RemoteUpdateManager problem... and other questions

Hi.
We are trying to evaluate which update solution to use.
We package the apps with CCP, and the users should never get prompted about updates and they are not able to download/upgrade by them self, and they are not admins on their computers. So far we haven´t implemented any update solution.
First of all, when i try remoteupdatemanager.exe in an elevated cmd i get the following message:
RemoteUpdateManager exiting with Return Code (1)
And the remoteupdatemanager.log tells me this:
6/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   ##################################################
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   ##################################################
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   Launching the RemoteUpdateManager...
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   RemoteUpdateManager version is : 3.1.105.0 (BuildVersion: 3.1; BuildDate: Tue Sep 04 2012 13:58:18 )
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   **************************************************
06/19/13 08:47:15:738 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   Initializing UpdaterCore Library...
06/19/13 08:47:15:925 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   UpdaterCore library initialized successfully.
06/19/13 08:47:15:925 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   **************************************************
06/19/13 08:47:15:925 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   Starting UpdaterCore CheckForUpdate...
06/19/13 08:47:17:844 [ERROR] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   UpdaterCore failed for CFU errorCode(212) curRefId((null)) errorCodeString(U41M1C212)
06/19/13 08:47:17:844 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   **************************************************
06/19/13 08:47:17:922 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   ##################################################
06/19/13 08:47:17:922 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   Ending the RemoteUpdateManager Return Code (1)
06/19/13 08:47:17:922 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   ##################################################
06/19/13 08:47:17:922 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager   ##################################################
06/19/13 08:47:17:922 [INFO] AAMEE Utilities RemoteUpdateManager
Anyone have any idea about this error?
And then to other update quistions. when i read the documentation about how to update i dont really get it.
1: is one possible solution to package the updates in CCP and then use SCCM to deploy them? i tried to create packages yesterday but the CCP didn´t work so i dont know in what format the updates come in, .exe or .msi and so on.
2: If we go with the solution of having an Adobe update server on our network, do i then need to repackage all our existing apps which have the config "AUM is disabled" and configure the "use internal update server" or can i push out a config for this?
3: If we start to use internal update server, if i choose "enable adobe update manager" will then user be able to update themself? We want to handle all of it for the users, is that what "disable adobe update manager" is? i find this very confusing.
4: Today with our non CC packages (acrobat standard and flash) we are using System Center Updates Publisher to publish acrobat and flash updates to SC Configuration Manager to deploy these updates to the clients the same way we deploy MS updates. Can we use this method for all the CC packages?

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After several years of reluctance this March I changed to LR due to its retouching capabilities. Unfortunately – beyond enjoying some really nice features of LR – I keep struggling with several problems, many of which have been covered in this forum. In this thread I describe a problem with a particular LR 4.4 catalog and put some general questions.
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1. Problem with the catalog
To tell you the truth, I do not understand the potential necessity for using the “File / Optimize Catalog” function. In my view LR should keep the catalog optimized without manual intervention.
Nevertheless, when being faced with the ill-famed slowness of LR, I run this module. In addition, I always switch on the “Catalog Settings / General / Back up catalog” function. The actually set frequency of backing up depends on the circumstances – e.g. the number of RAW (in my case: NEF) files, the size of the catalog file (*.lrcat), and the space available on my SSD. In case of need I delete the oldest backup file to make space for the new one.
Recently I processed 1500 photos, occupying 21 GB. The "Catalog Settings / Metadata / Automatically write changes into XMP" function was switched on. Unfortunately I had to fiddle with the images quite a lot, so after processing roughly half of them the catalog file reached the size of 24 GB. Until this stage there had been no sign of any failure – catalog optimizations had run smoothly and backups had been created regularly, as scheduled.
Once, however, towards the end of generating the next backup, LR sent an error message saying that it had not been able to create the backup file, due to lack of enough space on the SSD. I myself found still 40 GB of empty space, so I re-launched the backup process. The result was the same, but this time I saw a mysterious new (journal?) file with a size of 40 GB… When my third attempt also failed, I had to decide what to do.
Since I needed at least the XMP files with the results of my retouching operations, I simply wanted to save these side-cars into the directory of my original input NEF files on a HDD. Before making this step, I intended to check whether all modifications and adjustments had been stored in the XMP files.
Unfortunately I was not aware of the realistic size of side-cars, associated with a certain volume of usage of the Spot Removal, Grad Filter, and Adjustment Brush functions. But as the time of the last modification of the XMP files (belonging to the recently retouched pictures) seemed perfect, I believed that all my actions had been saved. Although the "Automatically write changes into XMP" seemed to be working, in order to be on the safe side I selected all photos and ran the “Metadata / Save Metadata to File” function of the Library module. After this I copied the XMP files, deleted the corrupted catalog, created a new catalog, and imported the same NEF files together with the side-cars.
When checking the photos, I was shocked: Only the first few hundred XMP files retained all my modifications. Roughly 3 weeks of work was completely lost… From that time on I regularly check the XMP files.
Question 1: Have you collected any similar experience?
2. The catalog-related part of my workflow
Unless I miss an important piece of knowledge, LR catalogs store many data that I do not need in the long run. Having the history of recent retouching activities is useful for me only for a short while, so archiving every little step for a long time with a huge amount of accumulated data would be impossible (and useless) on my SSD. In terms of processing what count for me are the resulting XMP files, so in the long run I keep only them and get rid of the catalog.
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create a ‘temporary’ catalog on my SSD
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use the “File / Export as Catalog” function in order to copy the original NEF files onto the SSD and make them used by the ‘real’ (not temporary) new catalog
use the “File / Open Catalog” function to re-launch LR with the new catalog
switch on the "Automatically write changes into XMP" function of the new catalog
delete the ‘temporary’ catalog to save space on the SSD
retouch the pictures (while keeping and eye on due creation and development of the XMP files)
generate the required output (TIF OR JPG) files
copy the XMP and the output files into the original directory of the input NEF files on the HDD
copy the whole catalog for interim archiving onto the HDD
delete the catalog from the SSD
upon making sure that the XMP files are all fine, delete the archived catalog from the HDD, too
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Question 6: If such ‘cherry-picking’ is facilitated after all: Can you suggest any pragmatic description of the potential (competing) ways of categorizing images efficiently, comparing them along the pros and contras?
I also lose the virtual copies. Anyway, I am confused regarding the actual storage of the retouching-related data of virtual copies. In some websites one can find relatively old posts, stating that the XMP file contains all information about modifying/adjusting both the original photo and its virtual copy/copies. However, when fiddling with a virtual copy I cannot see any change in the size of the associated XMP file. In addition, when I copy the original NEF file and its XMP file, rename them, and import these derivative files, only the retouched original image comes up – I cannot see any virtual copy. This suggests that the XMP file does not contain information on the virtual copy/copies…
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Question 7: Where and how the settings of virtual copies are stored?
Question 8: Is it possible to generate separate XMP files for both the originally retouched image and its virtual copy/copies and to make them recognized by LR when importing them into a new catalog?

A part of my problems may be caused by selecting LR for a challenging private project, where image retouching activities result in bigger than average volume of adjustment data. Consequently, the catalog file becomes huge and vulnerable.
While I understand that something has gone wrong for you, causing Lightroom to be slow and unstable, I think you are combining many unrelated ideas into a single concept, and winding up with a mistaken idea. Just because you project is challenging does not mean Lightroom is unsuitable. A bigger than average volume of adjustment data will make the catalog larger (I don't know about "huge"), but I doubt bigger by itself will make the catalog "vulnerable".
The causes of instability and crashes may have NOTHING to do with catalog size. Of course, the cause MAY have everything to do with catalog size. I just don't think you are coming to the right conclusion, as in my experience size of catalog and stability issues are unrelated.
2. I may be wrong, but in my experience the size of the RAW file may significantly blow up the amount of retouching-related data.
Your experience is your experience, and my experience is different. I want to state clearly that you can have pretty big RAW files that have different content and not require significant amounts of retouching. It's not the size of the RAW that determines the amount of touchup, it is the content and the eye of the user. Furthermore, item 2 was related to image size, and now you have changed the meaning of number 2 from image size to the amount of retouching required. So, what is your point? Lots of retouching blows up the amount of retouching data that needs to be stored? Yeah, I agree.
When creating the catalog for the 1500 NEF files (21 GB), the starting size of the catalog file was around 1 GB. This must have included all classification-related information (the meaningful part of which was practically nothing, since I had not used rating, classification, or collections). By the time of the crash half of the files had been processed, so the actual retouching-related data (that should have been converted properly into the XMP files) might be only around 500 MB. Consequently, probably 22.5 GB out of the 24 GB of the catalog file contained historical information
I don't know exactly what you do to touch up your photos, I can't imagine how you come up with the size should be around 500MB. But again, to you this problem is entirely caused by the size of the catalog, and I don't think it is. Now, having said that, some of your problem with slowness may indeed be related to the amount of touch-up that you are doing. Lightroom is known to slow down if you do lots of spot removal and lots of brushing, and then you may be better off doing this type of touch-up in Photoshop. Again, just to be 100% clear, the problem is not "size of catalog", the problem is you are doing so many adjustments on a single photo. You could have a catalog that is just as large, (i.e. that has lots more photos with few adjustments) and I would expect it to run a lot faster than what you are experiencing.
So to sum up, you seem to be implying that slowness and catalog instability are the same issue, and I don't buy it. You seem to be implying that slowness and instability are both caused by the size of the catalog, and I don't buy that either.
Re-reading your original post, you are putting the backups on the SSD, the same disk as the working catalog? This is a very poor practice, you need to put your backups on a different physical disk. That alone might help your space issues on the SSD.

Compiled Error in Xcode for iphone game and other questions

Dear all,
Hi, I am a newbie of xcode and objective-c and I have a few questions regarding to the code sample of a game attached below. It is written in objective C, Xcode for iphone4 simulator. It is part of the code of 'ball bounce against brick" game. Instead of creating the image by IB, the code supposes to create (programmatically) 5 X 4 bricks using 4 different kinds of bricks pictures (bricktype1.png...). I have the bricks defined in .h file properly and method written in .m.
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2) How does the following in Line 1 work? Does it assign the element (name of .png) of brickType to image?
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3) In Line2, does the image object which is being allocated has a name and linked with the .png already at this line *before* it is assigned to brick[x][y]?
4) What do Line3 and Line5 do? Why newFrame on left in line3 but appears on right in Line5?
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North

Hi North -
macbie wrote:
1) When it is compiled, error "ImageCache undeclared" in Line 1. ...
UIImage *image = [ImageCache loadImage:brickTypes[count++ % 4]]; // Line 1
The compiler is telling you it doesn't know what ImageCache refers to. Is ImageCache the name of a custom class? In that case you may have omitted #import "ImageCache.h". Else if ImageCache refers to an instance of some class, where is that declaration made? I can't tell you how to code the missing piece(s) because I can't guess the answers to these questions.
Btw, if the png file images were already the correct size, it looks like you could substitute this for Line 1:
UIImage *image = [UIImage imageNamed:brickTypes[count++ % 4]]; // Line 1
2) How does the following in Line 1 work? Does it assign the element (name of .png) of brickType to image?
brickTypes[count ++ % 4]
Though you don't show the declaration of brickTypes, it appears to be a "C" array of NSString object pointers. Thus brickTypes[0] is the first string, and brickTypes[3] is the last string.
The expression (count++ % 4) does two things. Firstly, the trailing ++ operator means the variable 'count' will be incremented as soon as the current expression is evaluated. Thus 'count' is zero (its initial value) the first time through the inner loop, its value is one the second time, and two the third time. The following two code blocks do exactly the same thing::
int index = 0;
NSString *filename = brickTypes[index++];
int index = 0;
NSString *filename = brickTypes[index];
index = index + 1;
The percent sign is the "modulus operator" so x%4 means "x modulo 4", which evaluates to the remainder after x is divided by 4. If x starts at 0, and is incremented once everytime through a loop, we'll get the following sequence of values for x%4: 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1, ...
So repeated evaluation of (brickTypes[count++ % 4]) produces the sequence: @"bricktype1.png", @"bricktype2.png", @"bricktype3.png", @"bricktype4.png", @"bricktype1.png", @"bricktype2.png", @"bricktype3.png", @"bricktype4.png", @"bricktype1.png", @"bricktype2.png", ...
3) In Line2, does the image object which is being allocated has a name and linked with the .png already at this line *before* it is assigned to brick[x][y]?
Line 2 allocs an object of type UIImageView and specifies the data at 'image' as the picture to be displayed by the new object. Since we immediately assign the address of the new UIImageView object to an element of the 'bricks' array, that address isn't stored in any named variable.
The new UIImageView object is not associated with the name of the png file from which its picture originated. In fact the UIImage object which inited the UIImageView object is also not associated with that png filename. In other words, once a UIImage object is initialized from the contents of an image file, it's not possible to obtain the name of that file from the UIImage object. Note when you add a png media object to a UIImageView object in IB, the filename of the png resource will be retained and used to identify the image view object. But AFAIK, unless you explicitly save it somewhere in your code, that filename will not be available at run time.
4) What do Line3 and Line5 do? Why newFrame on left in line3 but appears on right in Line5?
5) What does Line 4 do?
In Line 2 we've set the current element of 'bricks' to the address of a new UIImageView object which will display one of the 4 brick types. By default, the frame of a UIImageView object is set to the size of the image which initialized it. So after Line 2, we know that frame.size for the current array element is correct (assuming the image size of the original png file was what we want to display, or assuming that the purpose of [ImageCache loadImage:...] is to adjust the png size).
Then in Line 3, we set the rectangle named newFrame to the frame of the current array element, i.e. to the frame of the UIImageView object whose address is stored in the current array element. So now we have a rectangle whose size (width, height) is correct for the image to be displayed. But where will this rectangle be placed on the superview? The placement of this rectangle is determined by its origin.
Line 4 computes the origin we want. Now we have a rectangle with both the correct size and the correct origin.
Line 5 sets the frame of the new UIImageView object to the rectangle we constructed in Lines 3 and 4. When that object is then added to the superview in Line 6, it will display an image of the correct size at the correct position.
- Ray

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Ok, so i already know, that CPU/GPU and flash are giving different results. So lets have a situation, where you need to display transparent image without transparency. On GPU/CPU, you will need only this :
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First kernel on GPU will show the exact same result as second kernel on flash. But the question remains : is it bug ?

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Does anyone here keep a log of personal problems which they've resolved? I've tried doing it I still forget to log a good amount. Also, good to see you guys have been so active in assisting everyone still. Jim's been on a roll tonight (4/25).

There must be something missing from my diet as I have a hard time remembering 1/2 of the things I've done.
Not diet, but something called "retirement... "
it's a little irritating when I know I've gone through the situation and can't give any helpful advice on how I got out.
I could not agree more. Whenever the topic of Copy/Paste with Audio going bad comes up, I miss a very long thread, from very long ago, as many of the "top guns" have pithy comments, and several workarounds. That thread, like so many others, all disappeared with one of the forum changeovers. Wish that I had made copies of all the replies, as they were great.
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I'll number the questions for ease of answering.
1. Will this hard drive be correct? I know it's a 2.5" SATA but I didn't know if the dimensions are ok for the 13" MBP.
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2. Will the difference between a 7200rpm 16MB cache drive and a 5400rpm 8mb cache drive be noticeable? I can get a 500gb slower speed drive for the same price and while the capacity increase would be useful, I would prefer a faster drive if it's noticeable.
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That article I believe to be incorrect! The author never mentions which Scorpio drive....Blue or Black. The Blue does not contain a free fall sensor option as the Black is available with our without free fall sensor. The free fall sensor will interfere with the Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS) built into the Mac. SMS can be disabled but my experience first hand with the Scorpio Black in my MBP 13 was not good even after disabling the SMS and merely using the free fall sensor in the Black. If you want a 7200 RPM drive and you like West Dig get the Black without the free fall sensor. You will be much happier. I run the Black in several Windows Laptops and it streams fast then the 7200.4 which I also have in a windows laptop and the scorpio black performed better and more stable! I just dont think I personal would not use it on the MBP 13...I took mine out for it was problematic!! If you want a 500 GB go with the Fujitsu or the Hitachi...even the the Western Dig Scorpio Blue with does not have a free fall sensor. The author of that article mentioned ShockGuard that is not a Free Fall sensor and only engages durring spin up or down as well as parks when it is off. This does not sense a fall like the SMS or a built in free fall sensor. Many MBP unibody owner have used the Blue and it has been hugely successful!!! My experience which is very extensive with Seagate as of late has not been favorable. I do not like the latest generation of drives they are producing we are seeing extensive failures (higher % compared to other OEMs). Stick with those three.
If you want battery life, the Fujitsu or Hitachi are very good choices Fujitsu being a little better
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2.) Can you access ActiveX based websites without problems?
3.) I have a Windows XP machine with 4 drives in RAID format. Could I use this as a common storage network drive for both Mac and PC's at the same time (for instance, store MP3's on it, and access and play them from either the iMac and other Windows PC's without a problem?). What about jpg formatted pictures? Any nuances between PC and Mac formats? (or is jpg really just jpg on either machine...I can open up the same picture on a Mac and a PC and see the exact same picture, without major color changes, etc.).
I realize I need to reformat to FAT, but other than that, are their other problems I should know about? (I would like to use the RAID configuration to make sure I don't lose any data)
That should start for now...
Thanks - Jeff
Windows (for now) Windows XP Looking at an iMac
Windows (for now) Windows XP Looking at an iMac

1.) I have a 20GB clickwheel iPod...any problem
using this with a Mac? Need to be reformatted or
anything?
You can use it, and it will need to be reinitialised formatted for the Mac.
2.) Can you access ActiveX based websites without
problems?
No you can't access ActiveX websites with a Mac
3.) I have a Windows XP machine with 4 drives in
RAID format. Could I use this as a common storage
network drive for both Mac and PC's at the same time
(for instance, store MP3's on it, and access and play
them from either the iMac and other Windows PC's
without a problem?).
Yes
What about jpg formatted
pictures?
Yes
I realize I need to reformat to FAT,
If the computer will still be running Windows and acting as a server then no you won't need to reformat to FAT.
iFelix

EXSP24 in LE7 and other questions

I have worked out that the sampler instrument editor in LE7 has been removed which is kinda an odd upgrade from Logic Audio 6 imo. If i have this wrong please let me know.
So how do I go about adding in new instruments from sample cd's etc??
I am used to running Logic Audio 6 on my old Imac in System 9 so the new or apparent lack of Logic Folders etc is quite bizarre for me. So if anyone can also throw me some pointers on:
1: Using Reason adapted for Recycle as a rewired instrument in LE7 (I have a feeling this is not possible)
2: Using Absynth within LE7
3: Will something like Kontakt run in LE7?
4: Rewiring Logic into Live or vice versa.
So many questions
Thanks
Paul

You can't edit EXSP24 instruments but you can import several formats:
Akai, Soudfonts, Giga, SampleCell and DLS.
To create your own patches you need some external apps like this:
http://www.redmatica.com/Site/Pages/KM.php
About other questions and supposing that you don't have a Intel Mac:
1. Yes, you can.
2. Logic uses plugins in Audio Unit format; if you have an older version of Absynth you should upgrade to a newer one.
3. Same as above,
4. Logic can act as Rewire host only so you can rewire Live to Logic but not Logic to Live.
cheers
rob
Power Mac G4/533 PowerBook 12 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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Hey all, I just got my new Droid Turbo a week ago and I've noticed some shortcomings that I'm not sure how to handle. They're not major, but they irritate me. I'll just list them...
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*Lauren*

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In the web page http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/je/GettingStartedGuide/introduction.html#dplfeatures, there is a statement, " The checkpointer is responsible for flushing database data to *disk* that was written to cache as the result of a transaction commit ".
I wonder if the disk here means log files under the JE home directory.
From my understanding of these documents and other web resources, the check pointer is to write records in Cache to Log files (disk), and then cleaner is to reorganize and then to remove unused log files. For the records in a Cache, they are brought from disk to Cache by querying the index organized in a B-Tree structure, and the In-Compressor is to delete some empty internal nodes of B-Tree.
I wonder if the above is right to describe relations among these components, check pointer, cleaner, B-Tree and In-Compressor.
Thanks for your help!
Best,
Jiangfan

Jiangfan Shi wrote:
I wonder if the disk here means log files under the JE home directory. Yes.
I wonder if the above is right to describe relations among these components, check pointer, cleaner, B-Tree and In-Compressor. Yes.

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Hi was using my p4n diamond for about 2h 30min and it all of a sudden just cuts out with no warning.
im unsure if its heat related thought the constant 55C is not as good temp as i should probably have but it stays stable there.
Also when i recently installed msi core it said i was very close to the voltages it had in the display just to hope to rule out power problems.
i have the cases 120mm exaust fan in the back an 80mm input fan in thefront and then the cpu fan that came with my pentium d 830 .
if its heat related should i get another 80mm fan as an exaust or an 80 mm input fan. i have one more spot on the door of the case.
----other beep question--
I was also wondering about the beeps on my computer. when i first was working with this pcc i had no beeps but then when working i had one beep before os then two after os and usb case plugs and floppy , 3 when i put on a printer and then back to one and then no beeps.
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thanks

regarding your question about target temperature. my board isn't exactly the same as yours, but it's close.
you are right that you can lower the target temp and it will tend to cool the cpu because the fan runs faster at a lower temperature. the way i set up mine was to DISABLE the target temp and that gives the fan full voltage at all temps. that way, the fan rpm will bottom out at 2250rpm (instead of 1100rpm up to the target temp) or so even at lower temps.
also keep in mind that your cpu temp in the bios disply should be a few degrees HIGHER than the temp in "idle windows".
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I have just setup a Direct Access 2012 R2 server in my network, 2012 domain and all Windows 8 clients.
Internal CA environment (no external CRL) using a public issued cert for IPHTTPS tunnel, 2 interfaces for the DA server, 1 internal and 1 in the DMZ behind a NAT firewall (1 public IPv4 address) and my test clients are connecting fine to internal resources.
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setup. Does that list allow those servers to access the DA clients?

Hi,
Let's solve problems one by one. Force tunneling. When enabled, all network trafic from DirectAccess clients goes throught IPSEC tunnels. Just configure a proxy on your DirectAccess clients (with a FQDN of course) and your clients should be able to surf
internet again.
RDS : Depend. Where are your RDS servers registred internal zone DNS or external DNS zone. If a DirectAccess client cannot resolve a name it does not know if it has to go throught the tunnel. At last can you ping your RDS Server?
Remote Management : Right. Adding servers in this list allow them to use the IPSEC infrastructure tunnel (computer established tunnel) without users being logged.
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