make big print forms that exceed standard paper format A4/A3/A2. Crystal can only use windows print forms that are supported by current printer driver. It is possible to use customized print forms, but on another computer, the report will be truncated to Letter/A4 if custom form is not defined on that computer. Sometimes it is necessary to create very wide reports that should be spanned to multiple pages horizontally. No way to do that in Crystal.(no solution)
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10. CR9, CR10, CRXI: it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to move your existing report to another database server or another database with the same structure. You have to change the location property for each table, manually, one at a time. In CR8, you only had to change the location for 1 table, and Crystal did the same for the rest of the tables.(no solution)
11. CR9, CR10, CRXI: when reporting off the stored procedure with a lot of optional parameters, you have to check "Set to NULL" checkbox every time you perform "Verify database". Try to do this with SP-s having ca 100 parameters, and you will quickly become a Crystal hater.(no solution)
That's pretty much all. I intentionally left out clear bugs that are not fixed by the latest service packs and hotfixes, and also I left out issues with exporting to different formats, mostly to Excel. One can write a book about how to export to Excel and its gotchas in different Crystal versions.
I will be happy if experiences people will comment my list, maybe together we can find a solution or workaround to some of the problems.
BR,WapperPost Author: wapper
CA Forum: General
Thanks for the answers. I'm glad to know that grouping and running total issues have been resolved in CRXI. This might become a reason for me to move on with Crystal.
Charliy, about compiled reports, I did not miss this feature because I've always preferred building a small frontend application for better handling of connection information and report parameters.About repository, I don't get it, according to "Crystal feature comparison by version and edition" document, the repository is still there in CRXI. Is it?
yangster, I am aware about the Command feature of newer Crystal versions, however, I think I cannot use SQL commands to imitate different combinations of joins because of performance issues. According to article c2016331, and to my own experience, the data returned by multiple SQL commands will be joined on the client, not on the server. Joining hundreds of thousands rows on the client is... not very optimal. Nevertheless, multiple SQL commands may be useful for simple lookup technics with limited number of rows.
The #1 issue is all about guidelines. As I wrote, all fields in my reports are carefully aligned from bottom, left and right and are snapped to guidelines. Guidelines make it easier to achieve perfect formatting, which is extremely important for me since most of my reports must export to Excel flawlessly. Without guidelines, aligning tens of fields without gaps is a major pain.But the problem is, selecting and dragging multiple fields will un-snap them, leaving guidelines behind, because Crystal does not allow you to select and drag guidelines along with fields.The alternative would be snapping objects to grid, but I personally don't like the grid for a number of reasons, including having to change the grid size for different reports, having to turn "snap to grid" on and off when aligning vertically or horizontally etc. But I have to admit, aligning to grid does seem to be the only choice if you have to move multiple fields around without un-snapping them.
BR,Wapper -
My circa 2007 iMac freezes up, and rainbow wheel appears when this happens. I know the computer is starting to get old but I can't afford a new one at this time and would love to continue using my Mac, but it's frustrating. Most of the time I ONLY have 1 thing open at a time, and keep my tabs down to a minimum. I bought this to do film editing on but with it acting like this I cannot do that. I know I need a ram upgrade (currently running 2 gb) and my OS is old, 10.5.8, but I think even with it being a bit outdated it should run better than this. Would a fresh install or OS upgrade resolve this? Or any other suggestions to keep this clunker chugging along for a little while longer?
How full is the hard drive?
Do you run any virus software or hard drive "cleaner" software like MacKeeper?
If your model is from 2007 you can install up to 6 GBs of RAM.
2 GBs is the barest of minimum RAM for OS X to run on.
Especially if doing video work. You simply do not have sufficient RAM.
Also OS X 10.5.8 Leopard support ended around 2009.
You could update to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, at least.
It is available on disc from the Apple store for U.S. $19.99.
I Would seriously upgrade your iMac's RAM to the max. 6 GBs before doing this.
Reliable Mac RAM can be purchase from online Mac RAM source Crucial memory or OWC ( also known as macsales). -
Trying to copy ANY file from my MacBook Pro to an external hard drive spins for 45 minutes then fails. I hate this computer and WISH I never would have wasted my money. Any ideas? WD My Passport 2TB Drive, had to buy a program to make the POS read files. Copies that would take seconds from a Windows based machine never complete. I have to close the transfer or shut off the machine half the time. Worst computer I have EVER owned, crashes non-stop, constantly freezes, and seems like EVERY operation is more complicated with this thing. Literally, my 1997 Compaq was FAR MORE reliable and user friendly.
This is one of the messages I keep getting; The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in -- File Whatever -- can’t be read or written.(Error code -36)
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