Macbook slow login

The other day I upgraded my macbook from tiger to snow leopard, and now the login takes 8-10 minutes. I also upgraded the ram from 512 mb to 2gb. It was very fast on tiger but now the login is slow (boot up is very fast) Everything else is very fast, except for login.

Step 1: uninstall Avast See how it is as that is a known culprit
Step 2: Chrome does not play well with OS X and is also sighted as a leading cause
Step 3: DropBox has been a processor or network hog though less so than the above two.
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Slow login and grey wallpaper?

All,
I have a 4 day old Macbook Pro Retina base config. I haven't had the need to reboot my machine since i first turned it on and maybe updating to the latest update. Last night I decided to shut down rather than put it to sleep.
Today (fourth day) I turned it on, booted up fine, and when I logged in, I noticed it took like 5-7 seconds before it went to my desktop, at one point I thought it froze.
Later on, i was messing with time machine, my external hd, itunes, caffeine, and the menu bar turned black, so I though to reboot the machine.
After the reboot, I logged in, and notice the slow login again, and this time, the wallpaper i set up was gone and was replaced with a grey wallpaper.
I searched a bit and notice a few people have had issues like this with Lion.
Was wondering if there is a solution to this?
Thanks!

Delays and related can be caused by DNS errors, and by network errors.
OS X Server is dependent on correctly-configured DNS services.
To verify DNS, launch Terminal.app from the Applications > Utilities folder on the server, and issue the following diagnostic command:
sudo changeip -checkhostname
That command won't make any changes, but will report whether your host name and your DNS are correct on your server. You'll get some output and a message that no changes are required, or some output and a message indicating something about whatever error was detected.

Slow login - one guy's solution

I was experiencing very slow login times several months after buying my iMac. I wanted my quick startup/login ready-to-go desktop. I tried zapping PRAM. Repaired permissions and disks. Emptied caches. Ran 3rd party utils. Archived and Installed Leopard again. Nothing.
So I went through the system prefs and tried isolating different things and found that Bluetooth Sharing was the culprit. After disabling it (and disabling Bluetooth altogether as I'm not using any bluetooth devices with the computer) I had my speedy iMac back.
So I thought I'd post it here just in case someone else may have the same problem. Better to try this before re-installing the whole system.

Yes, on my Mac Pro I had issues with bluetooth. But this was the machine starting from sleep (or not going to sleep properly: fan running, but no response to keyboard). It turned out the bluetooth was "on".
Also, I have stopped my bluetooth keyboard/mouse as the start-up of the Mac can be a problem when I need a keyboard key to e.g. start from DVD etc. So, now, I only use bluetooth very very successfully (i might add) for sharing my macbook with my mac pro.

Windows XP slow login when plugged into external network

Hi,
A about 9 months ago XP SP3 was rolled out with an image upgrade, since then there has been rumblings of slow logins when connected to an external network (eg a ADSL modem at home) but no evidence etc.
About the environment
Windows XP SP3
Novell Client 4.91 SP5 IR1
ZENworks 7
Roaming profiles with folder redirection for Desktop, My Documents.
We have just rolled out another upgrade to a number of base apps and this has come up again but with some evidence and some time for me to investigate.
What I have discovered is this:
When a laptop is plugged into an external network (I have used an ADSL network here at work to test this) the login for a user takes about 2 minutes with SP2 and about 3.5 minutes with SP3. This is done checking the workstation only box.
This happens consistently on workstations.
What I have done to narrow this down is as follows:
Removed ZENworks 7 agent. Login times improved dramatically
Installed older versions of ZENworks agent, all results the same, extra slow logins experienced with all versions tried.
Installed ZEN agent and removed Novell Client, still the same slow login.
Created a local user, fast logins experienced even with the ZEN agent installed.
Disabled all ZEN services and logged in with an eDir account, slow logins all the same.
Removed all policies from user and workstations, this made a slight difference but nothing much
Disabled ZEN, no difference either
Disabled NMAS, no difference either
Removed some IDM installer we had rolled at the same time, no difference.
Here are the timed results.
XP with SP2 on corporate network = 30 secs
XP with SP3 on corporate network = 35 secs
XP with SP2 WS only ticked and ADSL modem plugged in = 2min
XP with SP3 WS only ticked and ADSL modem plugged in = 3min 26 secs
XP with SP3 WS only ticked and ADSL modem NOT plugged in = 45 secs
XP with SP3 local user with ADSL modem = 45 secs
So it's down to the ZEN agent really, but the update to SP3 hasn't helped either.
I enabled debug logging and got the following from the log, usernames and servers have been removed:
NWGINA log:
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 This machine is *NOT* configured to store profiles using NetWare!
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 Testing for a ZEN cached profile path for this Windows user
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 GinaRetrieveUsersCachedRoamingProfilePath entered
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 User's cached profile is: \\SERVER\VOL1\Users\"USERNAME"\Windows NT 5.1 Workstation Profile
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 GinaRetrieveUsersCachedRoamingProfilePath returning: 1
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 Testing for NT configured policy file
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 Didn't find an NT Configured Policy
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 User logged onto the local machine NT policies are *NOT* configured!
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062
01/31/2011 08:57:02:062 Calling MS API LoadUserProfile
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 Returned from calling MS API LoadUserProfile
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 CheckIfSpecialGroupPolicyRunIsRequired entered.
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 CheckIfSpecialGroupPolicyRunIsRequired returning TRUE
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 Calling WMGRPPOL in cleanup situation
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 WMCallUserPolicyHelperDLL Entered.
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 szHelperName returned: WMPM.DLL
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 szHelperName returned: WMPOLHLP.DLL
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 szHelperName returned: WMPRTNT.DLL
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 szHelperName returned: WMUSPOL.DLL
01/31/2011 09:00:16:187 szHelperName returned: WMGRPPOL.DLL
userenv.log:
USERENV(400.940) 08:56:39:203 GPOThread: Next refresh will happen in 95 minutes
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: Yes, we can impersonate the user. Running as self
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 ================================================== =======
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: Entering, hToken = <0x998>, lpProfileInfo = 0x6ea18
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->dwFlags = <0x1>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->lpUserName = <USERNAME>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->lpProfilePath = <\\SERVER\VOL1\Users\USERNAME\Windows NT 5.1 Workstation Profile>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: NULL default profile path
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: NULL server name
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: In console winlogon process
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 In LoadUserProfileP
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 ================================================== =======
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: Entering, hToken = <0x998>, lpProfileInfo = 0x6ea18
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->dwFlags = <0x1>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->lpUserName = <USERNAME>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: lpProfileInfo->lpProfilePath = <\\SERVER\VOL1\Users\USERNAME\Windows NT 5.1 Workstation Profile>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: NULL default profile path
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: NULL server name
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: User sid: S-1-5-21-77328758-3310200150-3344791982-1022
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 CSyncManager::EnterLock <S-1-5-21-77328758-3310200150-3344791982-1022>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 CSyncManager::EnterLock: No existing entry found
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 CSyncManager::EnterLock: New entry created
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 CHashTable::HashAdd: S-1-5-21-77328758-3310200150-3344791982-1022 added in bucket 21
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:062 LoadUserProfile: Wait succeeded. In critical section.
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:078 LoadUserProfile: Expanded profile path is \\SERVER\VOL1\Users\USERNAME\Windows NT 5.1 Workstation Profile
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:078 ParseProfilePath: Entering, lpProfilePath = <\\SERVER\VOL1\Users\USERNAME\Windows NT 5.1 Workstation Profile>
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:078 CheckXForestLogon: checking x-forest logon, user handle = 2456
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:02:078 CheckXForestLogon: Stand-alone or NT4 domain, not x-forest logon.
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:14:093 AbleToBypassCSC: Try to bypass CSC
USERENV(400.404) 08:57:14:250 AbleToBypassCSC: tried NPAddConnection3ForCSCAgent. Error 53
USERENV(b78.b7c) 08:57:21:500 LibMain: Process Name: C:\WINNT\system32\wuauclt.exe
USERENV(4ec.ca0) 08:57:42:812 LibMain: Process Name: C:\WINNT\System32\Novell\XTAgent.exe
USERENV(4ec.ca0) 08:57:42:828 GetUserDNSDomainName: Computer is running standalone. No DNS domain name available.
USERENV(400.404) 09:00:16:000 ParseProfilePath: CSC bypassed failed. Ignoring Roaming profile path
USERENV(400.404) 09:00:16:015 ReportError: Impersonating user.

OK, I'm out of Ideas.
I was hoping for something much bigger :>
You may want to post in the MS Forums in regards to the Timeout in that
part.
I would not mention ZCM or Client32 as that will just cause pushback.
In short, there appears to be a long timeout for the redirected profile
that extends beyond just client timeout settings.
You may want to post the the Client32 Forum to see if they have anymore
timeout tweaks.
You may be able to use the "Bad Name Cache" to pre-popate that server so
you can gain the 10 seconds w/o needing to disable the workstation service.
Perhaps the "Give Up on Requests to SAs", but I've never messed with
that before. Wait before giving up on DA may help too.
Just guessing now.
On 2/1/2011 4:06 PM, nathan cook wrote:
>
> craig_wilson;2070716 Wrote:
>> As a Test, Could you disable the "Workstation" Service on the Device?
>> There is a Change the MS Client is trying to pull the Profile from
>> there
>> as well.
>>
>> If this "Test" works, we can try and think of a real solution.
>
> Thanks Craig, just tried that and it took 10 secs off the time.
>
>
Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA
Novell Knowledge Partner
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Slow login time from GDM to Gnome

Hello everyone,
for a long time now I have been experiencing very slow login procedures. It takes about 40 to 60 seconds after I entered my password to get to Gnome shell (almost feels like Windows).
There have been discussions about similar problems (e.g https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=98901) and I have read a lot of them, but never found a solution.
Isn't there some kind of log file where I can see what's taking so long?
any help would be appreciated!
debazthed

Terminator wrote:GDM should have a log file..
there is a folder in /var/log that holds a couple of files:
$ sudo ls /var/log/gdm
:0-greeter.log :0.log.3 :1-greeter.log.1 :1.log.4
:0-greeter.log.1 :0.log.4 :1-greeter.log.2 :1-slave.log
:0-greeter.log.2 :0-slave.log :1-greeter.log.3 :1-slave.log.1
:0-greeter.log.3 :0-slave.log.1 :1-greeter.log.4 :1-slave.log.2
:0-greeter.log.4 :0-slave.log.2 :1.log :1-slave.log.3
:0.log :0-slave.log.3 :1.log.1 :1-slave.log.4
:0.log.1 :0-slave.log.4 :1.log.2
:0.log.2 :1-greeter.log :1.log.3
I tried :0.log and :1.log, but I don't know how to read them.. they have no timestamps or anything...
Any help?

Slow Logins

Hi guys,
I'm running an Intel XServe running 10.5.2 Server as an OpenDirectory Master. The login times are extremely slow and after about 5 - 10 people login no one else can login. I looked through some of the logs and I found some strange errors in the LDAP log that I'm wondering about:
Apr 25 16:14:20 xserve slapd[75]: <= bdbsubstringcandidates: (authAuthority) index_param failed (18)
Apr 25 16:14:50: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
This error is repeated hundreds of times.
Thanks in advance,
Graham

Hi Graham
I too have experienced incredibly slow logins with 10.5.2 on a brand new Xserve. I have also experienced intermittent issues since a failed attempt to de-couple a directory crashed the entire system. I have run all the usual software maintenance on the machine, and have repaired the attached RAID a number of times. I haven't looked into this much yet since the machine seems to be working okay once logged in and there are only so many hours in a day.
I'll try and check the logs on Monday, see if I am seeing the same thing but I don't know how long I will be in the office. I'll get back to you when I can.

Slow logins with Kerberos?

I've noticed that logins have been quite slow: specifically, there seems to be a delay of several minutes between typing in the user name and password in the login window before the login is successful and the desktop begins to initialise. This appears to be the case even if I wait several minutes after the login dialog is displayed, allowing launchd to start up further daemons in the background. I'm using Kerberised logins on Leopard Server 10.5.8, and I should add that this delay seems a recent change in behaviour, although I can't tie it to any specific patch. What catches my eye from the logs is the following entries from secure.log:
Dec 1 18:29:15 <hostname> loginwindow[80]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Dec 1 18:29:16 <hostname> SecurityAgent[172]: Showing Login Window
Dec 1 18:29:49 <hostname> SecurityAgent[172]: User info context values set for <user>
Dec 1 18:32:49 <hostname> /System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer[299]: Starting up.
Dec 1 18:32:50 <hostname> SecurityAgent[172]: Login Window done
Dec 1 18:32:50 <hostname> com.apple.SecurityServer[36]: Succeeded authorizing right system.login.console by client /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app for authorization created by /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app.
Dec 1 18:32:50 <hostname> loginwindow[80]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
As best as I can read this, there's a three minute delay in login because the credential caching service isn't standing by to manage the tickets generated by the Kerberised login and isn't made available promptly. I don't know if this is itself the crux of the problem or indicative that some other operation is having problems and takes this long to look up the credential cache service's Mach port and get launchd to start it up or to acquire credentials to populate into the cache. I should add that all name services and the Kerberos instance from which credentials are acquired are local to the server, which may or may not be part of the problem.
Bottom line is that taking three minutes to process a login request makes for a very frustrating experience (let's not mention the subsequent delays in getting all the programs launched by the dock to page in and complete their start-up and how difficult it is to get anything in the desktop session to respond while the system chugs along).
Message was edited by: buffyg

Hi
No. It probably means you've posted in the wrong forum. Your question really relates to an OD Master environment and OSX Server. In which case the forum you really want is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=236
Slow login's could be down to a number of things. If the problem is affecting all clients then I would look at the 'health' of your DNS/DHCP Services first. Can clients resolve the server correctly on both pointers? Can the Server resolve itself the same way? Is Kerberos still running on the Server? Kerberos as you know is time-dependent, in which case are the Client's clocks in sync with the Server's? Is there enough space on the drive hosting home profiles? If the drive is not the Boot OS is there enough space on the boot OS? Have you tried flushing Client Workstation's caches yet?
As you can see only more questions rather than answers I'm afraid. We could continue on this forum if you wish but I feel it would probably be best if you posted in the other forum. More chance of it being seen by guys who do this sort of thing every day.
Tony

MacBook slow wakeup, black screen, Mavericks, took to Genius bar, worked OK for about a week and now the same.

MacBook slow wakeup, black screen, Mavericks, took to Genius bar, worked OK for about a week and now the same.
Screen actually seems a very dark navy blue almost black. sometimes can see cursor in white
Only happens sometimes

If you can somehow document any processes you've put the MacBook
through, which can cause it to repeat the symptoms you've seen, be
sure to write down the sequence of events if your action and resulting
issues can be make re-occur. Then you'd have a fair chance at some
one looking deeper to find the real cause of this problem. {If you have
a digital camera handy, you can take a picture of the screen if it should
display some curious content other than a black screen, such as that
seen in a kernel panic or other message. Otherwise, a working Mac
can take its own screenshot.}
The computer should be returned to the Apple Store genius bar for
further evaluation & more in-depth diagnostic tests of long duration.
Sometimes a test may not run any of the additional software, together
or separately, that you may be accustomed to using. Perhaps the basic
OS X and a few applications work just fine.
If the issue is due to a conflict in software and not a hardware failure,
the cause may be harder to discover. If you have a complete backup
of the system and your files on an external drive, that may help if you
need to reinstall it. However if there is a problem in that software set
a new installation without conflicting software may be required in order
to troubleshoot the machine.
How old is the computer, how much RAM installed, how large a hard
disk drive and what is the remaining unused capacity of that drive?
(The HDD capacity will show 'other' so that may be unsubstantiated.)
Are there any indications in Activity Monitor, or in the system log files
from Console, to show crash logs or other effects from the Time/Date
of these slow wakeup and black-screen intervals? There may be.
Some of the system report may be helpful to those who know how to
read the resulting mass of files. Perhaps one of the more advanced
users who occasionally reply here will see your thread and offer a
method of accessing the OS X via Terminal or single user mode,
for troubleshooting purposes. Mine is an older OS X with less fuss.
Good luck & happy computing!
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Slow login, bundle, polices after upgrade 10.3.1 t0 10.3.4

We had 10.3.1 running on servers and workstations with little problem, after upgrade to 10.3.4 we now have over all slow login around 5min then the app launcher will take another 10-30 min to display contents. if you try to zac ref we are getting multiple errors on workstations. the most common is "Unable to refresh the system settings"
LOG FILE TAKEN FROM WORKSTATION
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [Settings Module] [] [System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: There was an error looking up the settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String methodName, Object() parameters)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest SettingsRequest)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String DeviceID)] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [Settings Module] [] [ at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String methodName, Object() parameters)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest SettingsRequest)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String DeviceID)] [] []
[ERROR] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [Settings Module] [SettingsModule.SettingsRefreshError] [Unable to refresh the system settings from https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ service.] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ZMD] [] [GetCurrentURIFromConnectMan - URI is bad https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ trying to find another one] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [FindNextContent()] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ badUri: https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Exception: There was an error looking up the settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://hhs-fs2.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://ccboe:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://ccboe.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/ze...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.32.0.10:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://southside.cabe.k12.wv.us:844...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.33.152.6:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ ] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [Marking IP Location https://hhs-fs2.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/...tting-lookup/: Bad] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [Unknown Exception] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [There was an error looking up the settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String methodName, Object() parameters)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest SettingsRequest)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String DeviceID)] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [Marking location https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ Bad at the request of module settings] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Setting location name https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ to status Bad] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69] [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Exception causing location name https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ to be marked Bad: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: There was an error looking up the settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String methodName, Object() parameters)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest SettingsRequest)
at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String DeviceID)] [] []
If you do a zac cc and then zac ref. you loose all the device associcated bundles and policies and receive
WORKSTATION LOG shows
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:52.261] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [WebService] [] [Server returned a valid response from getZoneConfiguration(), but one of the ZoneConfigurationType.Items objects is an error. Code = -104 (Closest servers failure); Message = The UID is not valid: none] [] []
and later in log
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.010] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [ZMD] [] [Soap Utility: KeepAlive is read from registry. KeepAlive = True] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Service Error. code: -28, message: StandardDataModelException: 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Unexpected exception calling UpdateStatus service: Error in the application.
at Novell.Zenworks.Registration.RegistrationManager.U pdateStatus(Boolean ignoreRandomRefresh)] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Unable to update device status with any service] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [SessionManager] [] [GetSession called with SessionID: 999] [] []
[DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4] [] [ZMD] [] [Getting Session Capability] [] []
THEN System setting error again.
I am able to ping the server using it's dns name.
not sure where to go from here any help would be appreciated.

Start with a ZDC report on all of your Servers.
The ZDC Tool can be found on Patchfinder with the other patches.
This can help identify issues such as missing or incorrect files.
On 2/10/2012 9:26 AM, dmilam wrote:
>
> We had 10.3.1 running on servers and workstations with little problem,
> after upgrade to 10.3.4 we now have over all slow login around 5min then
> the app launcher will take another 10-30 min to display contents. if you
> try to zac ref we are getting multiple errors on workstations. the most
> common is "Unable to refresh the system settings"
>
> LOG FILE TAKEN FROM WORKSTATION
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [Settings Module] [] [System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException:
> There was an error looking up the settings for
> 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage
> message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean
> asyncCall)
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String
> methodName, Object() parameters)
> at
> Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest
> SettingsRequest)
> at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String
> DeviceID)] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [Settings Module] [] [ at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage
> message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean
> asyncCall)
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String
> methodName, Object() parameters)
> at
> Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest
> SettingsRequest)
> at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String
> DeviceID)] [] []
> [ERROR] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [Settings Module] [SettingsModule.SettingsRefreshError] [Unable to
> refresh the system settings from
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ service.] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ZMD] [] [GetCurrentURIFromConnectMan - URI is bad
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ trying to find
> another one] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [FindNextContent()] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ badUri:
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Exception: There was an error looking up the
> settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ ] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] []
> [https://hhs-fs2.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ]
> [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://ccboe:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ] [] []
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] []
> [https://ccboe.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/ze...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.32.0.10:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ]
> [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] []
> [https://southside.cabe.k12.wv.us:844...etting-lookup/ ] [] []
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [https://10.33.152.6:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ ]
> [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ ] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [Marking IP Location
> https://hhs-fs2.cabe.k12.wv.us:8443/...tting-lookup/: Bad] [] []
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [Unknown Exception] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [There was an error looking up the settings for
> 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage
> message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean
> asyncCall)
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String
> methodName, Object() parameters)
> at
> Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest
> SettingsRequest)
> at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String
> DeviceID)] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [Marking location
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ Bad at the request of
> module settings] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Setting location name
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ to status Bad] [] []
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 08:48:35.992] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [69]
> [] [ConnectMan] [] [ Exception causing location name
> https://10.35.144.11:8443/zenworks-setting-lookup/ to be marked Bad:
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: There was an error looking
> up the settings for 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage
> message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean
> asyncCall)
> at
> System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtoc ol.Invoke(String
> methodName, Object() parameters)
> at
> Novell.Zenworks.Settings.Schema.SettingLookupServi ce.getSettings(SettingsRequest
> SettingsRequest)
> at Novell.Zenworks.Settings.WebSettingsService.GetSet tings(String
> DeviceID)] [] []
>
>
> If you do a zac cc and then zac ref. you loose all the device
> associcated bundles and policies and receive
>
> WORKSTATION LOG shows
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:52.261] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [WebService] [] [Server returned a valid response from
> getZoneConfiguration(), but one of the ZoneConfigurationType.Items
> objects is an error. Code = -104 (Closest servers failure); Message =
> The UID is not valid: none] [] []
>
>
> and later in log
>
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.010] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [ZMD] [] [Soap Utility: KeepAlive is read from registry. KeepAlive =
> True] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Service Error. code: -28, message:
> StandardDataModelException: 97196118b079824580cd8a12b7c4a45c] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Unexpected exception calling UpdateStatus
> service: Error in the application.
> at
> Novell.Zenworks.Registration.RegistrationManager.U pdateStatus(Boolean
> ignoreRandomRefresh)] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [RegistrationManager] [] [Unable to update device status with any
> service] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [SessionManager] [] [GetSession called with SessionID: 999] [] []
> [DEBUG] [02/10/2012 09:09:53.260] [1384] [ZenworksWindowsService] [4]
> [] [ZMD] [] [Getting Session Capability] [] []
>
> THEN System setting error again.
>
> I am able to ping the server using it's dns name.
>
> not sure where to go from here any help would be appreciated.
>
>
Craig Wilson - MCNE, MCSE, CCNA
Novell Knowledge Partner
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HT1338 Why is macbook slow after installing parallels desktop

why is macbook slow after installing parallels desktop

I have the same problem , I installed the triel version of Paralall 9 in my mac already installed OX 10.9 , and my sistem became as the first PC i had in 1990 !! , and i still have 750GB free !!
so , any idea how to solve this problem ?
thanks

Slow Boot Up, Slow Login caused by AHCI so we used IDE Emulator. What is the ramification of that?

Hi,
We have Windows 7 SP1 Enterprise and x64 machines and we have slow boot up and slow login issue for a while. We thought it was clearly group policy causing it but it can be misleading because we have other machines that use the same
GPO but has no issue. On the other hand, the problem is prominent with a specific HP Model (Elitedesk 800G1 SFF) so when we focused on that model, we reinstalled/reformat the computer but to no avail, the machine would still be be slow as soon as it
joins the domain. The other option is to minize the services and startup items, but we can prove that other machines boot up fine with all the services and startup items running. So "Msconfig" helps but as much as possible, we don't want
to do this because we have several computers with slow issues. We also installed KB2775511 but we don't get consistent result.
What gave us consistent result was changing the BIOS setting from AHCI to IDE but I would like to know what are the ramification of not using AHCI. Our new machines were delivered with this BIOS setting so we suppose that this is the most appropriate
setting however, it screws up other things.
What are we missing, how different is the performance and is this change not recommended? Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Hi,
I just add another method to diagnose your problem. You can try to use xbootmgr to collect a boot trace of your system.
Refer to the link below for more details about the trace steps:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/jeff_stokes/archive/2012/09/17/how-to-collect-a-good-boot-trace-on-windows-7.aspx
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Super slow login on only one LAN client

Hello,
I have a small LAN in my office. I have a gigabit router which connects to the rest of the world. Inside the router I have an imac with SL server, a 6 TB NAS, and 3 imac clients. All the devices pull their ip addresses from the router (i.e., 192.168.0.xxx).
The SL sever is 192.168.0.100 and has dns name prg-main.prg.local. I am convinced DNS is properly working on all of the machines. I checked it by opening terminal and typing "host prg-main.prg.local" and "host 192.168.0.100". The correct response is provided by host, i.e., the ip and domain name are mapping onto each other.
On imac one everything is perfect. All users can login no problem.
On imac two everything is not perfect. User logins are extremely slow (3-5 minutes). Once the slow login period is over things more or less work OK.
On the imacserver everything is not pefect. I can login as a local administrator adn administer the server, but if I try to locally login as a user from the OD server it also has the extremely slow login.
All users in my group can login fast on imac one and slow on imac two, so this is not user specific.
imact one and imac two have identical settings in the Network and Accounts panels of system configuration. Both have a green light next to the bound server under "login options" of accounts. Both have all recent system updates.
I am at my wits end - does anyone have any suggestions about how to fix this? It just started about a week ago and has no apparent connection to anything I've done.

Hi,
Have a look in the system.log file for a IOkit timeout.
I had a problem with my Imac from purchase, it turned out to be a problem with the firewire port.
If there is a IOkit Timeout during boot-up, check to see if your system profile can seethe firewire port okay(no warnings).
If there is a problem with firewire, you can disabling it by moving all the IOFire*.kext file out of the
system/library/extentions folder.
Hope this helps,
Steve

HT1899 Forgot my MacBook Air login password?

I Forgot my Apple MacBook Air login account password, is there any way to reset my password?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
If you have forgotten your password, first try resetting it with your Apple ID > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4798?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
If it doesn't work, see > http://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4101

The spinning beach ball - why has my MacBook slowed down SO much?

My MacBook has become terribly slow. I get the spinning beachball almost every time I hit a key now, and I am just about ready to throw everything out the window. Mainly I use my laptop for internet browsing (Safari only), iTunes and iPhoto. I do have third party stuff on my computer such as the software for my Nike Fuelband, and Jawbone Updater for my Jambox. I have Java too, which I probaby don't need. Oh I also have some card games - but those sorts of things I get from the App Store. I don't muck around with settings or anything, because I don't know anything about that! I just USE my laptop. So having said that, I don't know why I would have the spinning beachball as my new sidekick....
I have followed instructions I found on another discussion (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5303293?start=0&tstart=0) to test my MacBook. My results are good news I think: Logging in as a guest account, everything runs like I would hope - iTunes opens up quickly, same with iPhoto, and when I look up sites on Safari they load up quickly. I then started in safe mode, and logged in as myself. Excusing the "stuttering" of the graphics and such, I would say that in safe mode things moved along much more quickly. I got the beachball in safe mode but not every time I tried opening something, and only briefly when it did appear.
My question is, where do I go from here? How do I "clean up" or fix my MacBook so that it runs like it used to? Like I say, I think it must be good news that in those test scenarios my MacBook performs much more like the good old days. Does this suggest that my own account just has crap on it that needs to go? And if so, the big question is, how on earth would I go about identifying the source(s) of the problem and then getting rid of them?
I have searched some on the forums here but I'm at a bit of a loss because I don't really even know what to search for! As I say, I am a complete user only! I do follow instructions pretty well though, so if anyone could point me to the right help page or give me further advice, I would be oh-so-grateful!
cheers,
Lydia

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed, as well as certain other aspects of the configuration that may have a bearing on the problem. Don’t be alarmed by the seeming complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode, if possible. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing. If you can only boot in safe mode, you can still use this procedure, but not all of it will work. Be sure to mention that in your reply, if you haven't already done so.
Below are instructions to enter UNIX shell commands. The commands are safe and do nothing but produce human-readable text output, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects. I am not asking you to trust me. If you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them.
The commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then copy it.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. Step 1 should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
P=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; E () { [ "$o" ] && echo $'\n'$1: && echo "$o"; }; F () { o=$($P -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); E "$1"; }; { o=$(kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'); E "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); E "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); E "Inserted libraries"; o=$(crontab -l); E "User cron tasks"; o=$(cat /e*/lau*); E "Global launchd configuration"; o=$(cat ~/.lau*); E "Per-user launchd configuration"; F "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginwindow.plist Path; F "Per-user login items" L*/P*/com.apple.loginitems.plist Path; F "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $ | wc -l); [ "$o" == 0 ] || printf "\nRestricted user files: %s\n" $o; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do $P -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist" | egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" && echo ${d%/Contents}; done); E "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); E "Unsigned shared libraries"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}* L*/Fonts; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); E "$d"; done; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 1 done'
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "Step 1 done" to appear below what you entered. The output of the command will be automatically copied to the Clipboard. If the command produced no output, the Clipboard will be empty. Paste into a reply to this message. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Remember that you must be logged in as an administrator for this step. Do as in Step 1 with this line:
E () { [ "$o" ] && echo $'\n'$1: && echo "$o"; }; { o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|cups|isc|ntp|postf|x)/{print $3}'); E "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); E "Login hook"; o=$(sudo crontab -l); E "Root cron tasks"; o=$(syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'); E "Log check"; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; echo $'\nStep 2 done'
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which you do have to type. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Heed that warning, but don't post it. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
You can then quit Terminal.
To prevent confusion, I'll repeat: When you type your password in the Terminal window, you won't see what you're typing.
Note: If you don’t have a login password, set one before taking Step 2. If that’s not possible, skip the step.
Important: If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output of these commands, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
Remember, Steps 1 and 2 are all copy-and-paste — no typing is involved, apart from your password. Also remember to post the output.

My macbook slows down after using external HDD

When I use an external drive via usb, my computer really slows down giving me no choice except reboot.
I watched memory usage with activity monitor. Free memory decreases by time and inactive memory increases with the same amount and others don't change much. If I continue using -esp. reading-, free memory comes below to 100MB and then increases a bit -I think it starts paging =other applications' memories= to system disk-, then continues to decrease. Closing the application -that use the external- do not relese memory from inactive to free but ejecting the external does. After unplugging and trying to use the other applications, I face very sluggish performance so that rebooting becomes a better-fast choice. Both NTFS and FAT partitions produce the same result and I don't have any other partition.
If I try to re-read the same file after the external drive stops spinning (sleeps), it does not start spinning but trying to read another file makes it start spining. This makes me think about some -overdone- caching problem, but don't know what causes it and how to turn it off (Tuxero's caching is already disabled in the preferences, although I think it is only for writing only).
I made some research and found nothing specific; they tell to reinstall the os or format the drive -to HFS+ -. What is causing this?
Note: All of my drives are in Spotlight's exclusion (privacy) list and using another usb slot did not change a thing.
My EtreCheck is:
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 15, 2014
Hardware Information:
    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
    1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information:
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
    OS X 10.8.3 (12D78) - Uptime: 0 days 1:4:54
Disk Information:
    Hitachi HTS5450 disk0 : (160.04 GB)
        disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 94.62 GB (48.81 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP: 64.57 GB (44.49 GB free)
    HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    JMicron Storage 500.11 GB
        BKPFAT (disk1s1) /Volumes/BKPFAT: 443.2 GB (25.08 GB free)
        BKPNTFS (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 56.9 GB
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Configuration files:
    /etc/hosts - Count: 1
Gatekeeper:
    Anywhere
Startup Items:
    TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper: Path: /Library/StartupItems/TuxeraNTFSUnmountHelper
Launch Daemons:
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.barebones.authd.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
    [not loaded]    de.jinx.SmartSleepDaemon.plist Support
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist Support
Launch Agents:
    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist Support
    [loaded]    org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
User Login Items:
    GrowlHelperApp
    Google Drive
    witchdaemon
    BetterTouchTool
Internet Plug-ins:
    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 05 Check version
    FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 Support
    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.1
    Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.38 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.2.18903 Support
    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30317.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
    Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.1.5f1 Support
    iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
Safari Extensions:
    Bing Highlights: Version: 1.0.20
    ClickToFlash: Version: 2.5.1
Audio Plug-ins:
    AirPlay: Version: 1.7 - SDK 10.8
    iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.1 - SDK 10.8
iTunes Plug-ins:
    Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.8
3rd Party Preference Panes:
    Flash Player Support
    FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE) Support
    GamePadCompanionPrefPanel Support
    Growl Support
    Java Support
    MenuMeters Support
    SmartSleep Support
    Tuxera NTFS Support
    Witch Support
Time Machine:
    Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
        25% firefox
         4% activitymonitord
         4% WindowServer
         1% hidd
         1% BetterTouchTool
Top Processes by Memory:
    254 MB firefox
    111 MB Google Chrome
    66 MB   Sublime Text
    61 MB   mds
    59 MB   Google Chrome Helper
Virtual Memory Information:
    1.72 GB Free RAM
    1.21 GB Active RAM
    416 MB Inactive RAM
    425 MB Wired RAM
    378 MB Page-ins
    0 B Page-outs

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