MacbookPro Reset + Other Problems

I don't know how many of you are mac users or have any idea what might be the problem with my baby but it's dying on me... so heres the gist of it:
~~
It's a bit of a long story, but if you'll bear with me:
It started with a simple problem of my parallels system leaving me the message, "Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem:
Parallels desktop is unable to access the virtual hard disk image file "/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP/winxp.hdd." The file is corrupted.
So I ended up trying to troubleshoot the whole thing. I ended up adding some code into the terminal system, which unfortunately I don't have down anywhere to retrieve. While eventually I ended up mostly figuring out the parallels problem (although the new VM will start up, it freezes any time it tries to boot from the hd) but in the process I managed to completely destroy the rest of my system.
Essentially my laptop won't retain any new actions I perform. Firefox won't open up(it'll bounce in the dock but never starts up) and any time I open and then close a program it treats it as if I just installed it (my dock also restarts with the original available programs). An example would be how adium resets to default settings and appears with the message "Could not create the Sounds Folder: Try running Repair Permissions from Disk Utility" (Since I'm new to mac I'm a bit unfamiliar with this). Safari also resets any bookmarks or new homepages and appears every once and a while with the message "A keychain cannot be found to store Safari". Even if I restore the default settings the same message appears. Also to note, many of the folders and programs were locked up, but I did reverse it for most of the things I found that problem with... however everything else is a mess.
I don't want to have to resort to reinstalling everything and there appears to be no viruses (I did two full system scans with ClamXav just in case) so any help but be amazing.
Thank you so much!
~~

Describe when and how it happens, packetrat.
Does it simply go black while you are working on the computer, or is the problem ocurring when it is left idle?
Does it occur in any particular circumstances? When you are moving the mouse? Accessing a menu?
What else, if anything, do you have connected to the computer?
Is the computer definitely still running when the problem occurs? Will music in iTunes, or the sound from a movie, continue playing, for example, when it happens or does all activity cease?
Does the problem resolve itself spontaneously? (For example, does the screen come back on if you leave it for a while?) What about if you change the screen angle?
Cheers
Rod

Similar Messages

  • My ipad automatically jumps from one app to other. it automatically types things randomly. i dont know what it wrong. Have shown it in a service center. they have done factory reset but problem still persist.

    my ipad automatically jumps from one app to other. it automatically types things randomly. i dont know what it wrong. Have shown it in a service center. they have done factory reset but problem still persist.

    Likley a defective touchscreen.

  • Crashes, sound loss, and other problems

    Hello,
    I have been having some serious problems over the past several months. In the past it was fairly manageable, but recently things have been getting worse.
    I have a 12-inch PowerBook G4, I bought it at the McGill bookstore in October 2004. The first problem was the apparently random crashes that Mac OS X (v.10.4.8) would experience from time to time. It was fairly infrequent at first so it didn't bother me too much (and I thought it was just some sort of glitch). But it persisted and came to be expected.
    What would happen is that my screen would darken and center box would appear telling me, "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button." (it would display this message in English, French, German, and Japanese for my convenience). After I restart the computer I get the message, "The computer was restarted after Mac OS X quit unexpectedly". At first it seemed to be linked to time; after a while it would just crash, sometimes after an hour or so, sometimes after as little as five minutes. (I fear as I write this that I will have to start over). More recently I've come to associate the crashes with movement of the computer; perhaps the battery (which is pretty much dead after so much use) is affecting the performance, I don't know.
    The next problem, which coincided with the crashes, was my clock being reset. I assumed this was directly associated with the spontaneous shutdown of the computer, yet though the crashes continued, the clock was not always reset (just about a third of the time). This was a pretty frustrating inconvenience given the frequency of the crashes at the beginning.
    The major problem that prompted me to take action was the lose of sound. One day, about a month ago now, my sound suddenly stopped working. At first I thought it was a hardware problem, but then I noticed the sound was still working with some things and just not others. For example, the sound increase/decrease indicator (the 'pop' sound when turning up or down the sound) stopped working, yet the startup sound still worked. I've found that Realplayer, MPlayer X 2, and Windows Media Player work fine but iTunes, VLC, and Quicktime don't. Most of the applications simply don't make sound but when I try to video in VLC I get the following error: "auhal: we cannot find our HAL component" or "auhal: audio-device var does not exist. device probe failed."
    Other minor errors I have come across include inability to detect the Airport card (remedied upon restarting the computer) and occasional seizing up of the keyboard (the letter keys, exclusively, were unresponsive for sometime before working again suddenly without need of restart).
    I've run diagnostic tools such as Disk Utility and the 'fsck' command in single-user mode, but nothing has been detected. It consistently comes up saying that everything is alright.
    I have backed-up all important files and programs (with the exception of my Firefox bookmarks, do you know how I can save those?) and am prepared to do whatever it takes to bring my computer back to working order. I need my computer for schoolwork and assignments so if I can fix it myself in anyway... I would prefer to avoid lengthly repairs if possible.
    Please let me know what my options are, and/or possible things I can do to repair these problems. This whole affair is, unsurprisingly, driving me crazy.
    One last thing, upon launching Microsoft Word, I get the following pop-up:
    Application Launch Failure
    The application "Word" could not be launched because of a shared library error: "3<Microsoft Word><Microsoft Word><MicrosoftLSLibZ>"
    I do not know whether this is linked to my other problems or not. This too, is something that has recently come up and is significantly affecting my work (I have had to switch to writing my essays on TextEdit).
    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you,
    Eric Oosenbrug
    PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

    try shutting down, remove the battery, carefully pull out AirPort card and reinstall it.
    maybe run hardware test included with CD kit

  • The password for the account "account name" was not changed. Your system administrator may not allow you to change your password or there was some other problem with your password. Contact your system administrator for help.

    I have a user who's Active Directory password is going to expire. I had her reset her password by going to apple > system prefs > user > and clicking change password. She received the error "The password for the account "account name" was not changed. Your system administrator may not allow you to change your password or there was some other problem with your password. Contact your system administrator for help."
    I had her change her password via the kpasswd command in terminal and that changed her password on the server sucessfully however the laptop has FileVault on it. Filevault is not recognizing the new password just the old password.
    I have deleted the keychain which didn't resolve and now I am going to decrypt and reencrypt the drive. I'm hoping this is an isolated issue I have over 25 laptops configured like this.

    I "think" the trick was unbinding and rebinding the computer account.
    After unencrypting and trying to reencrypt Filevault would still not take the new password.
    Rebooted the prompt to update the keychain appeared. Updated the keychain. Filevault would still not take the new password.
    Unbinded and rebinded the computer account. It worked and let me add the user to filevault.

  • Sound loss, crashes and other problems

    Hello,
    I have been having some serious problems over the past several months.
    In the past it was fairly manageable, but recently things have been getting worse.
    I have a 12-inch PowerBook G4, I bought it at the McGill bookstore in October 2004. The first problem was the apparently random crashes that Mac OS X (v.10.4.8) would experience from time to time. It was fairly infrequent at first so it didn't bother me too much (and I thought it was just some sort of glitch). But it persisted and came to be expected.
    What would happen is that my screen would darken and center box would appear telling me, "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button." (it would display this message in English, French, German, and Japanese for my convenience). After I restart the computer I get the message, "The computer was restarted after Mac OS X quit unexpectedly". At first it seemed to be linked to time; after a while it would just crash, sometimes after an hour or so, sometimes after as little as five minutes. (I fear as I write this that I will have to start over). More recently I've come to associate the crashes with movement of the computer; perhaps the battery (which is pretty much dead after so much use) is affecting the performance, I don't know.
    The next problem, which coincided with the crashes, was my clock being reset. I assumed this was directly associated with the spontaneous shutdown of the computer, yet though the crashes continued, the clock was not always reset (just about a third of the time). This was a pretty frustrating inconvenience given the frequency of the crashes at the beginning.
    The major problem that prompted me to take action was the lose of sound. One day, about a month ago now, my sound suddenly stopped working. At first I thought it was a hardware problem, but then I noticed the sound was still working with some things and just not others. For example, the sound increase/decrease indicator (the 'pop' sound when turning up or down the sound) stopped working, yet the startup sound still worked. I've found that Realplayer, MPlayer X 2, and Windows Media Player work fine but iTunes, VLC, and Quicktime don't. Most of the applications simply don't make sound but when I try to video in VLC I get the following error: "auhal: we cannot find our HAL component" or "auhal: audio-device var does not exist. device probe failed."
    Other minor errors I have come across include inability to detect the Airport card (remedied upon restarting the computer) and occasional seizing up of the keyboard (the letter keys, exclusively, were unresponsive for sometime before working again suddenly without need of restart).
    I've run diagnostic tools such as Disk Utility and the 'fsck' command in single-user mode, but nothing has been detected. It consistently comes up saying that everything is alright.
    I have backed-up all important files and programs (with the exception of my Firefox bookmarks, do you know how I can save those?) and am prepared to do whatever it takes to bring my computer back to working order. I need my computer for schoolwork and assignments so if I can fix it myself in anyway... I would prefer to avoid lengthly repairs if possible.
    Please let me know what my options are, and/or possible things I can do to repair these problems. This whole affair is, unsurprisingly, driving me crazy.
    One last thing, upon launching Microsoft Word, I get the following pop-up:
    Application Launch Failure
    The application "Word" could not be launched because of a shared library error: "3<Microsoft Word><Microsoft Word><MicrosoftLSLibZ>"
    I do not know whether this is linked to my other problems or not. This too, is something that has recently come up and is significantly affecting my work (I have had to switch to writing my essays on TextEdit).
    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    Thank you,
    Eric Oosenbrug

    Hi, Eric.
    1. You wrote: "...my screen would darken and center box would appear telling me, "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.""You are describing the following message:
    That indicates a kernel panic. Failure to address these when they first arise can result in bad problems becoming worse.
    See my "Resolving Kernel Panics" FAQ. This FAQ includes step-by-step instructions for identifying and resolving some of the most common causes of kernel panics. The FAQ is a roadmap: start at the beginning and work systematically through the end, i.e. the "If all else fails..." section.
    2. You wrote: "…upon launching Microsoft Word, I get the following pop-up:
    Application Launch Failure
    The application "Word" could not be launched because of a shared library error: "3<Microsoft Word><Microsoft Word><MicrosoftLSLibZ>"
    I do not know whether this is linked to my other problems or not."It's probably related. Failure to address the kernel panics when they first arose may have resulted in a corrupted OS. I discuss shared library errors in my "Troubleshooting shared library errors" FAQ.
    Good luck!
    Dr. Smoke
    Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
    Note: The information provided in the link(s) above is freely available. However, because I own The X Lab™, a commercial Web site to which some of these links point, the Apple Discussions Terms of Use require I include the following disclosure statement with this post:
    I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

  • Thunderbird works fine, Apple Mail can't send (and other problems)

    I have both Thunderbird and Mail setup exactly alike. Thunderbird can send mail just fine, every time, from any location. Mail was able to send messages a few times but for the last few days refuses to send anything.
    Here's the setup:
    Four smtp servers
    mail.bellsouth.net
    mailer.louisiana.edu
    smtp.coxmail.com
    smtp.central.cox.net
    each is setup with password SSL authentication. Each works just fine on any other computer and even on this one with Thunderbird. Apple Mail is the only problem. (and yes - ALL SETTINGS ARE EXACTLY CORRECT)
    NO - port 25 is NOT the issue - it works fine with other software on this computer and others - it is ONLY Apple Mail which can't manage to connect to the servers.
    I use an AirPort extreme and have reset it repeatedly. (I can usually connect to an smtp after doing so but only until Mail attempts to send) I have tried a direct ethernet connection as well. Same results.
    Mail refuses to connect to any smtp server. (it connects to the POP servers just fine) Occasionally, if I retype in the smtp password, or even delete it and turn off SSL, it will connect for a short time. (until I try to send a message)
    What's the deal?
    I see others have similar problems, but all seem to be ISP related. In this case, I've controlled for everything I can think except Apple Mail.
    A few other problems, maybe related or not:
    Mail has NEVER saved any messages I have sent out in any type of 'sent' folder. Sometimes the folder appears, sometimes it doesn't, but it is always empty. And yes, the setting to 'delete messages in the sent folder' is set to NEVER. So they should all be there.
    Additionally, the very FIRST note I created was saved in my Inbox as it should have been. NOT ONE single subsequent note has saved - I lost every one of them. (I also can't seem to find any means to manually save the note - how ridiculous)
    Finally, though it isn't that important at the moment, when Mail can't manage to connect to an smtp server, it just sits there and tries to send forever. Sometimes it will tell me it failed and suggest another server, sometimes not. In all cases, there does not seem to be a "STOP" button or command to tell Mail to quit transmitting/receiving.
    I'd really like to use this program since it integrates with iCal and Addressbook, but this is getting absurd.
    Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

    Who is your isp?
    If it is Cox they say on their site that you have to use only their smtp server.
    Other than the mailer server (of which I have no info), I question the ssl setting.
    Cox specifically say to not use ssl when setting up the outgoing server.
    Bellsouth do not appear to require authentication and do not use ssl either.
    AT&T Help Center Online: How To: Set Up Your AT&T Email Account Using Apple Mail 2.1 on a Mac OS 10
    http://help.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/asp/contentview.asp?isbrowse=true&sprt_cid=d 5442d40-acde-4d94-9192-0ae128b2ca78
    "each is setup with password SSL authentication. Each works just fine on any other computer"
    Are any of the other computers mac's?
    You say that "it works fine with other software on this computer" - what is this other software that is using ssl and port 25 to connect to the smtp servers?
    Port 25 is not used for ssl, use either 587 (standard) or in some cases 465 (non-standard).

  • Built in iSight, other problems

    Hi, I have a white Macbook that I've had for about a year now. I love it, but lately its been giving me some problems. The battery wasn't recognized and I did all the troubleshooting with that. Apple is sending me a new battery right now, so hopefully that'll fix the problem.
    Other problems I'm having that aren't solved yet are:
    The isight no longer functions. My computer still recognizes it, but when I open Photobooth, the screen shows up as green. I checked the video on iChat and it just showed up as a black screen. This problem is recent, but before that, Photobooth or whenever the iSight was turned on, it would occasionally freeze. Can anyone tell me what to do with that?
    Another small problem that hasn't happened recently is just that programs like Firefox and iChat will randomly freeze or quit unexpectedly. It doesn't happen often enough to bother me too much, but I hope the problem doesn't get worse. Any suggestions?
    Thanks for your help.

    Welcome to Apple Discussions, mch786310
    The isight no longer functions.
    Try every suggestion re: Built-in iSight in How to Troubleshoot iSight. Be sure to include the checks for whether the problem is "application-specific" and "user-specific".
    If resetting or the other suggestions do correct your problem, you can try the following:- Backup your Home Folder, or at very least, your important files.
    - Repair permissions.
    - Then download and apply the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update (iNtel).
    - Finish with another Permissions Repair, and then check your iSight again.Users have reported fixes to a variety of audio, video, connectivity, and software conflicts and unreliability issues after properly applying the latest Combo Updates.
    A few iNtel Mac laptop users have also reported success after unplugging their Macs and leaving the battery out for half-an-hour to overnight.
    If your problems persist, I suggest that you take your iMac to your Apple-Authorized Service Provider for a professional check.
    ...programs like Firefox and iChat will randomly freeze or quit unexpectedly.
    If you have not recently performed regular Mac OS X Maintenance, do so now. That should help this problem.
    Jim
    G4 PowerBook 1.67GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)    G5 DP 1.8  External iSight

  • I have the macBookPro and the problem is the mouse pad does not work I tried everything but still does not work what should i do ?

    I have the macBookPro and the problem is the mouse pad does not work I tried everything but still does not work what should i do ?
    so i'm using the usb mouse

    I want to clarify the issue.
    The issue is with the MBP trackpad, and it works fine with an attached USB mouse.
    With some ingenuity, you might be able to fix this yourself, but I suggest visiting your local Apple Store/Genius Bar. Some have fixed this issue and have posted their results online, but the Apple Store should be your first destination.
    Post here with your results!!

  • Oracle 8.1.5 install on Linux Redhat 6.0: character set (and other) problem(s)

    I am trying to install Oracle 8i on Linux and it does not work : once the install is finished, I have a message saying that "Character Set not found".
    I am runing a french version of Linux (fr-latin 1) and I try to install Oracle with French and English as languages
    An other problem about this install : Oracle does not seem to recognize that I have 6,9 Giga for it to install, and says that I have not enough space for the install...
    And at the end of the install, it takes for ages (about 15mns) during which nothing seems to happen. On one machine I got out of this phase, but on the other I never saw it finish, it looks as if the computer crashed. Is that normal?
    I went through all the initialization phases, set the correct environment variables...
    thanks
    Solange
    null

    I've been dealing with the same problems in the english version but could bypass thiss by doing the folowing.
    -Just ignore the disk space stuff
    -Ignore the charset message, also
    -When creating a database, choose custom and then select the WE8ISO8859P1 char set. It worked for portuguese, must work for french also.
    -Everyone here recommended, and I do the same, leave the database creation for later, not during instalation.
    Good Luck!

  • New 6500 E709n loses wireless connection when it or laptop sleeps... & other problems!

    Just got this printer and am hoping we can get it to work because we really like it.  I believe we've done everything right - it is connected to PC via USB, and to laptop via wireless network.  Both computers are Dells running XP.  Our wireless router is a Linksys Wireless-G WRT54G.  We installed the disk on both.  Immediately after installing on the laptop by plugging in USB and then unplugging, we were able to get it to work.  We printed and scanned from both . . . UNTIL the printer went into power save mode.
    When it sleeps it loses all the network connections (but will still print from PC).  Even the icons disappear from the laptop after it sleeps.  The only way to get it to work with the laptop again is to start all over, plug in the laptop, enter the WPA key again, and so on.  Then it's finebut for just a short while.  Now, when I registered my protection plan, I was on the phone with a techie guy and asked him if it's normal to have to keep entering the key every time you want to print, and he actually said that maybe I shouldn't let the printer sleep - wow! I want to conserve energy, so I may even want to shut it off, okay, and I don't feel I should have to go through this rigamarole every time I want the darn thing to just be available to the network.  Furthermore, what's the sense of having to turn "Wireless Radio" on and off all the time???
    Anyway, there are other problems and the menus in the internal web browser is about as confusing as it can be.  Is the passphrase the same as a WPA key?  There's a passphrase in there which I did not enter, and I don't know what it is because it's been disguised with dots.  When I enter the WPA key on the front panel of the printer, it doesn't stick.  One thing I noticed in the instructions is to keep telephones away from it, so I moved ours (was right next to it) but it's still being ornery.
    In addition, the scan function only works from the software, not as a standalone if I use the front panel.  When using the button on the front panel, sometimes it sees the laptop, sometimes it doesn't, and then it starts to scan, but a menu pops up on the computer asking to update the buttons, and then nothing happens.
    Have we a clunker on our hands that should be returned, or is there a remedy?  All suggestions welcome!
    Message Edited by geoxena on 10-20-2009 10:56 PM
    Message Edited by geoxena on 10-20-2009 11:03 PM

    Let me answer the easy stuff first:
    Yes, the passphrase is the same as the WPA-PSK key.
    No, it's not normal to have to re-enter the wireless security key over and over again.  Politely tell our service agent that he is mistaken on this point.
    There's no sense in having to turn the radio on and off all the time to get the printer to remain on the network.
    When the printer goes into power-save mode, can you still access the printer's internal web page by browsing to it's IP address?  When the printer loses wireless connectivity, can you wake the printer by pressing any of the buttons on the front panel?
    I have a couple more questions:
    What WRT54G HW version do you have (it'll be on the bottom label of the router)?
    What version of FW does your router have?  You'll have to browse to the router's internal web page to find out.
    Finally, change the WPA-PSK group key renewal period to the largest value possible.  Tell if this affects the frequency of printer losing Wi-Fi connectivity?
    One more question.  After you have the printer connected to your wireless network and it's working, if you turn the printer off (via the power button), wait five seconds then unplug it then plug it back in and turn it on, does it connect to your network?
    Regards / Jim B / Wireless Enthusiasts
    ( While I'm an embedded wireless systems engineer at work, on this forum I do not represent my former employer, Hewlett-Packard, or my current employer, Microsoft )
    + Click the White Kudos star on the left as a way to say "thank you" for helpful posts.

  • My TV is mounted on a wall so I can't connect the Apple TV device. Is it possible to connect to an HD Cable Box and send signal to TV that way? Other problem is that Box only has one HDMI socket .. Help!

    My TV is mounted on a wall so I can't connect the Apple TV device. Is it possible to connect to an HD Cable Box and send signal to TV that way? Other problem is that Box only has one HDMI socket so would also have to use a splitter. Tried Apple Support but couldn't offer a solution. I can't be the only person with this issue surely?
    Help!

    No, unless you are using a home theatre system already, your only option is to connect to the TV.

  • Apple Senior tech lady deleted all my external drive data while sorting out other problem. How can I restore all my photos , music etc back to my Mac Pro?(I am so scared, I haven't connected to sync! Please help)

    Apple Senior tech lady deleted all my external drive data while sorting out other problem. How can I restore all my photos , music etc back to my Mac Pro?(I am so scared, I haven't connected iPhone to sync! Please help)

    It was tele tech. I couldn't open my Page Numbers etc. Frist tech chat idiot - following dumping few things in bin, asked me yo upgrade to Yosemite. But the problem still persists. This morning I was asked to do it via telephone and like yesterday, after wasting 20 min, I was put to this apparent Tech Queen ( my foot!). She eventually decided to reinstall  Yosemite asked me to connect my external drive while I connected to her. She was moving cursor asking me to move files and delete and I followed her like a dummy. It took 3/4 hours and she called me 3 times once the lengthy process was completed. I suspected from the beginng for the fact that why should be asking me to click all my backup from the very beginning! Eventually she said I deleted... Or someone else or may be my children ! It was a blatant lie. I run my small business from home and I was simply staying in front of the Mac whole day! Children were at school. Then she said I must have used another computer! I only have laptop and the iPad. I will talk to their manager first thing in the morning. In the mean time please let me know as to how can I transfer photos, music etc back to my laptop from my Iphone and IPad .? I am will connect to laptop as I am worried the new BLANK iPhoto may supersede iphone/iPad stuff? Will it? Please let me know. I am not a very tech savvy person. My son who could help me, is in Manchester Uni and Inam in London.

  • After upgrading to Lion 10.7.1 - iPhoto and other programs slow to open and other problems

    Am I alone - having lots of problems with 10.7.1.  iPhoto is slow and when I export photos it exists iphoto then I restart and sometimes it will works.  Safari is slower also. Sometimes it justs hangs and I have to force quit.  iTunes is also slower to open. Almost everytime it goes to a checking library for a long time. 
    Should I go back to previous version? Will I lose my purchase. I do not have disks for the upgrade.  I do not want to go back - I have a lot of data and always fear of losing it. 
    Think Apple knows about the problems or am I the only one and have some other problem?

    olegz,
    First, thanks for the clear graphics.
    Authorization seems to be the hangup here. But instead of dealing with the complications of conflicts in authorization, which might take several weeks to months to iron out - site by site - I urge you to follow a different path.
    It looks like you're using Chrome. For this site alone, use either Safari or Firefox, both of which are more likely to have plugins to deal with authorizing your site. Safari is already on your computer, but v.3 of Firefox is stable, too. Frankly, I can't tell you what specifically might be the problem here; but switching browsers will solve the immediate problem.
    Sound good? Not so good? Post in this thread so that I or others can solve your problem once and for all!

  • Transparent spry menu that has a background color on sub menus and a few other problems(Please Help)

    Hi im a noob at dream weaver and i've been trying to create a menu and i have been having problems with this menu bar i don't know what to upload and i have made a topic about this before but i only got one reply and so i am trying to make my menu bar transparent and then the sub menu's colored with the color code #1A1A1A and the menu bars that have been color background are only the sub sub menu bars if you know what i mean and also my other problem is the spacing i have between each option is really uneven is there a way to make them evenly sperated apart from each other rather than just the size of a "box" that the text is in. Here is my SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css code
    @charset "UTF-8";
    /* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
    /* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
    LAYOUT INFORMATION: describes box model, positioning, z-order
    /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal
              margin: 0 auto;
              padding: 0;
              list-style-type: none;
              font-size: small;
              cursor: default;
              width: 100em;
    /* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
    ul.MenuBarActive
              z-index: 1000;
    /* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are a fixed width */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
              margin: 0;
              padding: 0;
              list-style-type: none;
              font-size: 18px;
              position: relative;
              text-align: left;
              cursor: pointer;
              width: 10.8em;
              float: left;
              visibility: visible;
    /* Submenus should appear below their parent (top: 0) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
              margin: 0;
              padding: 0;
              list-style-type: none;
              font-size: 100%;
              z-index: 1020;
              cursor: default;
              width: 8.2em;
              position: absolute;
              left: -1000em;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to auto so it comes onto the screen below its parent menu item */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
              left: auto;
    /* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul li
              width: 15em;
    /* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul ul
              position: absolute;
              margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
    /* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
              left: auto;
              top: 0;
    DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
              border: 0px solid #1A1A1A;
    /* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a
              display: block;
              cursor: pointer;
              background-color: transparent;
              padding: 9px;
              color: #FFF;
              text-decoration: #1A1A1A;
    /* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:hover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a:focus
              font-weight: bold;
              font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
              font-size: 18px;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
              background-color: #0048ff;
              color: #EEE;
    SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
                          background-color: #1A1A1A
              background-repeat: no-repeat;
              background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
              background-color:#1A1A1A;
              background-repeat: no-repeat;
              background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
              background-color:#1A1A1A
              background-repeat: no-repeat;
              background-position: 95% 50%;
    /* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
              background-color: #1A1A1A
              background-repeat: no-repeat;
              background-position: 85% 50%;
    BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert
    /* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
    ul.MenuBarHorizontal iframe
              position: absolute;
              z-index: 1010;
              filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
    /* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
    @media screen, projection
              ul.MenuBarHorizontal li.MenuBarItemIE
                        display: inline;
                        f\loat: left;
                        background-color: #1A1A1A;

    See if this post helps :
    http://forums.adobe.com/message/1997762#1997762
    and this one:
    http://forums.adobe.com/message/1898539#1898539
    Nadia
    Adobe® Community Expert : Dreamweaver
    http://www.perrelink.com.au
    Unique CSS Templates | Tutorials | SEO Articles
    http://www.DreamweaverResources.com
    http://twitter.com/nadiap

  • Adobe Acrobat X incompatible with Office 2010 x64! Along with other Problems I found!

    I AM VERY ANGRY AS WELL AS LOSING IT BIG TIME!!! MADDNESS!!!!
    Can someone FROM ADOBE FIX THESE PROBLEMS? CAN AN UPDATE OR FIX SOLVE OUR SITUATION WITH ACROBAT X?
    First off, I cannot see the plugin appear in the Office ribbon, in ANY office program. I tried everything Adobe told me to do. From trying to locate the adding through the list of disabled add-ins (which is not displayed), or the command prompts option which did not work either.
    Second of all, I have this message of "Missing PDFMaker files", then after reinstalling Adobe 10 times, as well as reinstalling office 2010 x64 Bit 26 times, reformatting Windows "7" Ultimate x64 Bit 5 times, I still had no results.
    Third, yet not least, the other problem is that the option to create blank PDFs no longer exists. In addition, I am unable to edit existing PDFs, even if they do not have security on them. I want a word processing feature added to Acrobat!
    Can someone fix ANY of these problems, or may Adobe create an update to FIX ALL of these problems, OR AM I GOING TO DROP ACROBAT IN FAVOUR OF ANOTHER COMPANY?
    I NEED HELP SOON!!!! NO TIME TO DO THIS ON MY OWN!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Message was edited by: Uchiha971

    Series of events:
    Purchased Windows 7 PC. 64 Bit OS
    Installed MS Office 2003
    Installed Acrobat 8.0.
    While I did not have the complete functionality of converting Office documents to pdf's,
    I could print documents and emails to pdfs.
    I then upgraded my Acrobat to X. Still could print to pdf, but not do conversions.
    I then upgraded to Office 2010, 64 bit. After upgrading to Office 2010, I cannot print,or convert documents to pdf using Acrobat X.
    I cannot convert, or print e-mails to Pdf's in Outlook 2011. I cannot print or convert Word documents or Excel spreadsheets to to pdf's.
    The only thing i can do is "Save As" a Word document into a pdf. I cannot use Acrobat X in Excel or Outlook at all.
      Is there a solution to this problem?

Maybe you are looking for

  • Mappings out of synch with OWB repository

    Hi, I have a global problem with my repository, every mapping reports validation errors (many) advising to reconcile inbound or outbound. First question is how could this happen on such a global scale (affects every mapping) ? Second is how to fix, w

  • Building a "switch" condition

    Hiya! Im trying to build a little "switch" function, similiar to this one... on(release) { if(testing = "a"){ testing = "b" } else { testing = "a" The result will always return "a" its annoying Any tips?

  • 2010 iMac Ejects Discs After About 10-15 Seconds. Help??

    Hi guys, I just tried to put a DVD into my iMac and it ejects it after about 15 seconds. I tried another DVD and it does the same! Any suggestions? I bought the Mac December 2010 so I no longer have Apple Care. Please say it doesn't need a new drive!

  • Drawing JPEGs/GIFs directly on JFrames

    Hey all, Is it possible to draw an image DIRECTLY onto an instance of the JFrame class, rather than writing a subclass of a component? I suspect that a solution to my problem might have something to do with the getGraphics() method of JFrame. Mike.

  • What does the i mean in Apple products.

    What does the i in Apple products, (iPod, iSight,iMac etc), signify? Im sure this should be in a FAQ but I couldnt find it anywhere. As there is no "General area", I hope its OK to ask this here. Thanks Victor Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) 6Gb Bluetooth