I randomly get this: name of your computer is already in use
Does anyone know how to fix this?
I have comcast that is IPv6 and probabnly IPv4 as well.
I have the tower Airport Extreme, firmware updated
MacPro, 10.9.2, Airport card turned off, using only ethernet.
One Trendnet Gigabyte Green switch.
I have been getting this type of error over a few years but never knew how to fix it.
There are several possible causes for this behavior.
1. Two (or more) computers on the local network have the same Bonjour name, such as "X's-MacBook-Pro.local". Resolve the name conflict by renaming one or more of them in the Sharing preference pane.
2. You have two simultaneous connections to the same local network: probably Ethernet and Wi-Fi. If applicable, disconnect the Ethernet cable or turn off Wi-Fi.
3. A Mac wakes from sleep due to network traffic. This is a bug in OS X that may only affect some models.
4. A device that gets its network address from the router wakes from sleep, and the address it was using before has been assigned to another device.
5. A third-party wireless router has incompatible settings or firmware. In that case, refer to the manufacturer or ISP for support. Restarting the router may help, temporarily.
6. See also this support article.
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Strange message: the name of your computer ***** is already in use.....
This message keeps recurring. "the name of your computer "Computer Name" is in use on this network. The name has been changed to "Computer Name2".
+to change the name of your computer, open System Preferences and click on Sharing, then type in the Computer Name field.+
Okay, this keeps recurring and changing the name to 3,4,5, so on until I follow the instructions and rename it in Pref. This just started recently. It will behave itself after a full shutdown, reset pmu and zap the pram. But it won't last long.
Anybody have this happen?Greetings,
If the computer you speak of is in an Active Directory Domain, your problem could be there, if the computer has been removed at some point - the original name could still be in the database. Contact your IT folks and let them know of the duplicate name.
Otherwise, there must be another computer with the same name, connected to the same network as you. The only other possibility would be some Netbios/DNS caching on your router, a server/workstation being used as a router, etc.
Run the maintenance routines - "sudo dscacheutil -flushcache", this will flush the DNS cache out, and then you could run - "sudo periodic daily weekly monthly". Without the quotes. The second one will take about 15 minutes or so. You may or may not need the sudo command on the first one.
This will clear the caches out and there will be noting erroneous to reference.
If you change the name, does it still do that? You can always rename it back, if you need to.
Cheers,
M. -
I recently got a message with an exclamation mark stating "your computer name is already in use on this network. The name has been changed to ______"
How did this happen, is it phishing, malware, or did someone hit some button on here to change it. I'm hoping that someone else doesn't have access to everything on my computer now. Help!Hello RaptorTrish,
Interesting name! You don't say what computer you are using, the OS or the nature of the network, home, office etc. Could you fill in a few details.
You are right to be concerned but there is often a simple explanation. -
I keep getting this message: "That Apple ID is already in use.If this Apple ID was created by you, simply sign in with your Apple ID and password.If it does not belong to you, try again using a different name."
I'm trying to create a new id and e-mail using an e-mail address that is mine and has been mine for over a year - any ideas why this could be happening?Trying where? What sort of email address? The following answer is based on a guess as to what you are talking about.
If you already have an @me.com address, perhaps as a result of having had a MobileMe account, and you are now setting up an iCloud account with an Apple ID you will find you will be asked to create a new @me.com address, and that you can't add your existing one because it is already an Apple ID.
You can do one of two things:
1. Sign out at System Preferences; sign in with your existing @me.com address and enable Mail.
2. Stay signed in with the present ID and add your @me.com address in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars.
If you have further questions, or if your situation is different from what I've assumed, do please post back, but in a suitable forum - this one is specifically about using these Forums. -
Just installed Premiere Elements, tring to register I'm getting this message:Either your computer is offline or the clock on your computer is set incorrectly, causing a connection error. An Internet connection is required. Please connect to the Internet or adjust your clock and try again.". Have tried all suggested steps, no problem registering PSE one month ago. Win 7 system. Is there a solution?
Laurenceb70597335 you can find details regarding the activation process at Activation & Deactivation Help. This includes details on how to activate and deactivate Premiere Elements.
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I know why this happens - there are two network connections to the same network. One is wi-fi, the other is ethernet.
I can stop it happening by turning off wi-fi.
I'd rather keep both connections, though.
Is there a way of adjusting this so it stops doing it?
Should I be using the route command to set up different routes to the two links?
If so, what's the best way to do this?I thought about it ...
The name of the computer have different meaning.
Normally, the computer name, or in this case 'hostname' refer to the RFC of DNS, Domain Name System IP Service, that resolving 'speaking names' to IP adresses. If your Computer is a Part of the global, Public Internet and so listed on a Public Domain Name Server, the function 'global hostnames' should bei used.
The local hostname refers to the apple Bonjour Service, to solve local network units. (http://support.apple.com/kb/ph3763)
The need of different interface names for your Computer sounds strange to me, because the name represent the same machine, the same services your computer offer in your Network.
I had similar symptoms in my network, because i Need to use both interfaces (ETH an WLAN). But, this problems were related to adress conflicts, refresh time of routing tables in my network. Since i use static IP adresses for my mac interfaces, all things ok and i never seen again any problems. -
what I can do? I try to update my iphone 4 and I get this message on my computer itunes: Sorry, we are unable to continue with your activation at this time. Please try again later, or contact customer care.
Contact your Carrier...
Also see this discussion.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/21189708 -
I'm getting this error message: "User not registered for online use" when i'm trying to download music/ track names from a CD into ITunes on my Windows 8 PC. I'm registered and my itunes account/ appleID are all correct and working.
The ""not recognized for on-line use". error is associated with the Gracenote service that iTunes uses to look up and retrieve metadata for CDs. Some users have reported that this error occurs when trying to import from CD, subsequent to upgrading to version 12. A number of slightly different solutions have been reported (though all of a similar nature).
Try walking through the following steps - before starting you may have to enable hidden files and folders to be viewed - in Windows 7 / Windows Explorer select Organize > Folder and search options, then on the View tab make sure that Show hidden files, folders and drives is selected. Without this you won't see the AppData folder in C:\Users\username\
Exit iTunes
In Windows Explorer, go to the folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
Delete the following files:
CD Info.cidb
com.apple.iTunes.Gracenote.plist
Restart iTunes
Insert a CD and see if details are now correctly retrieved from Gracenote
If this doesn't work:
In iTunes, select Edit > Preferences and make a note (or take a screenshot) of your preferences settings in all relevant tabs
Exit iTunes
In Windows Explorer, go to the folder C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
Delete the following file:iTunesPrefs.xml
Restart iTunes
Insert a CD and see if details are now correctly retrieved from Gracenote
If this second procedure does work, you'll need to restore other iTunes preferences settings to those that you noted in step 1.
If this one didn't work:
Exit iTunes
Check the following folders:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes
C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Apple Computer\iTunes
Delete any copies of the following files:
CD Info.cidb
com.apple.iTunes.Gracenote.plist
iTunesPrefs.xml
Restart iTunes
Insert a CD and see if details are now correctly retrieved from Gracenote
Again, if this procedure does work, you'll need to restore other iTunes preferences settings to those that you noted in step 1 of the second procedure. If you're still not able to retrieve CD info:
Exit iTunes
In Windows, select Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features. Find the entry for iTunes, right-click and select Repair.
When this process has finished, restart iTunes
Insert a CD and see if details are now correctly retrieved from Gracenote
If none of these have worked (and almost everything I've seen suggests you should be OK by this point), you may have an issue with the installation and configuration of iTunes itself. If you have got this far, see turingtest2's notes on Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates for advice on how to remove and replace of all components of iTunes. -
I had download helper n my old computer, This computer broke. I have a new computer and wanted to know how I could get this on the new computer?
maybe you are talking about this?
* https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
if yes simply go and click on '''Add To Firefox''' button >Restart your Firefox> and Enjoy :) -
Error message: You cannot save a completed copy of this form to your computer.
Hello,
I created a PDF form in Acrobat Pro X and i am trying to distribute it by placing it on our shared drive so employees can take it from there and save it to their own computer.
I tested the form with some employees that have Reader. Some can open it, save it, fill it in and submit it and others get this message when opening it:
You cannot save a completed copy of this form to your computer. If you would like a copy for your records please fill it in and print it.
I read some discussions that said to convert it to a binder, that didnt work either. i tried going to the advanced tab and extending the features to reader...nothing works.
Please help.
Thank you!Thank you for your help George. I placed a ticket with our IT department to have them check the system time on her machine. I'll let you know if it worked.
Ioana -
When I try to start Firefox, I get the error message "Your computer must be restarted to complete a previous upgrade of Firefox. Do you want to reboot now?" I have rebooted several times to no avail. Get the same message when I try to uninstall Firefox
Just had this same problem. Based on other suggestions I found on the web, went to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox and deleted all files that ended with upgrade and/or delete. Then I was able to uninstall Firefox and then reinstalled. Hope this helps!
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imovie: I have just downloaded 'mavericks' and have installed all updates. I get an error message:Your computer’s video card does not meet the minimum system requirements. What to do? Thanks for any help in advance.
I am not 100% sure this is the issue, but I saw a different thread about the ATI Radeon HD 2600 not being OpenCL compatible for another program and that a newer compatible graphics card would be required to solve the problem. I am getting the same message with my 2007 iMac 24".
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I get this error message"your operation could not be completed" I need help figuring out why I can not access the web page.
amarilysfl wrote:
"Your disk could not be partitioned. An error occurred while partitioning the disk".
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
If you were using Apple's BootCamp and received this message, quit it and open Disk Uility in your Applicaitons/Utilities folder.
Select the Macintosh HD partition on the left and select Erase and Erase Free Space > Zero option and let it complete (important) this will check the spare space for bad sectors that can cause issues formatting partitions.
Once it's completed, try creating a partiton again in BootCamp.
If that doesn't work, then hold command option r keys down while connected to a fast internet connection, Internet Recovery should load (spinning globe) and then in that Disk Utility, select your entire internal drive and click > First Aid > Repair Disk and Permissions.
reboot and attempt Bootcamp again.
If you still get a error, it might be that you have OS X data on the bottom area where BootCamp partition needs to go. This would occur if you had the drive or computer for a long time or wrote a large amount of files to the drive and nearly filling it up and then reduced some, but it left traces in the area BootCamp needs to go.
To fix this
BootCamp: "This disc can not be partitioned/impossible to move files."
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I own CS6, I am upgrading my computer. How do I get this onto the new computer when it arrives?
Having purchased the download version of CS6, how do I get this onto the new computer?
Thanks,
PeterDownload your installer from here
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/cs6-product-downloads.html
and enter your serial number when asked.
Gene -
Since upgrading to Yosemite my computer (iMac late 2012 model) closes down instead of going to sleep. When I restart I get a message saying "your computer shut down because of a problem". Does anyone have similar problem? What is the solution?
Sorry, I was acting like it was an email. See below:
Sat Nov 8 14:00:39 2014
Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802a21e80a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000002d4e8000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff803cbbf000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff81352f3b50, RBP: 0xffffff81352f3bf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000240, RDI: 0xffffff803cbbf000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x000000e492137674, R11: 0x000000e4917aebcc
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0x000000000000023e, R14: 0xffffff803cc90000, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010293, RIP: 0xffffff7fabaa5e28, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81352f3800 : 0xffffff802a13a811
0xffffff81352f3880 : 0xffffff802a21e80a
0xffffff81352f3a40 : 0xffffff802a23a443
0xffffff81352f3a60 : 0xffffff7fabaa5e28
0xffffff81352f3bf0 : 0xffffff7fabbbd0a2
0xffffff81352f3cb0 : 0xffffff7fab9a64a3
0xffffff81352f3d00 : 0xffffff7fab9a91be
0xffffff81352f3db0 : 0xffffff7fab9a80f2
0xffffff81352f3dc0 : 0xffffff802a6d8008
0xffffff81352f3e20 : 0xffffff7fab9a8d0b
0xffffff81352f3e50 : 0xffffff802a6c5a03
0xffffff81352f3ee0 : 0xffffff802a6be797
0xffffff81352f3f00 : 0xffffff802a16be13
0xffffff81352f3fb0 : 0xffffff802a2192c7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360(900.19.8)[E6DF5F6D-3476-3BA6-B49B-BAADEC7DF58 0]@0xffffff7fab994000->0xffffff7fabf6afff
dependency: com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient(1.0.1b8)[25CEDABE-0952-309D-AC20-A39DF84 9DFB7]@0xffffff7fab679000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(700.52)[13EA5B53-E76C-3F27-A9CA-6D3B59AE6F44]@0xf fffff7fab8e1000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7faa924000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.2)[247581D8-DFC5-3AAE-B079-3D13F5514C2B]@0 xffffff7fab235000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
14A389
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61
Kernel slide: 0x0000000029e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802a000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8029f00000
System model name: iMac13,1 (Mac-00BE6ED71E35EB86)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 981693498948
last loaded kext at 264463654768: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7facd6e000, size 69632)
last unloaded kext at 325959214682: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7facd6e000, size 61440)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.0f10
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.37
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.0d1
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 266.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 266.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.GeForce 10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.0f10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.10
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBODD 3.5.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
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Model: iMac13,1, BootROM IM131.010A.B05, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.7 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.9f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533643465238432D50422020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533643465238432D50422020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.15.124.12.8)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.0f10 14890, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD ST1000LM024, 1 TB
USB Device: HD-LBU3
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple USB SuperDrive
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.4
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