Removed device still exist in Intune console

Hi,
I used one phone to test Windows Intune. After some time I removed Intune account from device (Workplace) and after that did command in Intune portal "Retire device". Now, this device shows status "This device is in the process of retiring. Once
complete, this device's status will no longer appear in the Windows Intune administrator console." and I cannot force manually delete.
Is it possible to manually force deletion?

You shouldn't have removed the company account from the device manually. Retiring the device in the Intune console would have automatically done that for you. Now you are in Limbo. Intune is trying to retire the device but cannot contact it. I don't know
how long it will keep trying before it gives up. If you are concerned you could contact Intune support and they will be able to remove the device from Intune for you.
You will find your local number here
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/customer-service-phone-numbers/en-ie
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#define __DB_ACCESS_H__
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <db_cxx.h>
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extern int database_close();
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DBSetup() {
database_setup();
~DBSetup() {
database_close();
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public:
typedef std::vector<std::string> LabelContainerType;
EntryData() {}
EntryData(const std::string& s) : name(s) {}
EntryData(const std::string& s, LabelContainerType& v)
: name(s), labels(v) {}
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private:
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#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>
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#include "db_access.h"
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static Db db_bylab(&myEnv, 0); // using label as key
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lab_it = entry_data.get_labels().begin(), lab_end = entry_data.get_labels().end();
for(int i = 0; lab_it != lab_end; ++lab_it, ++i) {
tmpdbt[ i ].set_data( (void*)lab_it->c_str() );
tmpdbt[ i ].set_size( lab_it->size() );
skey->set_flags(DB_DBT_MULTIPLE | DB_DBT_APPMALLOC);
skey->set_data(tmpdbt);
skey->set_size(lab_num);
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const string DBEnvHome (DataDir + "DBEnv");
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const string dbfile_bylab("dbfile_bylab");
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rmkdir(DBEnvHome);
try
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db_bynam.open(NULL, dbfile_bynam.c_str(), NULL, DB_BTREE, db_flags, 0);
db_bylab.open(NULL, dbfile_bylab.c_str(), NULL, DB_BTREE, db_flags, 0);
db_bynam.associate(NULL, &db_bylab, generate_keys_for_db_bylab, 0);
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cerr << "Err when open DBEnv or Db: " << e.what() << endl;
return -1;
} catch(std::exception& e) {
cerr << "Err when open DBEnv or Db: " << e.what() << endl;
return -1;
return 0;
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try {
db_bylab.close(0);
db_bynam.close(0);
myEnv.close(0);
} catch(DbException &e) {
cerr << e.what();
return -1;
} catch(std::exception &e) {
cerr << e.what();
return -1;
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int res = 0;
try {
EntryData::DataBlock blk(e);
// data()返回的buf中存放的第一个字符串便是 e.get_name().
Dbt key ( (void*)blk.data(), strlen(blk.data()) + 1 );
Dbt data( (void*)blk.data(), blk.size() );
res = db_bynam.put(NULL, &key, &data, flags);
} catch (DbException& e) {
cerr << e.what() << endl;
throw; // 重新抛出.
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// 返回 Db::get()的返回值, 调用成功时 EntryData* e的值才有意义
int get_entry_data
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Dbt key( (void*)entry_name.c_str(), entry_name.size() + 1 );
Dbt data;
data.set_flags(DB_DBT_MALLOC);
int res = db_bynam.get(NULL, &key, &data, flags);
if(res == 0)
new (e) EntryData( data.get_data(), data.get_size() );
free( data.get_data() );
return res;
int rm_entry_data(const std::string& name)
Dbt key( (void*)name.c_str(), name.size() + 1 );
cout << "to remove: \'" << name << "\'" << endl;
int res = db_bynam.del(NULL, &key, 0);
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{   // labels_arr 需要以 NULL 结尾.
for(const char** i = labels_arr; *i != NULL; i++)
labels.push_back(*i);
EntryData::EntryData(const void* mem_blk, const int len)
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int consumed = 0; // 已经消耗的mem_blk的大小.
name = buf; // 第一串为 name
consumed += name.size() + 1;
for (string label = buf + consumed;
consumed < len;
consumed += label.size() + 1)
label = buf + consumed;
labels.push_back(label);
void EntryData::add_label(const string& new_label)
if(find(labels.begin(), labels.end(), new_label)
== labels.end())
labels.push_back(new_label);
void EntryData::rem_label(const string& to_rem)
LabelContainerType::iterator iter = find(labels.begin(), labels.end(), to_rem);
if(iter != labels.end())
labels.erase(iter);
void EntryData::show() const {
cout << "name: " << name << "; labels: ";
LabelContainerType::const_iterator it, end = labels.end();
for(it = labels.begin(); it != end; ++it)
cout << *it << " ";
cout << endl;
EntryData::DataBlock::DataBlock(const EntryData& data) :
data_size(0),
capacity(init_capacity),
buf_ptr(new SmartPtr(new char[init_capacity]))
pack_str(data.name);
for(EntryData::LabelContainerType::const_iterator \
i = data.labels.begin();
i != data.labels.end();
++i) { pack_str(*i); }
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int string_size = s.size() + 1; // to put sting in buf separately.
if(capacity >= data_size + string_size) {
memcpy(buf_ptr->buf + data_size, s.c_str(), string_size);
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capacity = (data_size + string_size)*2; // 分配尽可能大的空间.
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data_size += string_size;
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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include "db_access.h"
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if(res != 0) {
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#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
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using namespace std;
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//////////////////// All the code is above ////////////////////////////////
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## Lines not started with '$' is the stdout or stderr.
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已放弃
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exists. As soon as you want to use the set_thread_count() feature, BDB will not
free the thread-control-block. If you connect/disconnect, BDB will stop working
quite early. You can re-produce this issue with any `db_*` tool.
The testcase:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <db.h>
#define DIRECTORY "/tmp/db"
int main()
    /* open environment */
    DB_ENV *handle;
    int status = db_env_create( &handle, 0 );
    status = handle->set_cachesize( handle, 0, 32*1024*1024, 0 );
    status = handle->set_thread_count( handle, 0x100 );
    status = handle->open( handle, DIRECTORY, DB_CREATE, 0644 );
    if( status != 0 )
        return 1;
    /* raise error "Unable to allocate thread control block" */
    for( ;; )
        system( "db_stat -e -h " DIRECTORY " | grep process/thread | wc" );
    return 0;
}

Hi Sandra,
Hi Greg,
Our architecture is quite simple: a cron-job runs ENV->failchk() and ENV->txn_checkpoint()
once a minute (which should be fine, shouldn't it?)
The problem, neither ENV->close() nor ENV->failchk() removes outdated items from the
thread-control-block. One would expect, that the PID is added to the block as soon as the
process connects and removed when the process disconnects. But it is not.
If the block runs out of memory, BDB requires a recovery (see the down below testcase).
Usually ENV->failchk() cleans the thread-control-block, as soon as there are more items in
the block than "thread_count". Today three times it did not even remove them, if there were
more than "thread_count" items in the block - but this happend sporadic so it was difficult
to create a testcase.
Once ENV->failchk() cleans the thread-control-block, BDB works as expected. If a process
connects, the PID is added to the block, and as soon as the process disconnects, the PID is
removed from the thread-control-block. You can test this by looping the first loop 1090 times.
The testcase:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <db.h>
#include <errno.h>
#define DIRECTORY "/tmp/db"
static int bdb_is_alive( DB_ENV *dbenv, pid_t pid, db_threadid_t tid, u_int32_t flags )
    int status;
    status = kill( pid, 0 );
    if( status != -1 )
        return 1;
    if( errno == ESRCH )
        return 0;
    exit( 1 ); /* should never happen */
int main()
    system( "mkdir -p " DIRECTORY );
    system( "db_recover -h " DIRECTORY );
    system( "rm -rfv " DIRECTORY "/*" );
    /* open environment */
    int status, i;
    DB_ENV *handle;
    status = db_env_create( &handle, 0 );
    status = handle->set_cachesize( handle, 0, 32*1024*1024, 0 );
    status = handle->set_thread_count( handle, 1091 );
    status = handle->set_isalive( handle, bdb_is_alive );
    status = handle->open( handle, DIRECTORY, DB_CREATE, 0644 );
    if( status != 0 )
        return 1;   /* should never happen */
    status = handle->failchk( handle, 0 );
    status = handle->close( handle, 0 );
    /* Now start workers (`db_stat`) + failchks() */
    for( i=0; i < 1089; ++i )       /* thread_count - 2 */
        fprintf(stderr,"Number of items in the thread-control-block: "); fflush(stdout);
        system( "db_stat -e -h " DIRECTORY " | grep process/thread | wc -l" );
        status = db_env_create( &handle, 0 );
        status = handle->set_isalive( handle, bdb_is_alive );
        status = handle->open( handle, DIRECTORY, DB_CREATE, 0644 );
        if( status != 0 )
            return 1;   /* should never happen */
        status = handle->failchk( handle, 0 );      /* strange - does not remove the process-entries created by `db_stat` */
        if( status != 0 )
            return 1;   /* should never happen */
        status = handle->close( handle, 0 );
    /* raise error: "Unable to allocate thread control block" */
    for( i=1; i < 422; ++i )
        fprintf(stderr,"Number of items in the thread-control-block: "); fflush(stdout);
        system( "db_stat -e -h " DIRECTORY " | grep process/thread | wc -l" );
    /* You should see on stderr:
            db_stat: Unable to allocate thread control block
            db_stat: Unable to allocate thread control block
            db_stat: DB_ENV->open: /tmp/db: Cannot allocate memory
    fprintf(stderr,"BDB is dead now. Only `db_recover` helps...\n%s\n",db_version(NULL,NULL,NULL));
    return 0;
}

RMAN backup files are still exist since long time, how to delete?

Dear sir;
I'm using the below script to do daily backup, however there are many rman backup files are still exist and consumes HD size, how could I delete these files in daily bases? some files dated in FEB, MAR, APR,
============Daily RMAN script=========
rman target /<<!
backup incremental level=0 as compressed backupset database format '/u15/rman/full_backup_%U.rman';
backup archivelog all not backed up 2 times format '/u15/rman/arc_backup_%U.rman';
backup current controlfile format '/u15/rman/control_%U.rman';
delete archivelog all backed up 2 times to device type disk completed before 'sysdate-7';
delete noprompt obsolete;
================================END
Thanks and best regards
Ali

Hi;
Our backup policy should have 7 days; however we have here some files from JAN, FEB,MAR, APR /2012 WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RETENTION DATE and these files should be deleted by executing " delete noprompt obsolete; ".
All files are exist in /u15/rman/
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1151763968 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7kn19h4a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1136882176 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7ln19h4q_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1135984640 Jan 21 01:36 arc_backup_7mn19h5a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1126627328 Jan 21 01:37 arc_backup_7nn19h5q_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 880606720 Mar 12 02:53 arc_backup_7nn5ldhp_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1093043712 Jan 21 01:37 arc_backup_7on19h6a_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 9797632 Dec 15 01:04 control_04mu7tcp_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 3 02:55 control_4cn4tm9k_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 4 02:53 control_4on50ahm_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 36896768 Mar 5 02:55 control_56n52v1j_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 16252928 Jan 23 01:40 control_8tn1eq3t_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 16252928 Jan 24 01:40 control_9cn1heg0_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 202940416 Dec 15 01:04 full_backup_01mu7t50_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 1097728 Dec 15 01:04 full_backup_02mu7tcc_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 201285632 Dec 14 01:04 full_backup_0nmu58ou_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 5957304320 Feb 29 02:46 full_backup_2ln4g9l1_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4128768 Feb 29 02:47 full_backup_2mn4gft8_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6027075584 Mar 1 02:49 full_backup_32n4o6ov_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4128768 Mar 1 02:49 full_backup_33n4od66_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6187171840 Mar 2 02:51 full_backup_3gn4qr50_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 4145152 Mar 2 02:51 full_backup_3hn4r1kn_1_1.rman
-rw-r----- 1 oracle oinstall 6115786752 Mar 3 02:51 full_backup_40n4tfgu_1_1.rman
above is a short list of contents.
to do our daily backup we perform the following script (in daily)
==================
backup incremental level=0 as compressed backupset database format '/u15/rman/full_backup_%U.rman';
backup archivelog all not backed up 2 times format '/u15/rman/arc_backup_%U.rman';
backup current controlfile format '/u15/rman/control_%U.rman';
delete archivelog all backed up 2 times to device type disk completed before 'sysdate-7';
delete noprompt obsolete;
==================
Thanks and best regards
Ali

Error when opening itunes : iTunes has stopped working ''A problem caused the program to stop working correctly''. When I repaired damaged files the problem still exists and also after uninstalling and redownloading and installing itunes. I have windows 8

Error when opening iTunes : iTunes has stopped working '' A problem caused the program to stop working correctly''.
When I repaired damaged files the problem still exists and also after uninstalling, redownloading and reinstalling iTunes.
My pc is working with windos 8.
Is there a solution?

Hey there Rodney274,
It sounds like you are getting an error from iTunes when you launch it. I would try the troubleshooting in this article named:
iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Start with troubleshooting for 3rd party plug ins section, then the rest of the article if needed:
Start iTunes in Safe Mode
Open iTunes in Safe Mode to isolate any interference from plug-ins or scripts not manufactured by Apple.
Hold down Shift–Control while opening iTunes. You should see a dialog that says "iTunes is running in safe mode" before iTunes finishes starting up.
Click Continue.
See if the issue you're experiencing persists in Safe Mode.
If you have the same issue while iTunes is in Safe Mode, proceed to the "Create a new user account" section. If you don't experience the same issue, follow these steps to remove third-party plug-ins.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

I deleted all the music on my iPhone, but all the albums still exist. How do I clear and add a fresh batch of music?

I deleted all the music on my iPhone, but all the album artwork still exist. How do I clear and add a fresh batch of music? Also my iTunes no longer recognizes my iPhone under the "devices" tab so I am unable to manually sync. I have disconnected it makes a beep sound when reconnected so I know my computer is finding the phone, the iPhone also appears on Explorer. Stupid question but I can't figure it out and wasting too much time. Thank you.

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for this very occasion. Use your backup copy of your computer to put everything on the new one.
If for some reason you have failed to backup, big mistake, then you can transfer itunes purchases from the iphone to the computer: File>Transfer Purchases
You may be able to buy a 3rd party program to get any other music off of the iphone ( not supported by Apple).
When you sync the iphone, it will erase the current content and replace with content form the new computer.
"Not happy with itunes right now, more then a bit of a joke"
Not itunes fault that you did not do the very basics and maintain a backup copy.

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Hi everyone!
I have a problem about IT-security.
In our company we are using Windows 7 Professional/Enterprise Edition.
We could easily block/forbid using of Storage Devices such as Pen Drives, USB-Flash Drives, SD-Cards via USB port on a Software Level, but we couldn't block/forbid using of
Mobile Removable Devices / Media Removable Devices such as Mobile Phones, SmartPhones, Tablets, MP3 Plyaers!
When you connect SmartPhone to PC via USB cable, it is detected as Removable Device (NOT as a Storage Device!) and can be easily used for copying Information from PC.
The question is : "Is it possible to block/forbid Mobile Removable Devices / Media Removable Devices via USB on a Software level, without disable USB ports in BIOS?" Any solution(personal PC configuration or Group Policy) would be
great.
Hope for your help!
Thanks a lot in advance!

Hi Aziz,
Before going further, sorry for the late response. I was on holiday on those days.
>>Is it possible to deny Mobile Removable Devices / Media Removable Devices by a group policy?
Yes, it is.
On a DC, create a new GPO or find an existing GPO. Then edit the setting in the GPO, and link the GPO to the target scope (site, domain, OU).
Note: if we configure the setting under Computer Configuration, it applies to computers,
regardless of who logs on to the computers. While if we configure the setting under User Configuration, it applies to users, regardless of which computer they log on to.
In addition, regarding how to create, edit, and link a GPO, the following articles can be referred to for more information.
Create and Edit a Group Policy Object
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754740.aspx
Link a Group Policy Object
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732979.aspx
Best regards,
Frank Shen

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It was found in our portal that locks to some KM files still exist after one year has passed.
I understand that I can unlock the file one by one. My questions are:
1. How to unlock all of the files in one shot? I tried to just unlock the
whole folder but it seems it does not work. The only way I found is
either to unlock them one by one or run the resource report which can
unlock all the locked files.
2. What is the possible reason that those locks still exist after one
year of the lock creation time and what is the step we can take to
prevent this from happening again?
Thanks!

Hi,
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