Is my computer really messed up.

When I connect my ipod touch to my computer it does not show up. Like when you plug in a flash drive a message pops up asking how you want to access the stuff on it. I know that it is possible for that to happen because it used to. I dont know if the problem is with my ipod or with my computer but it's weird.

Please read [*_This Article_*|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1852] by Apple addressing this issue in Windows. Please pay particular attention to the section marked *Verify that the Apple Mobile Device Service is installed and running using the Services MMC snap-in using these steps:*.
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I have been really messed up and defrauded by your employee. I have the email proof through this site, besides witness's.

I have a record of my email and post regarding my problems with Internet Explorer 11, with my Windows 7, not working and connecting to other sites not nearly working as well as Int. Explorer 10. I was just told by support since I didn't have a case number,
I had no proof. My email account in Microsoft is the same as with Verizon. So, I have proof on this site. Now, after I posted my complaint reg. Int. 11 not working nearly as well with my Windows 7. An employee from Microsoft took control of my computer for
the 2nd time without notice. I was SO VERY clear about wanting to go back from Int.Ex. 11 to Int.Ex.10. An employee actually restored by computer without me asking from 10 back to 11, after I had some issues with hackers. As stated in my emails to you, Int.
Exp. 11 never seemed to be very compatible in working with the add-ons and communicating to other sites. The guy who took over my laptop without permission, I thought was helping, ignored everything I asked for. I worked through the night and for about 10
hours with him. I had to make 16 backup/restore disks, per him doing all the actions through Homegroup. I didn't even know u could take over my computer controls without permission. He made changes after changes, while I mostly kept my hands off the keys throughout
the night and the day yest. I was just putting in disk after disk when it would pop out and he had the notice keep popping up, when he wanted me to change disks. I have not slept or ate for two days, cuz I kept working through hardcore stress. I didn't even
follow what changes he was making cuz it was going to fast with things popping up everywhere. I would just have to ender Adminstrator ID and enter a few items. I did not make an alteration, cuz I did not want to mess it up. He completely ignored my email/post
about consistently wanting to go from Int. Exp. 11 back to 10. I was so ill and tired, that I could barely keep up. After working with him, by just inserting disks mostly, I sent an email at the end to Microsoft saying that I don't think his repairs would
work. This due to many issues, but mainly still not getting the add-ons for my different drivers. I had Google Chrome, Bing and the Int. Exp. 11 I wanted reversed, cuz he still could not get all the add-ons to work, with red checks over them and saying disabled,
as long with other issues. I just kept having to put in my Adminstrator passwords and he used my guest access as well, which I never use. I was so frustrated. NOT NEARLY AS UPSET AS A FEW-FIVE HOURS AGO, when I found it was worse than ever and the main
thing I complained about and asked for, Int. 11 going back to 10, did not happen at all. There was just Int. Exp. 11 and he even took off my Google Chrome. I had no idea that my computer could also look different with different users. Icons being larger and
in different places. It upset me horribly because I am ill cuz the stress I have been under and have not even ate since this began. I have proof via emails and also spent 10 hours following his lead. I had no idea, when I turned my laptop back on, it was NOT
ONLY NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, BUT HE KEPT Int. Exp. 11 and never made the change. There were so many pages up, I could not see what he was doing. It took me 16 disks to just copy all the stuff in the drive. I also used tried to use the small cards, when the
disks went way too fast. Now, my laptop is worse than even, with things saved all over my files, where I have no idea of what is what. He typed in the names to these backup files and I was too sick to keep up at all. I was so exhausted and sick at the end,
I was just glad he was done. Like I said, I sent an email while he was still working on the issues, to you saying that it does not look good at all and would probably not work. He closed the approx. 20 windows that were open quickly, when the last disk backed
up all the changes. I was feeling so horrible, I had to just shut the laptop off and pray. Then, after resting for hours, I turn it on to find NO Int. Exp. 10 and still Int. Exp. 10. Many of the add-ons issues and a bunch of other things were worse than
even. I called in for help, he was pretty rude, cuz I was/am exhausted, sick & upset. My laptop is arranged differently and also does not function correctly. I could have just uninstalled 11 and installed 10, like I asked about in my email. My files even
said Int. Exp. 11 going to Int. Exp. 10. He ignored me and also left my computer way worse in other ways, with software uninstalled and items rearranged. The guy who I spoke to a little while ago said I had no proof I even worked with him. Not only do
I have records of what was sent, I had people swing by and they saw what was going on. I was complaining to them how exhausted/sick I felt for being up so long w/o food, while feeling helpless. The guy I just spoke with gave me case #1278021415. My email sent
you guys while he still controlled my computer is through Microsoft. So, I am certainly not some crazy guy. I actually have been able to fix issues by hackers, etc., worse than this before. Now, my computer is way jacked, I need to work in a bit, and am so
sick over this. Plus, I will probably have to hire someone to reverse all this horrible damage done. I cant believe even the computer looked different under my Admin. name & guest name. So many issues that I did not have and he did not even listen to what
I wanted to change. I could have swithed 11 to 10, but I wanted to know the effect it would have on Windows 7 and docs, if any? I believe he worked on it so long, cuz he felt bad for going into my laptop the day before, without any notice, and restoring my
computer back from Int. Exp. 10 back to 11. He was trying to help, but I did not even ask for any at that time. Now, my computer is jacked, I don't really trust all the backups disk/files, cuz so many. I could tell he knew what was saved where though. He did
it all. I just was assisting, watching and trying to keep up with copying the info and putting in disks. Now, I am stuck with a messed up laptop and your tech wanted money from me, after your guy messed up my laptop bad, crazy things changed in 2 different
settings/names and I have been not able to eat or sleep now for two days cuz of this. Then, your guy questioned if I was telling the truth. I have lots of property and am successful. I just didn't feel I should pay a company for unauthorizingly changing and
breaking my stuff, while making me stressed and ill. I have 2-3 techs that handle issues, if I don't feel like dealing with them, but I actually know what to do on computers pretty well when not sick and rushed. I am no tech, but certainly no idiot. Its not
hard to see things were not going well with red warnings all over the place and saying add-ons were disabled with big red marks over them. I am sure your tech knew, that is why he closed it so fast. Why did he not even try to change what I asked in my email??
He completely ignored me and now I am ill and have a laptop way worse. Suppose to do some work in a bit, but I am so exhausted, hungry and back issues from all this typing leaning over (had X-rays a few weeks ago). I don't know what to do at this point off
exhaustion and also being questioned if I was making it up or something. I have witnesses and the email. My headed on email that I sent through Microsoft is I want to go from Int. Exp. 11 to Int. Expl. 10, cuz the add-ons don't work as well and I get booted
way more easily, or cant even reach other sites. I know it can be restored again, but it had issues before that I spend time and money fixing. I feel take advantage off and now blackmailed cuz your employee insisted that I pay for him just looking at the mess,
your other employee created. Just makes me more sick. I could trust Int. Exp. 11 to work and now I feel no trust and much deception by your company. I will probably be sick for days and I know my back is out again and I am cramping cuz no food and ALL stress.
I had an employee over watching me deal with all this happening, not friends, etc.. I saw he was using Homegroup and took down a few things. I knew it wasn't going well, but was in no shape to argue. Are you guys doing to do anything about this, or put
the blame on me for trusting your employees. I just asked a couple questions and complained. I never said anything about hacking into my computer and messing my life up. This just is not right at all. A laptop is a pretty cheap fix for me, but I did just pay
a guy over $200 to get things working well again cuz of hackers utilizing all the negative aspects about going onto some sites. I cant believe this happened. I cant believe this came from a large company, which I thought I could trust. Again, I have the email
I sent while he was stick backing up the changes. It took hours, literally for all those darn disks. What will you guys do about this, cuz I am too sick to do anything for a bit. I was in the hospital just a couple weeks ago, cuz of stress and issues of this
sort. Its so wrong!! I want to give my info on here, but I am sure you will have it. The guy even said I didn't need to put my email address, I believe, or was it name, but I put it on my email sent anyway. I never lie!! I look forward to your
response, C. York Also, the email address I use is for Verizon and I would prefer if u just sent it there or both places. I don't even want to look at this thing for a while, but my anxiety over this will probably force me to. I wish I could put
in a phone number. Maybe I can somewhere, cuz I would like to know what you are thinking about all this. I know I got wronged, but I wish I knew who exactly. Like in my 2 email, while he was working, I saw "Hagan", I believe in response to a first
post. I responded and asked question after reading it. I noticed when I went to post in public a bit ago, that I had never done that before. Just sent email direct, especially the 2nd, in which I have confirmation from your company. Again, last guy gave me
case #1278021415. I thought I could trust your employee, so I did not get a bunch of info from him. I hope u know who was working on it, since he was when I emailed you. If you don't get my info somehow, please email me here, so we can communicate. I might
post this a few places or keep it to post. I am so upset and shocked. Thank you! C. York

What I wound up doing was installing the newest of the newest versions of firefox (it's at 5.0 or something now, I think). That just made all the plugins, add-ons, and extensions I wanted to get rid of obsolete and it auto-removed them on its own.
I do really appreciate you taking the time out to try and offer some solutions though. Thank you very much for your effort!

HT6030 Help! I upgraded to Maverick and my emails are now really messed up. It flagged over 5,000 messages when I haven't flagged anything. Now, the email message that people are sending me is actually an email message from years ago. Any explanations

Help! I upgraded to Maverick and now my emails are really messed up. It flagged over 5,000 emails that I have never flagged. Now, it shows a message from someone this morning, but the content is an email that I received years ago. My Iphone and Ipad are fine. Any ideas? I can't read mail off of my macbook because the email isn't what these people are sending! Help!

Thanks one again. I know you helped me the last to. I do have the Deja Vu font set in my folder. I downloaded and the last time. So I don't know if there is supposed to be more or not, but those were installed with Windows-XP after my reformat.
This is really driving me nuts. as I've done several re-formats on my computer and several friends computers and even upgraded hardware so I am not necessarily a software or programming expert, I am somewhat advanced when it comes to computers in general and can usually diagnose the problem but these font's are the problem and they never were before.
I did see in another forum that if you had a Dell Computer and did the Microsoft update for the onboard video card driver that it could be the culprit, but I have that disabled being I have a much better graphics card so the updates from Microsoft for the onboard video weren't installed.
It' a Dell Dimension 3000 with an Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller so I don't believe it is the culprit being it is disabled. The actual video card that I am using is a PCI Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT with 1 GB Memory. And I didn't have any problem before.
I appreciate the help. But still can't get things to work. Live Help Chat doesn't open for another two hours so maybe they can do "Remote Access" or something and can check setting and help me. But if you come up with other suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.
Susan

HT1727 Can I sync my iPod and iPhone to a friends computer without messing up their I tunes

Can I sync my iPad and iPhone to a friends computer without messing up their computer

It won't mess up their computer, but it will erase the content from you ipad and iphone and replace it with content from that computer.

I need help! My grandson was on computer and messed it up. I am currently in a text element? And there is a voice that speaks out all the activity. How do I get to normal use?

My grandson was on my computer and messed it up. I am currently running in a text mode with a voice detailing everything I do. How do I get back to normal?

You should give that young man his own account is Users and Groups.
Pre-readers can still log in when their picture or a favorite object is used as the icon for their account. I think his password can be blank, but if not, a single letter or a few letters will suffice.

How do you get iphoto to recognize that a computer really is connected to the internet? I cannot use places to locate my photos, because the software keeps telling me my computer is not connected. I know the computer is connected.

How do I get iphoto to recognize that a computer really is connected to the internet? I cannot use places to locate my photos, because the software keeps telling me my computer is not connected. I know the computer is connected.

Try this: launch iPhoto with the Option key held down and create a new, test library. Import some photos and check to see if the same problem persists. It the problem persists make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
If the new library does'nt have that problem then your original library is damaged. Post back if that's the case and we'll go from there.
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Icloud is really messing up my mail? anyone else

this morning my mac mail has been broken all day.... i checked with comcast, and att... and tryed to call apple... but they wanted 49 bucks... but eventually att put me thru to a tech.... apparently this has been a real problem today for about 1.2 percent of icloud users.... it has really messed me up as i have a home business..... anyone else?

Same problem here -- worst e-mail outage I've experienced in ages, and going on far too long to be excusable as a simple server issue. No point calling Apple, such a widespread outage is already on their radar and it's already common knowledge that they have screwed up. Making noise is not the worst approach in this kind of situation (denied service by a giant corporation that's unresponsive to your woes), so just complain far and wide until Apple (finally) gets their act together.

My iphone 3gs is really messed up

soooo My iphone 3gs is really messed up. i havnt been able to use it because it was reset and says "insert a valid sim card with no pin lock to activate iphone" i also dont have a sim card tray, and im getting the sim card tray sometime this week. the other prob is that it freezes. ALOT. i simply press the home button to turn it on and it freezes, so i have to let the battery drain, and i plug it back up, and it will slide open to the emergency calls screen, and sometimes itll freeze and i have to restart the whole process over. Also, itunes wont recognize (when its froze) and sometimes says "itunes cannnot connect to iphone because" either a invalid response was recieved, or an error occured (OxE8000084) and as we speak, its been on the apple logo "booting" up for about 5 minutes. i really need some help. also, the top power button doesnt work, so cant turn it off or put into DFU.

Get a SIM from your carrier, insert it and then restore the device as new, i.e. without a backup. That's the best you can do. If it still doesn't work, I wouldn't waste anymore time/money on it.
For the error, see this... http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3221. Also, Google the error for more info.

Problems with slow fps (or is my computer really that bad?) [solved]

I'm having quite some trouble with my fps in games like StarCraft 2 (actually it's just here that I noticed it). Anyway I've decided to test how good my computer actually is using unigine heaven benchmark.
And it's really bad. As I said I have slow fps in Starcraft in which fps is around 15, but in unigine it falls to average 4/5 depending on how I set it.
While my computer is quite old, it's still not that old, and I don't have any problem with other graphically demanding games like C&C3 or Medieval 2: Total War.
My hardware is:
System: Linux 2.6.36-ck x86_64
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ 2310MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 HTT
GPU: GeForce 8500 GT PCI Express 260.19.12
System memory: 2008 Mb
Video memory: 512 Mb
(this is what unigine "shows")
Also under "render" unigine shows this:
Renderer: NVIDIA NV50 512Mb
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer: GeForce 8500 GT/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.12
Found required GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
Found required GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
Found required GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
Found required GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
Found required GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
Found required GL_ARB_occlusion_query
Found required GL_EXT_texture3D
Found required GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
Found required GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
Found required GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
Found required GL_ARB_shader_object
Found required GL_ARB_vertex_shader
Found required GL_ARB_fragment_shader
Found required GL_ARB_draw_buffers
Found required GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
Found required GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
Found required GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
Found optional GL_ARB_draw_instanced
Found optional GL_ARB_transform_feedback
Found optional GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
Found optional GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
Found optional GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
Found optional GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
Found optional GL_ARB_gpu_shader4
Found optional GL_EXT_Cg_shader
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_rg
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_array
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_snorm
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_multisample
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_compression
Found optional GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
Found optional GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
Found optional RGB10A2 render texture format
Shading language: 3.30 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
Maximum texture size: 8192
Maximum texture units: 32
Maximum draw buffers: 8
Which, while I'm no expert, for me seems quite OK.
So where's the problem?
Is my computer really that old already?
On the related note, sometimes KDE loses the window decoration or even more it just disappear. So it might be the nvidia driver (as you can see I use nvidia-beta).
But I'm not sure if it's the driver or is it the graphics card.
Thanks for any help. If nothing else you could at least tell your frame rate and hardware so I can compare if my computer is "where it supposed to be" or if something really is wrong with it.
Last edited by Primoz (2010-11-01 01:26:56)

Well I finally found the glxgears, and the fear I always feared, but didn't mentioned it in my OP came true. FPS is somewhere near the refresh rate of the monitor, and my monitor is also a TV (or should I say primary TV) so my refresh rate is 50hz or up to 60FPS. So I guess the actual and the biggest bottleneck is my monitor and not anything else. Well yeah not that my other hardware is any good, but I could say that the low FPS rate in StarCraft 2 and in Unigine Heaven is due to my bad monitor.
I can say this is solved, but not removed until I get a new monitor.
Edit: Actually there is another thing, how come that while my monitor refresh rate is 60; FPS in both Starcraft and Unigine are so much lover - instead of 60FPS there are from 4-17FPS.
Last edited by Primoz (2010-10-31 01:39:59)

I have th iPhone 4s and recently upgraded to ios 7. This has really messed with my ability to listen to and delete voicemail messages.

I have th iPhone 4s and recently upgraded to ios 7. This has really messed with my ability to listen to and delete voicemail messages.

bmichaelcycle wrote:
I have th iPhone 4s and recently upgraded to ios 7. This has really messed with my ability to listen to and delete voicemail messages.
Can you explain in detail what ability?

How do i reinstall mountain lion on fairly new machine i have really messed it up i have no key or original login do ihave to to pay

how do i reinstall mountain lion on fairly new machine i have really messed it up i have no key or original login do ihave to to pay

You never have to pay to reinstall a Mac's original OS. If that was Snow Leopard or earlier though, you need its original discs.
If the Mac was built after Lion was released, about August 2011, boot OS X Recovery - using two fingers hold the ⌘ and R keys while starting your Mac. When the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, select "Reinstall Mac OS X".

[865PE/G Neo2 Series] I Messed Up My Computer Really Bad

Wow. Where to begin.
I was in my BIOS looking at DRAM timings and Frequencies... noticed that there for DDR500 it had (4:5), which I presume means the RAM runs out-of-sync with the processor. I tried it out to see what it would do.
Well, my computer wouldn't boot. And it wouldn't revert back to default BIOS settings which it normally does when I set something in the BIOS that it doesn't like. And I thought the appropriate course of action in this situation was to reset the CMOS battery. Evidently it was not the right thing to do, because it screwed everything up royally.
After resetting, I booted up and saw some CoreCell logo which I've NEVER seen before, ever. Instead of going to the screen which shows the Energy Star logo and lists all my hardware being checked, it goes to a couple lines saying something about Realtek Gigabit Ethernet controller. It busies itself for a few seconds, then says 'Boot Failed. Insert Boot Disk and press any Key'. Uh-oh.
I restart and try to get into my BIOS. It gives me options of either press F1 to go into Setup or F2 to Load Defaults or some damn thing. Eventually I get into the BIOS and its blue instead of red, like it always has been. All my options are obliterated - it doesn't even list any hard drives anywhere. Evidently it isn't recognizing either of my hard drives. I go into my motherboard manual and find the section about On-Chip IDE configuration. I don't even remember what the hell these settings were on before I screwed everything up. ATA Configuration was on PATA Only, SATA Keep Enabled was set to No. I don't know why because both of my drives are SATA.
I try setting SATA Keep Enabled to Yes, then reboot. It boots, and I'm finally here back in Windows. My system clock was five years off, but my data is here. It also detected some new Audio Hardware, but i just canceled.
Good god, someone please help me out here. I'm afraid to even shut off my computer or even mess with anything for fear of not even being able to get back into Windows.

OK, I went into the BIOS and put everything back to how it should be. A few things were strange though:
The order of the devices in Standard CMOS Features is different then it used to be. Before, the DVD drive was Primary IDE Master, the CD-RW the Primary IDE Slave, my boot HDD was Third IDE Master and my data HDD Fourth IDE Master. Now, my boot HDD is Primary IDE Master, data HDD is Secondary IDE Master, DVD Drive is Third IDE Master and CD-RW is Third IDE Slave.
Some of the voltages and frequencies were set to strange values. I thought the default AGP voltage was 1.5 and DDR voltage default 2.5. When I went into the BIOS the AGP voltage was 1.7 and the DDR Voltage 2.75. Before this all happened I had them set at 1.6 and 2.8 respectively. I changed them to those values and it booted fine. The 1.7 in particular worried me a little, because I remember reading somewhere that upping AGP voltage too far can do nothing but harm.
Its still a blue screen instead of red. I know this is trivial, but when the color's different, one tends to think that some setting is different, or the version is different, somehow. There isn't any background color setting in the BIOS that I know of.
I know I was overreacting a little, but it was too late at night and all I could think of was how I couldn't access the ten-page research paper that's on my hard drive, due in a couple days.

Thumbnails in Aperture are Really Messed Up

Having a ton of trouble with both Aperture and iPhoto. The thumbnails in both products are showing up in a random mix/match of landscape and portrait shots, and random order. I've read the suggestions on this site, and have tried using both the Photos > Generate Thumbnails and Photos > Generate Preview features. Both temporarily fix the Thumbnails in the current view (ie the ones I can see), but as soon as I start to scroll, its back to a mess again.
It seems the next step is to rebuild the database ... but what I don't understand is WHY Aperture would ever be in this condition in the first place? Rebuilding any database is not a small step to take. And its not clear this would even solve the problem. I mean, Aperture is worthless without a reliable thumbnail, so how is it possible for the product to show a thumbnail for one image when the actual image is something else. This is about as basic as it gets!
In other words, it feels like a really heinous bug in the product, that is likely to resurface if I continue doing whatever I did to get here in the first place.
Anybody have some suggestions/explanations on why it would behave this way, and how to *permanently* fix the problem? Thanks in advance!

Try the following, in order:
Reboot.
Delete your Aperture User Preferences (commonly helps for UI snafus).
Repair your Library
Rebuild your Library
Revert to a backed up copy of your Library.
The middle three are standard Apple Aperture trouble-shooting steps. They are covered here.
If you wish to file a report with Apple, use "Aperture ▹ Provide Aperture Feedback".
These things happen. The OS X environment is very complex. I would fix it and forget it. If the problem returns, you could start trying to trouble-shoot. Trouble-shooting is laborious.
I have never had any problems with Repair Library or with Rebuild Library.
As with all computer files, you should never use one without having a complete back-up.
Are you using a second or third monitor? Do you use any non-Apple display devices?

I think I've really messed up... (Aspire 7739G)

So, recently my computer popped up with a "Get Windows 10" update. I went a head and upgraded and everything worked perfect. Yay, Windows 10! I decided I might as well do a reformat just so I could start from scratch and experience Windows 10 as a brand new user, except I discovered that wasn't the case. I'm now stuck in an endless loop with the error reading "INACESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE" I am unable to access Windows at all, from my knowledge and upon checking the Acer website apparently my device isn't supported. I have school in a month, and I need to figure out a way to get Windows working again. Thank you for your time.

Probably something messed up during windows 10 reset, so it's better if you really format or better clean your HDD and re-install from the official image. if you want to try boot settings, press F12 at boot and select Windows boot manager or HDD and check if it boots.....if not something went wrong on partitions or file copy.

My new MBP is really messed up and I am wondering what I should do.

(sorry for the mess of a post. I just had the good news of having brain cancer and they put this dressing all over my entire head I can barely see, but I want to post this, so I am going to give it a shot.)
I went to see a genius at the local apple store. After spending 1 hour trying to fix all the software and hardware issues, he went to the back of the store, came back and said we are getting you a new MBP with all the equivalant upgrades you had with the other one (the one that had all the problems). I received the new MBP, the same genius said if I leave my old MBP with him he will transfer all the data over and call me when it is done. I got the new MBP, have had it for about 3 weeks and there are more problems than ever. I have no idea what this would do to a new computer but the genius transfered all my data/files/settings over to my new MBP and he did this before or without fixing all the software problems I was having on the computer he transfered my date from.
Now my software updates... is not working. I read the article, trashed 3 apple.softwareupdates.com preferences wit no help. I find out that he said after I asked about iLife; "yes you will get iLife, all Apple computers come with iLife. There is no iLife 09 just my old iLife 08. When I spotlight iLife 09, no iLife comes up only in emails. It does not even pick up my old 08iLife that is in a folder which was transfered over from my old computer.
The manager at the apple store said to install iLife09 from the gray disk. However, for some reason the new updates my computer needs are not triggering the software updater telling me there are new updates. It looks like the genius did an update before I picked it up and it updated one security issue, but no iTunes 9/1/1 or any other updates I should have received when I look at all the recent MBP update (Apple updates only) list.
When I do go to look at the current updates for this computer it brings me to an Apple website that has all my old updates from the old MBP and in a Finder file it shows all the updates from the old computer and just the one that the genius updated for me.
Does any body have any idea what I should do? It is frustrating. I would like to just start from the beginning with the new computer, wipe everything off and install it all new and get rid of all the stuff from my old MBP that was transfered to my new MBP.
Thank for any help.

I would wipe the hard drive and start from scratch. The only thing I would save from the old comp are documents, movies and music also make sure you have any passwords or mail that you need to keep. I would avoid Time Machine and just do a normal backup. Boot from the installer and go to disk utilities in the menu and erase the hard drive. When that is done do a custom install and avoid any demos and software you don't use. Install QuickTime 7 from the optional installs.
Then manually download and install the OS updates before installing any third party apps avoiding the combos. Depending on your install OS version you may not need all those below.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosxv1061update.htm l
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosxv1062update.htm l
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1018
When you are done run software update and install the security updates only. When you are done with those you can install whatever application updaters there are and then move on to installing your third party apps.
Hope everything works out for you.

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