Re: 7th day of Sysmas sweepstakes! Feelin' lucky?

An EMP bomb...
* New gear (Iphone, laptop, switches, servers,...) payed by the insurance...
* Long holiday during shipping off the gear, without any interruptions because nothing can be wrong, there's no gear left...
* Clean start in sharepoint, datastorage, finally removing all the old files that some employees keep just in case but never never never ever going to use again because all the data is so ancient and allowing me to build it in a logical structurized way.
And offcourse, because I did such a great work, installing the new gear and spending so much time at work, a pay raise that doubles my present wage...
So only possitives...
If anyone has a spare EMP, give me a pm, I will be very gratefull.
@Spiceworks, maybe you can include one in the goodies?

All I want for Sysmas are vendors that supply what we need when we need it, rather than 4 - 8 weeks time.
Seriously, I could fly home, buy it in a local store and fly back the next day. But everything here takes 4 - 8 weeks to arrive!

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Next month 7th day data

01-jan-09 5
02-jan-09 3
03-jan-09 2
01-feb-09 1
02-feb-09 1
03-feb-09 1
04-feb-09 1
05-feb-09 1
06-feb-09 1
07-feb-09 1
select sum(featured_moveouts) OVER (PARTITION BY propertynumber ORDER BY relavantdate
RANGE BETWEEN ADD_MONTHS (TRUNC ( relavantdate, 'MM'), 1)-relavantdate FOLLOWING
AND ADD_MONTHS (TRUNC ( relavantdate, 'MM'), 1) + 6-relavantdate FOLLOWING) "FW1_NEXT_MONTH_OUTS"
from fact_occupancy
if i give the above query i will get the sum of next months first week data if i give any date in jan
for example: if i give 09-jan-09 i will get the sum of next months first week data.. i,e 7
...i dont want that i need next months 7th(07-feb-09) day data if i give any date in jan
Edited by: sai praneeth on Mar 14, 2009 12:56 AM

I'm sorry but I don't understand... could you post the tables (CREATE TABLE statements) and some sample data (INSERT statements). And the expected outcome, the results.

For the 8th Day of Sysmas, my employer gave to me

That is a rough start to the week, on a positive note you get to try out your disaster recovery plan.

A malfunction in the sprinkler system that flooded out one of my closets. Fried the breaker, and my switch so there are currently no phones, wifi, network, or even (non-emergency) power over there right now!...
At least my boss if back from vacation so I don't have to go it alone!
Happy Sysmas all! Hope your day is better than mine!
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Well this is a bit strange.

Seems like some sort of odd marketing hype. I'd try it out if I had one, be cool conversation piece to put on your desk.
KFC in canada as some aniversery thing is putting what seems like a bluetooth printer in chicken buckets.
http://www.eteknix.com/kfc-puts-printer-chicken-bucket/
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"On the 7th day of Sysmas, my Spiceworks gave to me... a SpiceWorld trip and 10 SpiceRex plush-eez!"
Hey there SpiceHeads :). Em here from the SpiceWorld team, bringing you SysAdmin love on the 7th day of Sysmas! What'sSpiceWorld, you ask? It's the most happenin' IT around (and wehold2 every year – one in Austin and one in London)!So in the spirit of celebrating YOU, we've got some pretty sweet stuff up for grabs: A trip to SpiceWorld and 10 SpiceRex plushies in mini SpiceWorld T-shirts. Yep, you read right. What's a SpiceRex without a SpiceWorld T-shirt to go with him?
To enter to win, just reply to this thread and finish this sentence: "All I want for Sysmas is…".
The sweepstakes end July 31st at 11:59pm US CDT! So make sure to reply by then :)Maybe you want a trip to SpiceWorld? Or maybe you want a unicorn to manage your help desk...

How do you get notified that something is down?

My servers are setup to let me know when something fails and another part of the server takes over, or when something fails over to a different server entirely... but the other day I had a network failure and didnt find out until my cloud based wireless management solution notified me that it could no longer communicate with our APs. I tried to remote access anything on the network and couldnt.
What can I use to remotely monitor my infrastructure so this doesnt happen again? What does everyone else use? I have a couple linux vps I use to code/test things on and could setup something simple like if unreachable send email... would that work? I guess I'm unclear on what possible solutions there are.
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"On the 7th day of Sysmas, my Spiceworks gave to me... a SpiceWorld trip and 10 SpiceRex plush-eez!"
Hey there SpiceHeads :). Em here from the SpiceWorld team, bringing you SysAdmin love on the 7th day of Sysmas! What'sSpiceWorld, you ask? It's the most happenin' IT around (and wehold2 every year – one in Austin and one in London)!So in the spirit of celebrating YOU, we've got some pretty sweet stuff up for grabs: A trip to SpiceWorld and 10 SpiceRex plushies in mini SpiceWorld T-shirts. Yep, you read right. What's a SpiceRex without a SpiceWorld T-shirt to go with him?
To enter to win, just reply to this thread and finish this sentence: "All I want for Sysmas is…".
The sweepstakes end July 31st at 11:59pm US CDT! So make sure to reply by then :)Maybe you want a trip to SpiceWorld? Or maybe you want a unicorn to manage your help desk...

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"On the 7th day of Sysmas, my Spiceworks gave to me... a SpiceWorld trip and 10 SpiceRex plush-eez!"
Hey there SpiceHeads :). Em here from the SpiceWorld team, bringing you SysAdmin love on the 7th day of Sysmas! What'sSpiceWorld, you ask? It's the most happenin' IT around (and wehold2 every year – one in Austin and one in London)!So in the spirit of celebrating YOU, we've got some pretty sweet stuff up for grabs: A trip to SpiceWorld and 10 SpiceRex plushies in mini SpiceWorld T-shirts. Yep, you read right. What's a SpiceRex without a SpiceWorld T-shirt to go with him?
To enter to win, just reply to this thread and finish this sentence: "All I want for Sysmas is…".
The sweepstakes end July 31st at 11:59pm US CDT! So make sure to reply by then :)Maybe you want a trip to SpiceWorld? Or maybe you want a unicorn to manage your help desk...

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"On the 7th day of Sysmas, my Spiceworks gave to me... a SpiceWorld trip and 10 SpiceRex plush-eez!"
Hey there SpiceHeads :). Em here from the SpiceWorld team, bringing you SysAdmin love on the 7th day of Sysmas! What'sSpiceWorld, you ask? It's the most happenin' IT around (and wehold2 every year – one in Austin and one in London)!So in the spirit of celebrating YOU, we've got some pretty sweet stuff up for grabs: A trip to SpiceWorld and 10 SpiceRex plushies in mini SpiceWorld T-shirts. Yep, you read right. What's a SpiceRex without a SpiceWorld T-shirt to go with him?
To enter to win, just reply to this thread and finish this sentence: "All I want for Sysmas is…".
The sweepstakes end July 31st at 11:59pm US CDT! So make sure to reply by then :)Maybe you want a trip to SpiceWorld? Or maybe you want a unicorn to manage your help desk...

Advance your IT career webinar: Sysmas Day 4

MAINSTRIKE wrote:Peter (Spiceworks) wrote:
We're going to get started at 10AM US Central time on July 22, 2015. If you join us live, you
But it's July 23 today, the fourth day of Sysmas. Did we lose a day somewhere? Do we need to use a TARDIS?Oops, the event is today! The 23rd... I fixed it! TARDIS, Delorian, wormhole, not required. Thanks for pointing that out.

You spend a huge chunk of your life at work. Wouldn't it be great toenjoy what you do more orfind a role that suits you?But how do you land a job that's a great match for youandearn the money you deserve, while advancing your career?Those questions are on the minds of many SpiceHeads, so on the 4th Day of Sysmas, a 12 dayholiday dedicated to IT pro appreciation, we'reputting on an IT career advice webinar featuring prominent and knowledgeableITpros from the Community.We're going to get started at 10AM US Central time on July 23, 2015. If you join us live, you can submitquestions to ourpanelists, and chat with other SpiceHeads attending the event.But if you can't make the live event, don't worry! Simply register for the webinar and you'll get an email with a link to the recording.Join us for our show, andget some helpful IT career...
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Run Crontab based on Business Days

I need to set up a job in the crontab to only run on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th BUSINESS day (Mon - Fri) of the month. Does anyone know how to do this?

<pre>
I am not sure whether I got it correctly. OK, which I
interprete is you want to the job (lets say it run_my_prog)
to run on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th day of the month provided
it falls between mon-fri. So it say 4th of the month falls on
sunday, then it should not run. Or otherwise if Friday falls
on 7th day of the month then also it should not run.
I could not find direct way (quickly), so I made a intermediate
script as :
Put this entry in crontab:
15 3 * * 1-5 /etc/myscript
This will run /etc/myscript every mon-fri at 3:15am.
And /etc/myscript would be like this:
#cat /etc/myscript
x=`date | tr -s " " " " | cut -f3 -d " "`
case $x in
2|3|4|5|8) ./run_my_prog ;;
esac
rnu_my_prog will be your intended job. I have not tried this,
but looks like this will work.
Thanks
Kalpesh
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Engineer not showed up - wasted day, still got fau...

Reported a line fault on 14th Feb - told would be fixed by end of 19th.
Not fixed - got a test saying to phone for engineer visit.
Phoned call centre - had to wait for ages in useless PRESS X for this, that and the other.
Finally got to an operator after 5 minutes of waiting. Explained problem. Operator confused, had to explain again.
Was passed to someone else.
This person booked an engineer visit for next day between 8am and 1pm but told me I would have to pay £120 if there was a problem in my house, even though I'd had a text from BT to book an engineer vist!
Waited in the next day ( now the 20th - 6 days with fault )
Of course, no engineer turns up, no phone call to cancel or anything. Half a day wasted.
Phoned call centre.
Takes 6 minutes to get to a human. That human can not help me. Transferred to another human. By now I have been 25 minutes on the phone. I am fuming.
Have to explain problem ALL OVER AGAIN!!!
Human apologises ( that makes me feel no better ). Says he can book me a new visit the next day.
I go mental at this point.
I am fed up.
BT has the worst customer service in Britain.
Now 7th day with phone and broadband fault.
Top CEOs and managers at BT should be ashamed of this appaling level of service.
It is only that they have a monopoly on infrastructure in non-cable areas that they get away with this lousy level of service.
Can anyone help ?

It has come to my attention tonight due to another caller also on my local exchange phoning me at home that there has been a massive mess-up at KINGLSEY exchange in Cheshire ( Openreach id: LVKIN ) and loads of peoples lines have been transposed. i.e. I am receiving incoming calls for the number 01928 787XXX and *that* number is receiving *my* incoming calls for my number 01928 788YYY.
Also my caller id is given out as the swapped line number and thier caller id is *my* number.
Apparently this has happened to scores ( hundreds? ) of numbers out of the Kingsley exchange and happened last Monday ( the day before I reported my fault ).
This is SERIOUS and *no info* at all has been given out in the local area except by word of mouth of neighbours who experience the problem.
This needs relaying to BT call centre that anyone reporting a problem with a Kingsley exchange number ( 0192878 ) is probably a victim of this mess-up and needs an engineer visit A.S.A.P.
It is not *anything* to do with the customer's property but a major issue at the exchange that needs to be sorted.
Never mind how this will affect bills ( swapped bills ? ) or broadband ( I can't login even though I get an ADSL sync - probably due to the phone number reporting itself incorrectly to the broadband login computer ).
BT - if you are listening. This is *serious* and I am *not making this up* - it is a very serious and big problem at an exchange KINGSLEY, Cheshire. And there needs to be an information campaign in the area as people are completely oblivious to the problem until you start to get what you think are a lot of incoming wrong number calls.

26Mbps speed decrease in two days!

Hi all,
Fairly new to BT Infinity 2 here, had absolutely no problem with my Internet until 4 days ago, when my Home Hub 5 started restarting every 5 minutes. After about a day of this, it finaly stabilised 3 days ago, only to start again by night. Then, from my normal 78Mbps I started getting lower speeds at every restart. first to 74, then 68, 59 and now 52.
I guess this is because I was affected by the restart issue, and from what I read I am now on the interleaved path.
I also noticed that the "fix" was supposed to go out on the 19th, yet I had another restart this morning. How do I know if I received this fix, and that this is not a line fault?
Here is my Helpdesk output from the homehub:
1. Product name:
BT Home Hub
2. Serial number:
+068343+NQ43245666
3. Firmware version:
Software version 4.7.5.1.83.8.204 (Type A) Last updated 22/01/15
4. Board version:
BT Hub 5A
5. DSL uptime:
0 days, 13:26:50
6. Data rate:
16999 / 51975
7. Maximum data rate:
44064 / 87285
8. Noise margin:
22.4 / 10.3
9. Line attenuation:
12.8 / 11.6
10. Signal attenuation:
18.2 / 11.6
11. Data sent/received:
1.1 GB / 46.4 GB
12. Broadband username:
[email protected]
13. BT Wi-fi:
Yes
14. 2.4 GHz Wireless network/SSID:
LondonNest
15. 2.4 GHz Wireless connections:
Enabled (802.11 b/g/n (up to 144 Mb/s))
16. 2.4 GHz Wireless security:
WPA2
17. 2.4 GHz Wireless channel:
Automatic (Smart Wireless)
18. 5 GHz Wireless network/SSID:
LondonNest
19. 5 GHz Wireless connections:
Enabled (802.11 a/n/ac (up to 1300 Mb/s))
20. 5 GHz Wireless security:
WPA2
21. 5 GHz Wireless channel:
Automatic (Smart Wireless)
22. Firewall:
Default
23. MAC Address:
c8:91:f9:55:66:9e
24. Modulation:
G.993.2 Annex B
25. Software variant:
AA
26. Boot loader:
1.0.0
thanks

gg30340 wrote:
Squinoogle wrote:
Hi mate,
Think you've got it spot on - your stats look great, sounds like your Profile is being reduced due to the hub restarting itself.
If the patch sorts out the restarting issue thenDLM should adjust you back to full speed in a few days (in theory).
Just for your info, DLM can take up to two to three weeks to increase speeds. if it does it in a few days you will be exceptionally lucky.
Oh, I know
Currently experiencing just how slow it is after a fault on my line dropped me from ~44Mbps (before the issue) to ~12Mbps (now the issue is sorted).
I've been graced with an extra 1500Kbps every 48hrs since last friday: currently enjoying a blistering 16Mbps

Finding Day from Date i.e. Monday, Tuesday etc

Hi,
I need to find out the day from Date. i.e. Monday, Tuesday etc. This is because if the date falls on Saturday or Sunday need to charge difference rates and on weekdays having normal rates.
Thanks,
Amol

We should probably add a function for this as I've certainly seen the requirement before.
Fortunately it's pretty easy to calculate using a simple rule - the trick is to pick a date in the past that was a Monday, and then use the modulo operator.
For example:
The day of the week = (the given date - 1980-01-07) modulo 7
ie the 7th of January 1980 was a Monday, so every 7th day after that is also a Monday - so combined with the modulo operator this will give you:
0 monday
1 tuesday
5 saturday
6 sunday
The only downside is that dates before 1980-01-07 will give a negative modulo (this is distinct from the mathematical modulo operator, but is necessary to be symmetric with the integer division operator truncating towards zero) - so dates before the baseline date will give:
0 monday
-6 tuesday
-2 saturday
-1 sunday
You can either choose to write the rules to take this into account, or choose a baseline date so far in the past that it's unnecessary.
Regards
Andrew

Does de-authorising reduce the authorisation count?

I have heard rumour that de-authorising previously authorised PC/devices doesn't actually reduce the activation count for ADE.
I this true?
I got a bit carried away when I 1st started and authorised 3 PCs at home and my bebook reader. My bebook reader had to be returned due to fault - unfortunately I didn't de-authorise it before it - adobe support tells me that there's nothing I can do about that (so that's one activation gone) and when the replacement reader turns up another activation will be used - that will be five in total - so if de-authorising does nothing to the count I'm left with one authorisation till the end of time - I've asked suppoort about this and haven't had an answer - I'm a little wary of buying more ADE books if the authorisations run out (due to pc failure or reader failure or uprades of either) and being stuck with a library I can't access.
I've checked around the forums and it looks like exceeding the authorisation count is not an uncommon problem and there appears little progress on fixing the problem on Adobe's part.
I am still waiting for a reply to the last post.
Following is my discussion with support -
Ok I understand that I can't de-activate the reader now it has been returned but assuming I keep using digital editions for years to
come, as PCs die or need the hard-drive replaced/reformated and the breakdown usually occurs without warning (ie I don't get the ch
ance to de-activate the PC) won't I eventually run out of activations? (I've already lost one to the returned ebook, one on the PC I
download with and one to the new reader when it arrives)
Under those circumstances do I have to then create a new accounbt and lose access to all my previously purchased ebooks?
I would have thought the record of authorisations would be held by adobe and therefore able to be removed/reset by adobe.
I'm just trying to understand the authorisation process before I invest too much in digital edition ebooks.
The number of authorisations is something else I'm little confused about I read in one place that I could have 6 PCs AND 5 ebooks de
vices but I think I reade on the adbode site that it is only 5 PCs or devices in total.
Thanks for your assistance with these queries
Notes to Customer
Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:44:21 PM PDT
Hi Catherine,
Thank you for getting back to us. I appreciate your promptness in
responding to our email.
The information provided was really helpful in understanding the issue.
As per the latest update provided by you my understanding is that you
have returned your E-reader to your vendor for replacement.
Catherine , I would like to inform you that in this case you are not
able to de-activate your E-reader because it must be connected to the
computer.
However you can de-authorize your remaining computers by simple process
advised in last interaction.
You can also try referring to our knowledge base and User to User forums
by clicking on the following links:
Knowledge base: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm
U2U Forums: www.forums.adobe.com authorization
To know more about Adobe products, please visit our product page:
www.adobe.com/products
Thanks for contacting Adobe Technical Web Support and we appreciate your
time spent.
Have a nice day.
Regards,
Abhishek maheshwari,
Adobe Technical Support
Notes from Customer
Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:02:47 AM PDT
Hi,
Thank you for the response, I haven't had time to check my email until today. Unfortunately I had already returned the ebook to the
seller for warranty replacement when I sent my query, so I can't connect it to my computer to deactivate it's subscription. Is the
re another way of deactivating the ebook from my authorisations list without having the device physically present?
regards,
Catherine Taylor
Notes to Customer
Monday, May 17, 2010 11:54:57 AM PDT
Hi Catherine,
Thank you for contacting Adobe Technical Support. My Name is Abhishek.
This is in regards to your query posted on the Adobe web support portal
regarding an issue with Adobe Digital Editions.
At the outset please accept our gratitude for choosing Adobe.
Based on the information provided by you, my understanding of your issue
is that you want to deactivate your faulty E-reader and Digital Editions
from your unused computers.
Catherine , I would like to inform you that you do not need to
De-authorize Digital Editions completely from every device you use, just
follow the below steps to De-activate extra subscriptions from your
unused computers and E-reader.
1. To deactivate E-reader>
a. Connect your E-reader with computer .
b. Launch E-reader and press Ctrl+ Shift+E to deactivate it.
2. To deactivate Digital Editions from computers>
a. Launch Adobe Digital Editions on the computer you want to
deactivate .
b. Press Ctrl+ Shift+ D to deactivate it.
I believe,This will resolve your query .
In future, if you face any problems with Adobe Products., You could try
referring to our knowledge base and User to User forums by clicking on
the following links:
Knowledge Base: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm
U2U Forums: www.forums.adobe.com
You can visit our product page at: www.adobe.com/products
Your technical support case number for this interaction is: 181592641
Have a nice day.
PLEASE NOTE: Dear Customer, we will be waiting for your reply on this
case. In case you are unable to respond we will be sending you a
reminder on the 2nd day (From the day of our response to you) and then
the case will be auto closed on 7th day assuming your issue is resolved.
However, you can reopen your case by visiting our web support portal
and we will be happy to assist you further.
Regards,
Abhishek Maheshwari,
Adobe Technical Support
Notes from Customer
Monday, May 17, 2010 3:22:56 AM PDT
Hi, I'm new to digital editions and I tried installing and authorizing three PCs and one ebook reader while learning how to use digi
tal editions (got a bit carried away).
My ebook reader has a fault and I'm returning it and expect to recieve a new unit soon. My question is how do I go about deactivatin
g the ebook reader prior to return and can I deactivate the PCs so I can authorize only the PCs I need. I assume without deactivatin
g something I will run out of activations at some point.
I suppose if I could de-authorize everything and start again that would be great - assuming I don't lose the rights to the books I h
ave already purchased.

>I have heard rumour that de-authorising previously authorised PC/devices doesn't actually reduce the activation count for ADE.
>I this true?
Yes, you only want to deauthorize when getting rid of a machine (as a step remove your personal information), or when directed to by a competent tech support person.
If you run out of activations you will need to contact tech support by going to http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions and clicking on 'Submit a web case'

Non Deduction of TDS in Case of Open Credit Line Items in GR/IR account

Dear Experts,
I would like to request you to please give ur suggestion/advise in the below issue:-
In our earlier legacy system(oracle) we used make provision entry based upon the activity done & certified by respective non finance dept by(against which vendor invoices are not received before month closing):-
On the last day of the month:-
Handling Exp    Dr
Ware House Exp Dr
Other many Exp Dr
Current Liab & Prov A/c Cr
As per IT dept we have to deduct TDS at the time of crediting the vendor or any other suspense a/c and deposit it by next month by 7th day . To avoid non deduction of TDS against such provisional expenses we used to reverse the same entry on the 1st of next month:-
Current Liab & Prov A/c Dr
Handling Exp     Cr
Ware House Exp Cr
Other Exp           Cr
Now in SAP we r not doing manual entries like above:-
The entries are huge and so many Exp get debited & GR/IR A/c get credited. Thus there is a very much possibility that the IT person or IT Auditor treat it(GR/IR) as suspense a/c and can give comments on his report about non deduction/deposition of TDS.
In SAP there is an option to transfer all these credit open items into an clearing a/c and reverse it in the 1st of next month. But that time entry will be a sunder:-
On the last date of the month
GR/IR Account   Dr
C/L Prov Clearing A/c Cr    (It will be created)
On the first date of the month
C/L Prov Clearing A/c Dr
GR/IR Account           Cr
But again C/L Prov Clearing A/c can be interpreted as a supense A/c.
We need entries like under:-
On the last date of the month let all credit open item of GR/IR as it is.
On the first date of the next month all Credit Line items document to be reversed and again reposting of same on the same day.
I,e all Exp to be credited
     All GR/IR to be debited
(Revarsal of all open GR/IR credit line items) on 1st of next month
On same day again the original entries which are reversed to be created
All Exp to be deited
All GR/Ir to be credited.
Whether above is possible, if not then how other companies in India are handling the issue.
Regards,
Alok

Dear ,
Try t-code J1INPR and J1INUT for the same as per below explanations.
Regards,
Kalpik

SolidWorks x64 Edition up and running on Mac Pro

I have the 64-bit version of Solidworks running on my Mac Pro and it's a screamer!
I used Solidworks 2007 x64 Edition on Windows XP x64 Professional on my Mac Pro for a solid 3 hours today at work. I had no problems other than a slow SATA hard-drive issue that is well known and remains unfixed on my machine. However, once Windows has loaded the registry with the program guts it runs like a top, just don't expect it to load up a program for the first time blazingly fast and you'll be fine.
Be that as it may, even with all the hardware issues I still have, SolidWorks is AWESOME on the Mac Pro, even better than any other Intel boxes I've used previously. To be fair, I don't have any experience with SW 2007 x64 on real XP x64 box.
(I posted this on another thread earlier, but at the time I didn't know what I was doing. I felt this information would be of better use under this category.)
For those who want to do this and run the x64 version of XP here's the drivers and the drill:
My Windows software is sourced from a free download of x64 120 day trial version from Windows.
Interestingly enough, I called Microsoft and asked what happens after 120 days, the answer was...."I don't know"...
weird.
Anyway, for those who don't know how to get the format of the download file to be correct for Boot Camp to recognize it as a Windows CD, here's the procedure.
This is all done on the Mac Pro.
1. Download XPx64 from: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/trial.mspx
2. Open Disk Utility
2. Double click downloaded file: WS03SP1RTM_1830_PX6EN.iso (this will allow you to see it in Disk Utility)
3. In Disk Utility select the WS0...EN.iso file mentioned previously and click the "convert" button.
4. When the "Save as" box pops up set the location to wherever you want ( I named the file the same name w/o the .iso extension and put it on my desktop) and set the Image Format to "DVD/CD master", Encryption to "none"
5. After saving the file, it will show up with a new extension *.cdr. Double click this file in the Disk Utility drive list.
6. After Finder finishes launching the file, go back to Disk Utility and select your new *.cdr file and click the Partition button to the right.
7. Once in the partition window, select Options and set the partition scheme to "Master Boot Record", hit OK.
8. After getting back in the partition window, select Volume Scheme and set to "1 partition", The size should be around 558.62 MB (don't worry about the format set to mac OS extended and the other greyed functions)
9. Select the Burn icon, insert your CD-R, set your post burning options, and have a Coke and a smile. Verify the file format is ISO 9660 file system by selecting the "get info" on the CD under "Finder".
**TIP #1 - make sure you've printed out the e-mail from Microsoft outlining the setup instructions and including the CD-Key. Don't be like me and get 98% through the Windows setup where it asks you for CD-Key and have to power off the computer and get it out of OS X.**
**TIP #2 - Since you are using an Apple keyboard Windows doesn't seem to be able to use it on the blue screen portion of the install. My remedy (after assuming the install locked up 6 times in a row) is to go find a cheap-o usb keyboard and mouse lying around (probably standard Microsoft stuff in your closet) and plug it in to be back of your Mac Pro tower. You do not need to go through the Mac OS hardware setup thing that pops up.
10. After printing out your MS instruction e-mail and plugging in your keyboard and mouse (see above), launch Boot Camp (don't even try to use the driver CD it makes, it's useless for XP x64) and install XP x64.
11. Have a beer and a smile, you will need the alcohol in your blood from here on out.
**TIP #3 - go buy 2 or 3 magazines and get a comfortable chair.**
12. Install Windows, follow the Boot Camp Beta instructions carefully until you get to the part where you install the driver CD. It won't work.
13. Follow these links to get the x64 drivers:
Audio: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlhd-2.aspx?lineid=2004052&famid=2004052&ser ies=2004061&Software=True&title=HD%20Audio%20CODECs
Nvidia Graphics driver for the 7300GT (remember, this is for Win XP x64 edition so it's not the same as the regularly posted 32 bit version):
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_91.47.html
LAN drivers (Be sure to get the x64 version):
Download PROEM64T.exe from the Intel website
13. Update Windows.
**NOTE: I am still having the same driver issues as others that have installed XP x64 on a Mac Pro, for example the Apple keyboard and mouse function, but the CtlAltDel and Eject CD disk remain non functional.**
14. Install SolidWorks 2007 x64 from the included DVD in your software update box that came in the mail last week.
15. GO TO BED...IT'S 4:30 am!!!
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7) Microsoft XP x64 Professional
Please correct me on any driver postings if they are in error or missing. These are the ones I used and they are working for me. I do not claim to be a guru (this is only my 7th day of using Macintosh in my entire life), I'm just a CAD guy that has a MacNut for a boss. It was either adapt or die, so I'm hapilly adapted.
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.7) Microsoft XP x64 Professional

Alright CT, here's the deal.
You'll need to update windows first, they have the HD USB audio device driver update on Windows Update. After this, install the RealTek driver you downloaded earlier. Don't worry about windows saying it found a device but can't find the driver for it, that'll be fixed when you run the Realtek install program.
As far as the broken stuff in Device Manager, it's the usual stuff everyone has (be sure to go to "view", "show hidden devices" to see all the stuff) :
-USB human interface device
-Other device
-unknown device x3 (you will note there is also one unknown device on the Mac os)
-Intel(R) 5000 Series Chipset PCI Express x4 (Port 3 thru Port7)
As far as performance goes, BIG IMPROVEMENT! I did the slipstream fix using the 64bit drivers (obviously) and found out the hard way that you do infact have to use Boot Camp and delete and recreate the partition for a reinstall.
(tried to install on top of existing installation twice...failed twice. Suck!)
I used the picture guide located at:
http://st118.startlogic.com/~macproxp/index.html
I don't understand all the super-geek evaluation stuff when using the recommended evaluation SiSoftware Sandra, but it looks like the drive is listed as a:
ST3250824AS (P)ATA
I thought this driver was supposed to turn it into a SATA drive. Maybe it did and I'm just an idiot. So, I downloaded HD tune (give me a chart anyday over a bunch of gobbledy-gook numbers & letters) and installed it.
Here are the numbers after making about 40 copies of a 59.8 MB file on the desktop to the desktop (to try and tax the processor/hd):
HD Tune: ST3250824AS P Benchmark
Transfer Rate Minimum : 0.6 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Maximum : 66.9 MB/sec
Transfer Rate Average : 20.2 MB/sec
Access Time : 13.0 ms
Burst Rate : 152.4 MB/sec
CPU Usage : 1.5%
This is no where close to 3GB/sec, but a helluva lot faster than 35KB/sec like before, pretty dang fast nonetheless.
Hopefull someone smarter that me can figure out if I'm at the fastest I can go or not.
-MSW

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