Labels, Leopard, My Unfortunate Addiction, and a Cry for Help.

In about 1992 i began organizing projects and folders using Finder labels. In 10.0 thru 10.4.x these have become an ugly mess. So I use Unsanity's Labels X which works great. However the APE and the application (and almost all their other applications) are broken under 10.5. It took them many months to get their product line working again for Tiger and I imagine it willl be quite some time for Leopard. I really like what I see of Leopard, but have yet to see any screenshots of Finder Labels or any reference to them at all. I assume they are still b#tt ugly if they have even bothered to retain them. If someone knows otherwise...well, what kewlness would that be?
I am actually thinking about ways of losing my reliance on labels by approaching organization differently but am stuck. If you have created an organizational scheme that has replaced labels for you, I'd be most grateful to hear about it.
Gary K.

Yes, you can still assign label colors to folders and files that show up in your finder. Unfortunately, though, those label colors, or any icons associated with a folder, do not show up on any item drug to the dock. Stacks seems to have a life of its own, and it isn't pretty.

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Time Machine and a CRY for Help!!!!

Hi
After 25 years being a windows user I finally came over to Apple this month. I bought a IMAC 24" intel 2.88(OS X 10.5.3) and thought I might as well get a Time Capsule (500GB). I absolutely love the IMAC and wish I had got one years ago. My problem lies with the Time capsule. My setup is a Ethernet cable from the IMAC to the Time Capsule and then the same from the capsule to my broadband modem.
Followed the instructions for backing up, which it did after much trial and effort. Only backed up 21GB. Checked that there was a file in the capsule folder. Great I thought I will try the time machine. Screen drops and the stars are moving but that's it. I cant click on cancel or press escape. The only way I could get out of this was to do a hard reset.
I looked back at the Time machine preferences and no sign of a last back up. Checked that the file was still there in the capsule folder and it was. Sorry for wittering on but can someone please help.
thanks in advance
iroth8

While there certainly isn't enough evidence to say for sure, I have to say that I don't think your issue is at all unique to your Time Capsule or your specific configuration. I also just purchased an iMac after using a PC for most of the 25 years or so of home computing (I did have a Mac for a while back in the mid-to-late 80s). I felt like the original thread poster did, I might as well have a backup drive and take advantage of Time Machine. In my case I watched the Apple.com OS 10.5 video and went online and purchased the same G-Drive Q from G-Technology that the Apple Store representative was using. After connecting up the new Ext. Drive using Firewire 800, the popup asked if I wanted to use the drive for backup ... I did want to so I answered yes and sat back and observed my entire Hard Drive being backed up. After several hours, I came back and depressed the Time Machine icon on the Dock and everything worked just like the Video indicated that it would. Unfortunately after 48 Hrs., I came downstairs and noticed my Ext. Drive light was on, but it wasn't making the usual drive sounds it typically had been making every ten minutes or so during the day. I depressed the Time Machine icon and the popup progress indicator said it was connecting to the Server and to Time Machine. This progress bar just kept moving and moving but was actually just "not responding". To make a long story short the only way I could get out of the situation was by learning about a "Force Quit". After doing that procedure, I ultimately had to hold the Power button to shut down the iMac. When I tried to Power back up, all I got was the startup tones and then a white screen. Finely I had to turn off the Ext. Disk Drive and turn it back on again, where upon, everything worked again. I have now gone into the Control Panel and Power Management and unchecked the "Put the External Drive to sleep..." box. We will see over the next few days if that solves the issue or not. In any case my lock up situation was similar enough to your that I thought I would let you know it may not actually have anything to do with your Ext. Drive or its configuration.

Cry for help is this usual

Hi, this is really a cry for help in the vain hope there is somebody at bt who cares about my broadband issue. Returned from holiday to find dsl light off on modem, did all the resets / power cycles but initially told a week ago it was an issue in my area and would return next day, then told it was a fault on line, then told it was a fault at exchange, now told its an issue in my area. Saw a Open Reach guy in my road, he said its rubbish and there is signal in the cabinet. Just spent half an hour on hold to level 2 support but they put phone down on me REALLY FED UP!!!

I have asked a moderator to provide assistance, they will post an invite on this thread.
They are the only BT employees on this forum, and are a UK based team of people, who take personal ownership of your problem.
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For your own security, do not post any personal details, on this forum. That includes any tracking number you are give.
They will respond either by phone or e-mail within 5-6 working days.
Please use the tracked e-mail, to reply, not via the forum. Thanks
This is the form you should see when you click on the link. If you do not see this form, then you have selected the wrong link.
When you submit the form, you will receive an enquiry number, so please keep a note of it
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

A tiny little cry for help: mic in bootcamp makes me sound like a mouse!

I posted this on the InsanelyMac forum, and I thought I'd post it here too because I'm just that desperate for help... thanks in advance for reading.
I run a MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo. When Snow Leopard came out I installed it and partitioned my drive to allow me to run Windows via bootcamp for the purpose of playing Aion with my husband.
The game works fine, although it only works correctly when I'm hooked to my large Dell monitor. The built-in display makes the mouse/cursor not function correctly in-game.
But that's relatively minor... the biggest problem is that the built-in mic, as well as any mic I plug into the Line In, makes me sound like a mouse when I speak. I SO don't want to be known as the squeaky mouse over ventrilo. (The problem occurs in a regular sound recorder too, so it is NOT ventrilo specific).
The audio device is listed as Intel High Definition Audio: Device ID 0x83847680, Audio ID 30 - whatever that means.
When I dive into the Control Panel audio preferences when booted into Windows, the driver is listed as IDT audio.
Audio output seems to function perfectly.
I would sure appreciate help if anyone has expertise or experience with this sort of thing. I'm at a little bit of a loss.
TIA,
Jen

Hey, I had a thought, I don't know if it'll work and won't get the chance to find out until later tonight if I'm not too tired or until later tomorrow.
I think that if the IDT drivers aren't installed in the first place, perhaps the issue can be averted entirely. However, it's going to take a bit of knowledge to do and some patience. The partition will need to be remade entirely so that one may end up with a fresh operating system. When the SL disk is put into the computer, instead of running the full driver setup, pick the drivers directly off the disk by exploring its folders and only install the ones you need. Instead of using the IDT drivers, I believe the SL disk also has Realtek HD audio drivers (if I remember correctly from the last time I looked). My thought is that this manual method can prevent having to deal with the IDT drivers which I believe are part of the issue.
I understand that reinstalling XP is a process in itself, but this is the only solution I can think of. If manually installing doesnt work, my next move would be to use the drivers that come off the Leopard disk instead of the SL disk.
Like I said, this is just a thought I have so when I get to it later I'll let you know how it goes unless you decide to give it a try before me.

I give up! Can I send someone the ID CS3 file and print file for Help

I have done everything I possibly can (given I am no where near expert), and can not figure this printing out.
I have a food menu that is on 11 x 17 (will be tri fold) ID file with a border. The border is a "Placed" PSD file into a separate ID layer.
Even though it looks perfect on the screen, I can not get it to print properly using an Epson Stylus 1400 series printer (wide body).
The border does not print correctly.
I can (and will if you want), print the menu to a file and send it to someone (along with the ID CS3 file and PSD file) to see if someone can tell me what stupid things I am doing.
I also believe I can print to a file, then bring the printed file up on the screen and do a Snagit Screen Grab to upload to pixentral.com If this is possible, you will see how the border did not print correctly. I would also take a screen grab of the ID CS3 menu file so you can see how the border is perfect.
I am hoping someone with a wide body printer can load 11 x 17 paper and try to see what I am doing wrong. I am printing it on 11 x 17, landscape, centered borderless stock and it looks good in preview mode.
Any and all help would be appreciated. At least I don't have those OOLLM phantom lines like I did on my last plea for help.
Bob

Hmmm.
Looking at the last picture, I see what is going to be a bit of a problem for you, I think. Do you really have a thin red line around the outside of the yellow border?
Here's how bleeds work, and why they are set up the way they are. Printing, and more importantly, trimming, is done on mechanical equipment. Paper sizes may or may not be entirely uniform in a stack, or there may be minor alignment issues when jogging the stack, or there may be dust build-up, or any number of other little things that conspire to keep a stack of prints from being 100% perfectly aligned with each other, or a cutter setting may be off by a few thousandths of an inch making the trim larger than intended. In such cases there is a possibility that color intended to run all the way to the edge of the page may in fact stop short of the trimmed edge, leaving the paper showing.
To hide this, and that's all you are doing, hiding misalignments, areas of color at the edge of the page are extended beyond the page boundary, typically 1/8" in the US, so that the excess color will fill what would otherwise be a blank area after trimming. InDesign Allows you to set up a "Bleed Area" in the document setup, which adds a colored guide around the page for easy reference, and also allows you to check the "use Bleed Area" checkbox in the print dialog so you don't need to specify it manually.
Now for why that narrow red line is a problem, if it is really there. Printing presses typically can maintain sheet to sheet registration that is very accurate, but desktop printers are often off by as much as 1/16" in either direction from sheet to sheet. Further, there can be some paper stretching during the printing process, and the aforementioned dust build-up or slight errors in cutter setup, which can cause the paper to be trimmed slightly inside the intended mark. Also consider that if the paper is cut outside the mark on one edge, it will be cut the same distance inside on the opposite side.
So, if you have a thin line on the edge of the page, you need to be very accurate in both sheet-to-sheet registration AND in cutter setup or you risk cutting off the line on one or two edges completely, and leaving more than you planned on the opposite edges. The thinner the border is, the greater the risk of cutting it off, and the more small differences in position will show. (The difference between 1/16 and 1/8 is much more obvious than the difference between 1/16 and 3/8 )
As a corollary, jobs that bleed need to have a safe zone, or "live area" that is smaller than the page dimension by at least the amount of the bleed allowance all around so that trimming at the outside of the bleed on one edge doesn't end up cutting off something important on the opposite edge. The easiest way I can think of to visualize this is to think of trimming as if you were putting an open frame the finished size on top of the print, and you move it around so that the hole exposes more on one edge while hiding the opposite edge the same amount.
Peter

SMB networking issue in 10.5.2 - detailed analysis and cry for help

I am a computer technician for a medium-sized company. Our setup in the company is mainly Windows-based, using Active Directory and Windows Server 2003 on our file servers, with a fully Gigabit network. We also have about a dozen Macs, mostly Mac Pros but some PowerMac G5s and a few MacBooks here and there.
In the past few weeks, we've started seeing an issue on some of the computers relating to transferring large files from the Macs to the file server. This generally only applies to files over 1GB in size, but sometimes it can even happen with files of a few hundred megabytes. What is happening is that when the Mac starts up, the first couple of times a user will transfer a file of this size to the server over SMB, it will act normally. Eventually (usually anywhere from the third to the seventh transfer of a file that size) a file transfer will stall out. It doesn't stop completely, but it begins transferring painfully slowly. We're talking maybe 100 or 200KBps, and it never speeds up again. If you cancel out that transfer, any subsequent transfers will do the same thing.
Here are the things we've determined through almost a week of testing this issue:
*It doesn't matter what file or what kind of file we're copying, what server we're copying it to, or what folder on the server it is being copied to
*The issue is relatively random as far as which file or transfer number will trigger it, but it is repeatable in that it inevitably will happen
*It doesn't appear to be a third-party product, hardware or software, that is causing this. It's happening on Mac Pros, G5s, a MacBook, and a MacBook Pro, none of which have very much overlap in terms of third-party things installed
*Using clean and basic installs, we've tested under controlled circumstances found that the problem does not manifest itself in Tiger or even Leopard 10.5.1
*The problem doesn't seem to be affected by the time of day at all, in that when it happens, it consistently does it whether morning, afternoon, evening, or overnight; subsequently, it does not appear to be affected by cross traffic on the network or peak network usage
*Using a quick AppleScript, we made a file transfer happen repeatedly over time; on Tiger and Leopard 10.5.1, the transfers were able to run uninterrupted for as much as 12 hours at a time without the problem manifesting itself, but with Leopard 10.5.2, the problem would occur under the same conditions within 10 to 15 minutes
*We have ruled out any faulty hardware by connecting the test machine directly to our main switch
*All the PCs on our network, in many different configurations, are performing the same types of transfers just fine
*Using Ethereal, we can see that when a transfer starts stalling out, you'll start seeing a more than usual number of duplicate ACKs on the connection
*We're not really sure what this means, but it is worth noting that doing the same types of transfers under the same conditions using curl never manifested the issue
*After the problem has manifested itself, rebooting the machine clears up the issue, but it will come back steadily
I think that's pretty much everything we've figured out, which leads us to believe that this is a problem that started happening in 10.5.2. We've eliminated as many variables as possible, so I feel very comfortable with that conclusion. The issue now, then, is finding a fix. Yes, we could just use 10.5.1, but there are so many good bug fixes in 10.5.2 that we'd like to not miss out on. We have tried several fixes on both our server side and on the Mac side, but nothing has helped.
I doubt that this is something that will get resolved, but I'm posting it here just hoping to see others having the same issue so maybe it will get noticed. Any suggestions, though, are very welcome.
Message was edited by: Josh R. Holloway

There have been some other posts suggesting that Apple might have messed up some default TCP configuration parameters in 10.5.2. It might be instructive to compare the result of:
sysctl -a | grep tcp
on otherwise similar 10.5.1 and 10.5.2 systems.

Artifacting in Motion. Sample project, and a request for help inside.

Would anyone be willing to download this Motion project and see if any artifacting occurs, either on playback or export? I'm on an original 2.66 quad macpro with a x1900 GPU. i've had the entire system checked out by apple, and clean installed everything and this issue still persists. i'm just curious everything the same if the issue shows up on anyone else's system with a similar configuration.
after opening motion it takes about 2x times looped through or just randomly scrubbed before the artifacts start to appear.
here's the link, it's got the motn source .mov zipped up and a sample of the artifacting issue as well as a screen cap from openGL monitor that shows some interested parameters jumping around when artifacting occurs.
http://file.meyersproduction.com/motion/3.16.08/
I copy and pasted what I sent to motion's feedback page below.
thanks
austin
"issue: artifacting in motion when building/exporting multi layer projects with video with fx's and masks applied (about 13 layers with 1 mask and primatte rt turned on causes artifacting). Link to samples of .motn and .mov below.
background: this is occurring on a clean install of os x 10.5 as well as a clean install of 10.4. this computer has spent a week at the apple store getting run through hardware diagnostics and came back with a clean bill of health. after reinstalling and building fresh projects the same artifacting immediately reoccurred.
other notes: I have run the OpenGL monitor while playing back and exporting in motion and artifacts always coincide with a huge spike in the "Texture Page Off Data (Non-AGP)" parameter, there are also lessor spikes in "CPU wait for GPU" but those are not always indicative of an artifact.
I also have a nvidia 7300 gpu installed and it handles any and all motn files flawlessly (albeit soooo much slower)
I have had similar issues since purchasing this system over a year ago.
I would sincerely appreciate any kind of communication other than "reinstall your system and FCS 2"
below is a link to a motn project and video asset, as well as a openGL screencap and exported movie with artifacts
http://file.meyersproduction.com/motion/3.16.08/"

Personally, I think the problem is related to Leopard. I too have been getting artefacts in Motion 3 projects with masking since installing Leopard. Like Austin's experience, the artefacts do not appear at first after launching Motion but emerge fairly fast.
Deleting the mask(s) gets rid of the problem but I kind of wanted to be able to use masks in my Motion projects! I had been doing so without problems in Motion 3 but with OS X Tiger. In case you were wondering, I have also reinstalled Motion and Final Cut since installing Leopard following advice on other threads.
I don't think the issue is hardware-related, though I appreciate that my projects are very demanding for the system I have. Other more demanding projects in other applications (including Final Cut Pro) may render slowly but don't result in artefacts.
Best wishes
Obhi
Message was edited by: obhi

New macbook..a cry for help!!!!!!!!

Hey all,
I bought a a black macbook on friday,my first mac and i have to say although happy to have it,i think i might have a few issues....but first let me say i'm not very tech savvy...
1st. i am noticing a slight rattle of some of the keys...QWEASDZXC basically the ones on the left hand side...i could be wrong but say for example, i press P a few times and then E i notice a distinct differnce in noise levels.
2nd. At times the trackpad seems to be a little slow on the take...it will work fine but every now and then i notice the cursor freeze for a split second.
3rd. when surfing the net i feel its not running at full speed(granted,i dont know what full speed should be)2 days ago when i first connected to internet via wireless,it more or less went to web pages instantaneously but ever since it seems to alot slower.if for example if download the apple page the 'frame' of the page will come in a second or 2 but all the captions etc will take anywhere up to 5/6 seconds more...is this normal???my father has a dell desk top which is 3 years old,my brother has a compaq (i think!)latop,i'm pretty sure neither one has had any signifcant memory upgrades,runs a few programmes etc and i'm certain they are faster then my mac.
4th.In general(and this could be down to me being unfamiliar with the machine) i feel that when going through applications etc,the machine just doesnt seem to be as fast as i had expected it be,i havent installed anything from the disks(as in,all the osx programmes are on it)maybe i need to get rid of some of them,but i just feel that if i think its slow after 2 days whats it going to be like when i start downloading stuff and really getting in to it etc???
Ok,so thats it for now...please believe when i say i'm not making these points in a complaining/whining type of way...apart from these issues the macbook looks great and i believe i've made to right move switching to apple...its just that my tech challenged gut instinct tells me that something is not right with the machine...or maybe my expectations are too high???...i dont think so.
so if any of you have any thoughts or ideas on the issues please post away...let me say again,this is not intented to be an angry post but i just want to get the best out of my new computer,
thanks for listening/reading
Paul.

bout ye (im in n.ireland atm ^_^ )
yes, if you quit the process now, it will start the
next time you open it, or it will start itself if its
a system process which automatically starts after
boot up.
I do not use limewire and didnt know what it was,
after google it now I learnt that its a p2p file
transfering programme....and I suspect its eating up
you ram.
What I would suggest you to try is restart your
computer, and this time dont run limewire, then
connect to the net as usual and run activity monitor
and see if there's any improvement.
bout ya!
i'll give that a try,only concern is..i installed limewire whilst writing in this thread..ie it was running slow before!another thing i might try(if you advise it!)when i turned on the computer the first time i didnt and still havent used the intallations disks...i've read on other threads that i can take out programmes that i'm not going to use (for a while)such as garageband,iphoto etc,printer options and other languages...this might free things up for me?all in all,still think its pretty strange...havent seen many other threads from new macbook owners with 1gb...
thanks,
PAul.

Instantiation of new objects - a beginners cry for help!!!

Hi - i am working through (on no not another bloody Bank Account) problem. It is the same problem posted in this topic - http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=31&thread=308754
where the author was roundly slated for not even having a go.
I am not asking for someone to complete the program but would like to be kicked off again having ground to a halt.
I had decided to create a Parent Bank Account class and then create child classes for Current, Platinum and Student Accounts. I am very unsure as to how to then create the methods that will allow the user to, for instance, check the balance, deposit an amount etc. While I am generally comfortable with While/Do's and Else/If's, Im still very rusty with the terminology and instantiation of objects that users can manipulate (having never yet created a working program!).
Please read what I've done so far and then I would be msot grateful for pointers. Or if you want to slate me then at least make it funny!
public class bankAccount { //Declares superclass
private String name; //Account Holder Name
private int accNo; //Account Number
private String accType; //Type of Account
private int balance; //Balance
private int deposit; //Depost
private int withdrawal; //Withdrawal
private boolean overdrawn; // Overdrawn or in Credit?
public bankAccount() {} // Default constructor
public bankAccount(String n, int a) { //Constructor #1
name = n;
accNo = a;
deposit = false;
withdrawal = false;
public bankAccount(String n, int a, boolean d, boolean w) {//Constructor #2
name = n;
AccNo = a;
deposit = d;
withdrawal = w;
public String getName() { //get() and set () methods
return name;
public void setName(String n){
name = n;
public int getAccNo(){
return accNo;
public void setAccNo(int accNo){
accNo = a;
public String getAccType(){
return accType;
public void setAccType(String at){
accType = at}
public int getBalance(){
return balance;
public void setBalance(int b){
balance = b;
public int getDeposit(){
return deposit;
public void setDeposit(int d){
deposit = d;
public int getWithdrawal(){
return withdrawal;
public void setWithdrawal(int w){
withdrawal = w;
public boolean getOverdrawn(){
return overdrawn;
public void setOverdrawn(boolean o){
overdrawn = o;
public void printOut(){
System.out.println (name + accNo + accType + balance + deposit + withdrawal+
overdrawn);
} //end of bankAccount class
public class Current extends BankAccount {//Current Account class derived from Bank Account class
public current () {} //empty method for default constructor
public current (String n, int a, boolean a, boolean w){
setname(n);
setaccNo(a);
set deposit(false);
set withdrawal(false); //this is as far as I got before punching the computer!

You've gotta give him credit though, he did try. apparently didn't work, must be caps sensitive.
And Barty1... remember to close your code brackets, otherwise it tends to chop off the last 2 lines or so.
Cheers,
Radish21

Cry for help.

I went into iPhoto this morning and, shock horror, all the photos had changed to a black square wih an indecipherable signature in the middle (looks a bit like archie). Only one slideshow has kept its original pictures. In addition to this when I red button out of iPhoto I get a message telling me the library is being updated.
Would anyone know what could have happened and if it can be resolved.

What version of iPhoto? Assuming 09 or later:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

Cry for help from the Netherlands

Hello world -
My daughter purchased an ipod mini a few months ago. It's a mini click wheel version apparently but I have no knowledge on these machines (pick-up player in the attic is my music source!).
There is now a problem with her player as the screen/dsiplay has gone blank. Despite pushing all buttons, resetting, rebooting, re-verything, no text or symbols on the disply at all. It sometimes lights up (backlight) but then this disappears again.
I have a dog which won't go out because of the cold weather and a daughter who is desperate to find out what is wrong with her ipod. Two bad moods in one household is more than a man can take! Who can give me a clue as to what is wrong with the display or who has had similar experience (not with dogs, by the way) and can give me some advice.
Many thanks and a dutch greeting.
Maarten

Hello Maarten,
Welcome to the Discussions.
First of all, let's make sure that you do the reset process correctly.
How to reset the ipod. Try several times, as it doesn't always work on the first attempt (or even the 4th!)
Then if the iPod is still not responding, try restoring the iPod to factory settings. Make sure that you are able to replace the music on the iPod because this process erases the iPod hard drive.
With both these things make sure the battery has a good charge.

Cry for help: build 9926 windows update errors: 0x80240438 0x80244019

lately I'm stuck with build 9926
when I check for updates it works, and it even downloads some updates according to the logs
but, that's about it , it's not updating anything.
tried all the solutions on the internet
I synced with the appstore.
but noting...
microsoft... are you ready to do a webex with me ? and solve this ?
here is some of the logfile from file:
"C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\ReportingEvents.log"
{EE67F390-701B-4854-A8CC-4CEB3286A7DF} 2015-03-18 23:40:05:911+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
TrustedInstaller MCR Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{55A19B50-6899-44B2-9F0F-FFE14B3FE27B} 2015-03-18 23:44:25:732+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
Dynamic Update Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{899A21E6-D8DE-4155-8963-AFE8080BDD9F} 2015-03-18 23:44:59:195+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
Dynamic Update Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{DCDC8F70-8099-4FA4-97E7-43C36F5368D1} 2015-03-18 23:45:10:107+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
Dynamic Update Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{C64C44D7-F35C-4DF7-9E6C-C19400AEC88E} 2015-03-18 23:50:53:941+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
UpdateOrchestrator Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{C702CE4C-F06D-483D-8499-EC01C5E94E81} 2015-03-18 23:53:58:191+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 80240438
UpdateOrchestrator Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x80240438.
{8BF69B20-4AB5-48CB-ADA6-51D0A307322C} 2015-03-19 00:03:46:225+0200
1 148 [AGENT_DETECTION_FAILED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 8024402c
AutomaticUpdates Failure
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client failed to detect with error 0x8024402c.
{F93F393E-47E3-439D-BF2F-C626FCF78949} 2015-03-19 00:03:50:023+0200
1 147 [AGENT_DETECTION_FINISHED]
101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
0 0
AutomaticUpdates Success
Software Synchronization Windows Update Client successfully detected 3 updates.
{69438178-7069-4792-AF02-FF50A2BF11AA} 2015-03-19 00:04:37:647+0200
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- Microsoft.Reader
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- drm - VCLibs 12 Preview
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- Microsoft.Reader - microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps
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- drm - VCLibs 12 Preview
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Hi Erez,
Could you please share us the WindowsUpdate.log file here?
From the information youposted, it seems to be Windows Update can't check for the updates, you may try to run Windows Update Troubleshooter first, it that didn't help, run the following command using the Windows 10 9926 ISO to repair:
DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image
/RestoreHealth /source:WIM:F:\sources\install.wim:1
/LimitAccess
F: Drive stands for the mounted Windows 10 build 9926 ISO.
Best regards
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Cry for HELP!! -- ArrayList NullPointerException Error

All,
I keep getting a NullPointerException error when I attempt to add an object to an ArrayList. I have debugged in every possible place. The transfer of data between servlets and classes is good, because I'm printing them out to System.out (for debug purposes)... but adding the instantiated object to the arraylist keeps throwing NullPointer Error. Please review codes to help me determine error. I just can't figure this out! And this is due yesterday. Pls help!!!!
the class Code:
===================================================
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.lang.Long;
import java.lang.Double;
public class CellieRator
public CellieRator()
(just attributes initializations here. didn't initialize arraylist to null)
ArrayList myfactors;
class FactorsList
long div;
double safeCred;
double ccp;
double incLimit;
double deductibleCredit;
double schedDebCred;
double drugCred;
double ppdiscount;
double waiversubrogation;
double expenseconstant;
double tria;
double dtec;
FactorsList()
public void addMyFactors(long divin, Double safeCredin, Double ccpin, Double incLimitin, Double deductibleCreditin, Double schedDebCredin, Double drugCredin, Double ppdiscountin, Double waiversubrogationin, Double expenseconstantin, Double triain, Double dtecin)
FactorsList fl = new FactorsList();
fl.div = divin;
fl.safeCred = safeCredin != null ? safeCredin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.incLimit = incLimitin != null ? incLimitin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.deductibleCredit = deductibleCreditin != null ? deductibleCreditin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.schedDebCred = schedDebCredin != null ? schedDebCredin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.drugCred = drugCredin != null ? drugCredin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.ppdiscount = ppdiscountin != null ? ppdiscountin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.waiversubrogation = waiversubrogationin != null ? waiversubrogationin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.expenseconstant = expenseconstantin != null ? expenseconstantin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.tria = triain != null ? triain.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.dtec = dtecin != null ? dtecin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
fl.ccp = ccpin != null ? ccpin.doubleValue() : 0.0;
if(fl == null)
     System.out.println("fl object is null BUDDY!");
else
     System.out.println("fl.ppdiscount == "+fl.ppdiscount);
     System.out.println("fl.expenseconstant == "+fl.expenseconstant);
     System.out.println("fl.ccp == "+fl.ccp);
     myfactors.add(fl); <<<<<nullpointerexception here>>>>>>
servlet code:
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CellieRator rator = new CellieRator();
long factordiv = bipoldiv.getDivision().getId();
Double expenseconstant = new Double(0.0);
Double safetyCredit = bipoldiv.getSafetyCredit();
if(safetyCredit == null)
throw new Exception("safetyCredit IS NULL.");
Double ccpAp = bipoldiv.getCcpAp();
if(ccpAp == null)
     throw new Exception("ccpAp IS NULL.");
Double incLimit = bipoldiv.getLiabilityFactor();
if(incLimit == null)
     throw new Exception("incLimit IS NULL.");
Double deductibleCredit = bipoldiv.getDeductFactor();
if(deductibleCredit == null)
     throw new Exception("deductibleCredit IS NULL.");
Double schedDebCred = bipoldiv.getScheduledDebitCreditFactor();
if(schedDebCred == null)
     throw new Exception("schedDebCred IS NULL.");
Double ppdiscount = bipoldiv.getPromptPaymentDiscount();
if(ppdiscount == null)
     throw new Exception("ppdiscount IS NULL.");
Double drugCred = bipoldiv.getDrugFree();
if(drugCred == null)
     throw new Exception("drugCred IS NULL.");
Double waiversubrogation = bipoldiv.getWaiverSubro();
if(waiversubrogation == null)
     throw new Exception("waiversubrogation IS NULL.");
Double tria = bipoldiv.getLcm();
if(tria == null)
     throw new Exception("tria IS NULL.");
Double dtec = bipoldiv.getLcm();
if(dtec == null)
     throw new Exception("dtec IS NULL.");
System.out.print(factordiv+" "+safetyCredit+" "+ccpAp+" "+incLimit+" "+deductibleCredit+" "+schedDebCred+" "+drugCred+" "+ppdiscount+" "+waiversubrogation+" "+expenseconstant+" "+tria+" "+dtec);
rator.addMyFactors(factordiv, safetyCredit, ccpAp, incLimit, deductibleCredit, schedDebCred, drugCred, ppdiscount, waiversubrogation, expenseconstant, tria, dtec);<<<<<<<<<and nullpointerexception here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

dude... fresh eyes always work... thanks... I thought i had already done that... but thanks again for the heads up

A desperate cry for help; My alt key has rendered my mac useless!

Hi!
A few weeks ago I spilled a little glass of water on my macbook pro (2010/15") and as a consequence of this the alt key became dysfunctional. Although not mechanically jammed, the macbook seems to be registering a constantly activated alt key. This obviously renders the whole keyboard useless as every button I press results in: •Ωé†µüıœπ˙ß∂ƒ¸˛√ªﬁö÷≈ç‹›‘’‚ and various secondary functions.
These are solutions i have tried:
Resetting the PRAM and SMC
Disabling the alt the key in system preferences
Removing the alt keys and cleaning the switches
Plain ol' baning away at the keyboard in sheer frustation
I figured that the only solution would be getting the macbook pro repaired, but this is pretty costly here in Denmark; 3000 Dkk = 550 usd = 330 gbp. I never really got around to doing this and have been using a seperate keyboard ever since.
But get this! In the small hours of chirstmas eve/day, I blow out all the christmas candles and go to turn of my macbook pro... there must have been some christmas magic in the air because the "f*•Ω∂é" thing just suddenly worked!!! ;D
But alas, after a single restart im back to square one!
Although extremely frustrated, I'm also a little hopeful that there might be a solution which doesnt involve replacing a whole component just because of one single key... ( I swear I sometimes hear that alt key laughing at me! ;p)
Any advice, suggestions or thoughts would be greatly aprreciated
Merry Christmas/Happy holidays and a happy New Year!
Thanks in adavance

Yea I know, this solution seems unevitable............ But im trying to avoid it
I dont understand how a simple restart reversed the whole thing, i didnt even move the macbook.......?
But then again I don't know what made it work in the first place..
I was afraid that the water caused a short-circuit and that the alt key contact was somehow fried. But the fact that it worked again + the fact that a restart reversed this, might mean this is a software issue or at least an issue that can be resolved by some DIY, ................................or what?

Cry for help: a decent network profile manager

Am I the only one that finds the default arch linux network profile management a bit.. lacking? Maybe I just don't have it set up right, but it only works for my ethernet connection and connecting to non-encrypted wireless networks. Problem is, I run WPA2-AES networks at home and at work. I finally got wpa_supplicant properly set up (I'm on wireless right now), but I can't just select the network profile from the menu and be on my way.
Here is what I have to do to get connected right now:
[root@cdl-magnesium chris]# wpa_supplicant -dw -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dmadwifi -iath0
[root@cdl-magnesium chris]# dhcpcd ath0
and I'm connected, everything working great. That's fairly simple, right? I'm thinking my network profile has a lot more in it than necessary.
# Network Profile
DESCRIPTION="57 May"
# Network Settings
INTERFACE=ath0
#HOSTNAME=myhost
# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="dhcp"
#GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
# DNS Settings (optional)
#DOMAIN=localdomain
#DNS1=192.168.0.1
#DNS2=
# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID="Galactica"
#KEY=
#IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"
WIFI_INTERFACE=wifi0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
WIFI_WAIT=5 # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
# associate before bringing the interface up
USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="-D madwifi" # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
#AUTOWPA="yes" # automatically configure WPA
If I do a /etc/rc.d/network restart and select the profile from the menu, I get all sorts of errors about not being able to connect to wpa_supplicant (because for some reason it isn't running.. was I supposed to do something about that?).
I'm a bit tired right now so pardon any incomprehensible sentences or questions
ps: while we're on the subject, is there a way to re-sort the items in the network profile list? It always wants to connect to this broken wpa2 profile first, as I think it just goes in alphabetic order or somethin. I guess I should just turn off the timeout so it always waits for me to choose.

i'm working on one.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Scripts
James

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