Parental control: 30 minutes is too much

I'd like to shorten the time of my daugheter from 30 to 15 minutes per day. Or even better: something like 2 hours per week. Is there any script or idea around how to get this managed? A weekly limitation would educate children to a good time management on computers. I think this would be a better education tool then a daily limitation. Has anyone an idea?

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Parental Controls time limit ends too soon

For Time Limits in Parental Controls, how does OS X decide when the account is in use?
I setup a managed account for my son on a MacBook Pro running 10.6.8.
It is set to 3 hour limit on weekdays.
Problem is that sometimes the timer gives its usual 15-minute warning after less than one hour of use.
Sometimes I do a fast user switch to my admin account. Later that day he does fast user switch back to his account.
Does the time in my account after fast user switch pause his timer?
I hope the timer can be paused without completely logging out of the account.
Thank you.

in the parental controlled account click on the time in the menu bar and it will show time remaining in the pull down menu.

Managing several parental controls: too long with preferences of Mac OS

Hi
I have to manage parental controls for several accounts (too many kids !!!!)
I would like to mange all accounts in a better way than we can do it with the standard interface of System Preferences.
1- it is very long to edit authorised or non authorised web sites
2- I would like to manage one reference and copy it to other accounts
3- I want to categorize web sites like games, sex etc... but I cant
4- I want to specify wide chars to define category of web sites like all web sites containing a text, as we can do with ADblock in firefox.
Is there any system file I could edit rather than using the standard interface?
Who can help me
Thank you

In my experience the standard MAC OS doenst offer the type of interface you are wanting - it makes you set each child up and then administer each child's parental controls - im not sure if there is any third party software out there that would do what you are asking. Sorry to relay bad news - but at least you can begin looking onto 3rd party info. Here are a few articles I have been reading over :
http://www.macworld.com/article/136339/2008/10/parentalcontrols2.html
this one covers the basics of what the MAC os offers:
http://gigaom.com/apple/kid-proofing-a-mac-with-parental-controls/
one other site:
http://www1.k9webprotection.com/
Hope the above helps -

Is there a way to retrieve messages denied by Parental controls?

I'll deal with how this happened later, but somehow my parental controls for my kid's email alias started applying to my email account and alias. (at least I think that's what happened). Is there anyway to retrieve emails from the last several days that apparently may have been rejected by parental controls?
Your help is MUCH appreciated. Here I thought I was one of those 2% experiencing difficuluties on .mac and was waiting patiently only to discover this madness.
--A.
Mac OS X (10.4.9)

What does your  > Sys Prefs > Accounts > {your account} > Parental Controls have in place now?
If necessary, try removing (only temporarily) any Parental controls put in place on the kid's account, see if that fixes your problem on your Mail account, then re-establish those controls on the kid's account.
If the mails that you were expecting are not on the server, i.e., outright rejected/bounced, probably not much you can do about those except ask the senders to resend.
Be sure to doublecheck the kid's account info, like making sure (s)he is not using your login username.

Parental Controls deleted but still a problem!

Hi
I've read a few messages here about people experiencing parental control issues - we are too. My son cannot connect to anything he needs at the moment including google. I have switched off then deleted parental controls on mybt, he has cleared the cache on his computer and we have reset the hub but he is still unable to access sites. Do we just have to wait it out for it to come back ? but sureley resetting the hub should have celared everything ??? or is there something else we should do.
Help appreciated asap as he has A level schoolwork to do. Thanks

Hi Maggie,
Thanks for posting and welcome to the forum. The parental controls are applied at network level so resetting your Hub or computer settings will not have any effect. If you've followed these instructions to turn off parental controls it can take two hours for them to completely deactivate.
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Mackie Control Pro drawing too much power from usb?

I have a Mackie Control Universal Pro connected to my 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB rom, running OSX 10.5.4.
When I first hooked up my Mackie Control Pro (about 1 year ago) it worked perfectly. A bout 2 months ago my computer wouldn't recognize it anymore. I keep getting this message telling me the device is drawing too much power from USB port and due to that it will shut down that specific port.
My MCP is plugged to the electrical outlet and shouldn't need to be drawing power via the USP. I tried disconnecting all other devices hooked up via USB and Firewire beside the keyboard and mouse but same massage keep coming.
I checked the MCP to make sure the electrical wire was plugged in properly and supplying it with power, I also tried hooking it up with different USB cables via different ports but problem still there.
Can anybody help me out please this is starting to be a big head ache. Any help would be great.

Not 30 seconds after submitting the question I did just that. I felt stupid not thinking of that simple check. Thanks for the quick reply. It worked just fine with another cable. It appears we need a new cable for my daughter....
Thanks again.

Parental Controls: I need a range that starts at 10 minutes

I realize my family is NOT typical, but for reasons I won't detail here we need a daily access limit range that starts at 10 minutes.
The range in 10.5.3 starts at 30 minutes.
Are there any known hacks to change that low end setting to 10 minutes?
If any Apple engineer wants to understand why 30 minutes is not a brief enough bottom limit they can email me at [email protected]
Message was edited by: jfaughnan

A friend of mine (Andrew M) suggested the following hack to change the parental controls setting. Note this hack requires editing a root controlled plist. We don't yet know if the hack will persist after reopening the GUI controller.
Still, it suggests a fix others may wish to explore further.
download pseudo
run plist editor via pseudo (runs plist editor as root)
(drag plist editor on top of pseudo)
open /Library/Managed Preferences/[child account name]/com.apple.familycontrols.timelimits.plist
in plist editor, go to root/limits-list/0/allowances/timelimitseconds and set to however many seconds you want
do same thing for root/limits-list/1/allowances/timelimitseconds
save

Parental controls too restrictive

My sister has an iMac running Snow Leopard and has a daughter who needs to get on a specific website to get her school work. We have allowed the site but every time she clicks on another subject we have to allow it again and again. Is there a way to allow a website and the links it contains within?
Thanks for any help

Instead of using the Mac parental controls for web sites, point your sister to [OpenDNS|https://www.opendns.com>. It's free, and you can set up an account that lets you control what categories of sites are and aren't allowed. Best thing, in my case, is that you can set things up on your wireless router so that all machines connecting through that router are affected... so my kids can't find their way to bad sites from an iPod Touch or PSP.

Parental control - desired features

I posted the message below to apple TV feedback page and I though I'd share it with you too, and get a penny for your thoughts; perhaps even brainstorm a bit more on the parental control issue, because WE (parents with young children) need a better and easier parental control...
quote:
"With great power comes great responsibility"... bringing so much digital content to the living room space: movies, music, youtube videos, etc is a quantum leap in our digital entertainment, but this space we share with our young children, thus they need to be effectively protected. Doing this elegantly as well is an art. We want to be able to filter out explicit content (or access to certain rated material, or certain services) easily, securely and hassle free. As of now (version 2.0.2) I can think of TWO reasons why I absolutely don't want the parental control ON (despite the fact that this leaves my young children exposed):
- First, the password has to be enter EVERY time I access something restricted. You would say that this is quite normal, however I'd say it's quite a hassle. If I am the adult ready to access restricted content, I have the option to either turn off the parental control temporarily.. with the hassle of having to set the pin again after I am done... or, I have to enter the pin every time. If i access the restricted material now.. it makes sense that I will also be the one accessing the next restricted material in 5 minutes from now. It's a reasonable time-locality principle. Apple TV should be "smart" enough to know that I just entered a pin to access something a minute ago.. thus not needing to ask for the pin again. This smartness doesn't have to be necessarily implicit.. it could be explicit: apple tv can ask me for how long should it remember the entered pin.
The solution that I have in mind is a Comcast-like parental control that inhibits the parental control for a period of time. Say, i am planning to use the apple tv for an hour.. then I should be able to inhibit the parental control for that given time. This way, I won't be asked to enter the pin over and over again for everything that is restricted. The implementation that I have in mind is: whenever I want to access something restricted.. i will enter the pin.. then instead of just selecting DONE.. I can have the options to unlock for 1 hour.. 2 hours, 4 hours.. and once. These could be easily accessible via the up/down/left/right buttons on the remote (or browse-able)
- The second BIG BIG reason why i don't want the parental control ON.. is that the pin is VISIBLE! If we are all planing to watch something (buy a movie, which is a restricted service, let's say) I will have to enter the pin in visible for my young children to see. Of course this pin will have to be changed later on to something else to make sure the parental control stays what it's meant to be.. a parental control. What good it is a parental control with a public pin?
Solution: instead of visible password.. you can allow the option to click the five buttons left/right/up/down/center in a specific order. How many permutation of 5 buttons can we have? 5! = 12*3*45 = 120, but wait... we can press a button multiple times.. so the total number of codes we can enter is.. whatever you want. e.g. if the codes should have 4 "digits", the number of combinations is 5^4 = 625. Anyway, you get the idea. You should absolutely find a way to replace the visible pin with an invisible one.. using the key combinations is one such solution.
Looking more into the future... a biometric sensor on the remote that will unlock the restricted material instantly by just pressing the finger (fingerprint) on the remote would be awesome. Perhaps this won't make it to the next apple tv remote iteration but it is something that apple is aiming for... ultimate simplicity.
Also an accelerometer based remote would also make the browsing the apple tv content a LOT faster and smoother than clicking buttons (wii-like remote perhaps?). Clicking and holding buttons (quite hard to press for my taste) to go down to the bottom of a 200 song list is quite painful.
Also.. one more thing.. it would be nice to have a HOME button similar to the iPhone home.. One click and i'm back to the main menu. Perhaps a double click on the menu button? I hate having to click 5 times to get out of a music location to get to the main menu. Quicker access please!??
all the best and hope to see these new features soon, so we can ALL enjoy our newly purchased Apple TV.
Thanks.
marius giurgi

I posted the message below to apple TV feedback page and I though I'd share it with you too, and get a penny for your thoughts; perhaps even brainstorm a bit more on the parental control issue, because WE (parents with young children) need a better and easier parental control...
quote:
"With great power comes great responsibility"... bringing so much digital content to the living room space: movies, music, youtube videos, etc is a quantum leap in our digital entertainment, but this space we share with our young children, thus they need to be effectively protected. Doing this elegantly as well is an art. We want to be able to filter out explicit content (or access to certain rated material, or certain services) easily, securely and hassle free. As of now (version 2.0.2) I can think of TWO reasons why I absolutely don't want the parental control ON (despite the fact that this leaves my young children exposed):
- First, the password has to be enter EVERY time I access something restricted. You would say that this is quite normal, however I'd say it's quite a hassle. If I am the adult ready to access restricted content, I have the option to either turn off the parental control temporarily.. with the hassle of having to set the pin again after I am done... or, I have to enter the pin every time. If i access the restricted material now.. it makes sense that I will also be the one accessing the next restricted material in 5 minutes from now. It's a reasonable time-locality principle. Apple TV should be "smart" enough to know that I just entered a pin to access something a minute ago.. thus not needing to ask for the pin again. This smartness doesn't have to be necessarily implicit.. it could be explicit: apple tv can ask me for how long should it remember the entered pin.
The solution that I have in mind is a Comcast-like parental control that inhibits the parental control for a period of time. Say, i am planning to use the apple tv for an hour.. then I should be able to inhibit the parental control for that given time. This way, I won't be asked to enter the pin over and over again for everything that is restricted. The implementation that I have in mind is: whenever I want to access something restricted.. i will enter the pin.. then instead of just selecting DONE.. I can have the options to unlock for 1 hour.. 2 hours, 4 hours.. and once. These could be easily accessible via the up/down/left/right buttons on the remote (or browse-able)
- The second BIG BIG reason why i don't want the parental control ON.. is that the pin is VISIBLE! If we are all planing to watch something (buy a movie, which is a restricted service, let's say) I will have to enter the pin in visible for my young children to see. Of course this pin will have to be changed later on to something else to make sure the parental control stays what it's meant to be.. a parental control. What good it is a parental control with a public pin?
Solution: instead of visible password.. you can allow the option to click the five buttons left/right/up/down/center in a specific order. How many permutation of 5 buttons can we have? 5! = 12*3*45 = 120, but wait... we can press a button multiple times.. so the total number of codes we can enter is.. whatever you want. e.g. if the codes should have 4 "digits", the number of combinations is 5^4 = 625. Anyway, you get the idea. You should absolutely find a way to replace the visible pin with an invisible one.. using the key combinations is one such solution.
Looking more into the future... a biometric sensor on the remote that will unlock the restricted material instantly by just pressing the finger (fingerprint) on the remote would be awesome. Perhaps this won't make it to the next apple tv remote iteration but it is something that apple is aiming for... ultimate simplicity.
Also an accelerometer based remote would also make the browsing the apple tv content a LOT faster and smoother than clicking buttons (wii-like remote perhaps?). Clicking and holding buttons (quite hard to press for my taste) to go down to the bottom of a 200 song list is quite painful.
Also.. one more thing.. it would be nice to have a HOME button similar to the iPhone home.. One click and i'm back to the main menu. Perhaps a double click on the menu button? I hate having to click 5 times to get out of a music location to get to the main menu. Quicker access please!??
all the best and hope to see these new features soon, so we can ALL enjoy our newly purchased Apple TV.
Thanks.
marius giurgi

Kernel_task is spending too much CPU and Ram

I have Macbook Pro 13' mid 2012 I bought it 9/2013 and its started to become too slow like seriously slowed when I check the Activity Monitor kernel_task spend too much RAM and CPU and because of the usage of CPU my computer becomes overheated. This what comes up when I do the EtreCheck;
EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)
Report generated 5 Sep 2014 18:00:42 GMT+3
Hardware Information: ?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:36:17
Disk Information: ?
APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500,11 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499,25 GB (321,73 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-8A8
USB Information: ?
Logitech USB Receiver
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ?
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
Anywhere
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) Support
[not loaded] com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
Startup Items: ?
FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.skype.skypeinstaller.plist Support
[loaded] com.teamviewer.Helper.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist Support
[not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.LogRotator.plist Support
[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.Service.plist Support
[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UninstallAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.UpdaterAgent.plist Support
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ?
None
Internet Plug-ins: ?
DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.1.3r153 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 11.9.900.170 - SDK 10.6 Support
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions: ?
Searchme-2
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins ?
BlueStacks Install Detector: Version: 0.3.6 - SDK 10.7 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Fan Control Support
Flash Player Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      22% Skype
      10% WindowServer
      7% coreaudiod
      4% Google Chrome
      3% sysmond
Top Processes by Memory: ?
181 MB Skype
84 MB Google Chrome
61 MB mds_stores
57 MB systemstats
57 MB WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information: ?
1.48 GB Free RAM
1.51 GB Active RAM
392 MB Inactive RAM
637 MB Wired RAM
561 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs

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Parental Controls Time Limits circumvented after upgrading to 10.6.5

Sometime after upgrading to Mac OS 10.6.5, my son discovered a way to circumvent some of the time limits in Parental Controls.
Here is the procedure: If I have allotted him 30 minutes, before his allotted time runs out, all he has to do is return to the Login Window (by any means) and then log in again. Doing this resets the time he has used up back to zero, meaning he gets another 30 minutes of computer use upon logging in (or whatever amount of time he was originally allotted). If he lets his time completely run out, the hack doesn't work.
This didn't seem to be possible in Mac OS 10.6.4, but I don't know at what point my son discovered this hack. He likely discovered the hack by logging out to conserve his allotted time while he went to the bathroom, and upon logging back in, was treated with this lovely bonus.
Not only would it be nice to have this security hole plugged, it would be nice to be able to check how much time is left (like, perhaps a countdown timer in the menu bar while my son is logged in) instead of having to wait for the pop up windows that gives 15-, 10-, and 5-minute warnings.

Makes perfect sense to me that ending one session by logging out enables him to begin a new session by logging back in. I give the young man credit for figuring out how to get around this deficiency in Parental Controls, as, deep down, I'm sure you do, too.
If you can't trust him to stick to his agreed upon half an hour a day, you can always (threaten to) lock him out of the computer for 23.5 hrs/day using the Bedtime settings. ; )

Monitoring and managing time limits in parental controls

Howdy!
I've a few problems with the time limits in Parental Controls: a) I cannot tell how much time is left on an account, and b) I cannot add additional time to an account at will -- I have to wait for a warning dialog to come up when there's just a few minutes left.
Is there something built into OSX (GUI or CLI) that would allow me to view time remaining? Is there a way to add/modify the time remaining on an account?
Thanks!

I too find this annoying with parental controls. There should be a prominent countdown timer in the menu bar, in my opinion, that lets your kids know how much time is remaining on their login session. But to my knowledge there is no way to do this.
However, I have an additional problem: If my child's account logs out when all of his time is used, and then I try to add a few minutes to his time limit, I am unable to. At the login screen, there will be a red circle with a bar through it next to his account, and the phrase "can log in at 12:00 am". I click on his login icon, and at the login prompt I am asked if I want to add additional time. I choose the amount of time from the drop down menu, enter my admin user and password, and click enter. The desktop background rotates to briefly reveal my son's user account desktop, and then rotates back within a few seconds and logs him out. No amount of time can be added to the account. Rebooting does not fix the problem.
Anyone have a similar issue?

BT Yahoo Parental Controls and I-tunes

Hello all,
I’ve had a number of problems with my children’s Ipod Nano’s.
We are running windows XP professional, with BT yahoo broadband. We have the pc set up so that there are different users. Me and my children each have their own account.
My children are 8 and 11 years old and as a result I have the BT yahoo broadband parental controls in place. The parental controls are in place and set to '‘kids’ setting.
I want my children to be able to use itunes to put their CD’s on and subsequently sync them to the ipod.
However the minute I open itunes on my children’s account, BT yahoo brings up an error message that says BT Yahoo will not allow itunes.exe to run due to parent controls.
I cant seem to give my children permission to use itunes as its not a website I am giving permission too but an .exe file. I don’t want to decrease the parental controls settings on BT yahoo. Can anyone help as my children have two ipods that they cannot use at the moment, useless they use my account and remove the items that are in my itunes library.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Kris

This sounds like it a problem with BT Yahoo parental controls rather than a "Connecting your iPod to Windows" problem which is where you've posted. I doubt if you'll get much practical help with your issue here, but to improve your chances you might like to consider posting to a more general and appropriate discussion (e.g. "Using iTunes for Windows" or "Installing & Upgrading iTunes for Windows"). As it is the BT Yahoo restrictions which is restricting iTunes you're probably going to get better advice from a BT Yahoo helpdesk. You might like to double check that you've not made a typo when entering the info into parental controls.

I am trying to reset my 4th generation ipod touch via itunes (as I cannot remember parental controls code). In itunes it does a download but then says the software was corrupted during download. Itunes is up to date. Operating system is vista. Any ideas?

I have given my 4th generation ipod touch to my husband and he wants to download some in app purchases, so I am trying to reset it via itunes. I dont remember setting parental controls but I must have at some point, maybe when I lent it to the kids. But I cannot remember the password and nothing I have tried works. So I have backed the ipod up and am trying to reset it but after speding 10 minutes doing a download I get a message that says:
"The softwaar for the iPod was corrupted during download. Disconnect and reconnect, then try again. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, or try again later"
I have tried many times. All the settings are correct, and the network seems to be working fine in all respects.
Any advice very much appreciated.
Thank you
UPDATE - decided to try one more time after trying for hours and it has worked! I now suspect it may have been because my son was playing an online game. Though we have plenty of bandwidth. But in case, I guess it could be a bandwidth problem.

A Complete Guide to Restore or Recover Your iDevice (or if you forgot your passcode)
iTunes 10 for Mac- Update and restore software on iPod, iPhone, or iPad
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Wrong passcode results in red disabled screen
iOS- Understanding passcodes
     If you have forgotten your Restrictions code, then follow the instructions
     below but DO NOT restore any previous backup. If you do then you will
     simply be restoring the old Restrictions code you have forgotten. This
     same warning applies if you need to restore a clean system.
If you need to restore your device or if you cannot remember the passcode, then you will need to restore your device using the computer with which you last synced it. This allows you to reset your passcode and re-sync the data from the device (or restore from a backup). If you restore on a different computer that was never synced with the device, you will be able to unlock the device for use and remove the passcode, but your data will not be present. Refer to Updating and restoring iPhone, iPad and iPod touch software.
Try restoring the iOS device if backing up and erasing all content and settings doesn't resolve the issue. Using iTunes to restore iOS devices is part of standard isolation troubleshooting. Restoring your device will delete all data and content, including songs, videos, contacts, photos, and calendar information, and will restore all settings to their factory condition.
Before restoring your iOS device, Apple recommends that you either sync with iTunes to transfer any purchases you have made, or back up new data (data acquired after your last sync). If you have movie rentals on the device, see iTunes Store movie rental usage rights in the United States before restoring.
Follow these steps to restore your device:
     1. Verify that you are using the latest version of iTunes before attempting to
         update.
     2. Connect your device to your computer.
     3. Select your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch when it appears in iTunes under Devices.
     4. Select the Summary tab.
     5. Select the Restore option.
     6. When prompted to back up your settings before restoring, select the Back Up
         option (see in the image below). If you have just backed up the device, it is not
         necessary to create another.
     7. Select the Restore option when iTunes prompts you (as long as you've backed up,
         you should not have to worry about restoring your iOS device).
     8. When the restore process has completed, the device restarts and displays the Apple
         logo while starting up:
           After a restore, the iOS device displays the "Connect to iTunes" screen. For updating
          to iOS 5 or later, follow the steps in the iOS Setup Assistant. For earlier versions of
          iOS, keep your device connected until the "Connect to iTunes" screen goes away or
          you see "iPhone is activated."
     9. The final step is to restore your device from a previous backup.
If you can not restore your device then you will need to go to recovery mode.
Placing your device into recovery mode:
Follow these steps to place your iOS device into recovery mode. If your iOS device is already in recovery mode, you can proceed immediately to step 6.
     1. Disconnect the USB cable from the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, but leave the other end
         of the cable connected to your computer's USB port.
     2. Turn off the device: Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the
         red slider appears, then slide the slider. Wait for the device to turn off.
          If you cannot turn off the device using the slider, press and hold the Sleep/Wake
          and Home buttons at the same time. When the device turns off, release the Sleep/Wake
          and Home buttons.
     3. While pressing and holding the Home button, reconnect the USB cable to the device.
         The device should turn on. Note: If you see the screen pictured below, let the device
         charge for at least ten minutes to ensure that the battery has some charge, and then
         start with step 2 again.
     4. Continue holding the Home button until you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen.
         When this screen appears you can release the Home button.
     5. If necessary, open iTunes. You should see the following "recovery mode" alert:
     6. Use iTunes to restore the device.
If you don't see the "Connect to iTunes" screen, try these steps again. If you see the "Connect to iTunes" screen but the device does not appear in iTunes, see this article and its related links.
Additional Information:
Note: When using recovery mode, you can only restore the device. All user content on the device will be erased, but if you had previously synced with iTunes on this computer, you can restore from a previous backup. See this article for more information.

Bootcamp: WinXP: Network initialization takes too much time

Hey
I've set up a BootCamp partition on my Macbook 6,1: Windows XP Professional 32-bit SP3 (up-to-date).
Its a fresh installation, with latest BootCamp drivers.
From start on, the network-initialization takes too much time:
- Windows boots up
- Enter password
- Desktop appear
- after 2-3 minutes, the network symbols appear in the taskbar.
If I open the System Control panel and want to enter the networking-devices it loads until network is really initiated.
I also can't browse to any web-site (through IE).
So, it seems that something blocks or prevent the networking from fast start-up.
I've tried to disable WLAN, same problem
If I disconnect all connections (no LAN-cable, no WLAN configured) its still the same problem.
Does anybody have a similar issue?

You can read: I have installed BootCamp (Lions one said no, but I have an MacBook 6,1 - Yep, this one was shipped with Snow Leopard, so I have the "old" BootCamp drivers with XP-drivers on my Install-disc.).
The BootCamp drivers from the Mac OSX 10.6 CD are installed and updated through Apple-Update.
So, WinXP should be supported?

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