Still Crazy After all these attempts......Can't remove an item from Trash

PREVIOUSLY POSTED (TWICE!) I've got a file stuck in the trash that won't go away. The trash will empty but that file never goes away. I can't move the file out of the trash, nor can I rename the file. The file name is a bunch of weird forward slashes and I have no idea where it came from. If I add files to the trash and them empty it, the new files will be emptied but not this weird file. I have tried everything I can think of...Secure Empty Trash, downloaded "What's Keeping Me" software,WhatsOpen software, Trash It! software, Growl, Main Menu (admittedly not sure how Growl WhatsOpen, Trash It! work)..... nothing works!
Don't have any other hard drives....do have Word for Mac and Flip4Mac but don't have any other Window applications (Quicktime is not Windows, right?) - it's pretty much 100% Apple
Any suggestions on how to get rid of this pesky file?
Have received lots of suggestions but still have the file!! Doesn't seem to impact the computer's operation but now it has become personal - me vs. "the file" ....and the file is winning.
Bob

I've seen two things that absolutely can not be removed from the Trash, no matter what, from a Mac. The first is a file that is a result of having a Windows install, as in Boot Camp, where one needs to boot into Windows and run its version of repair disk. The second case involves Windows, but indirectly. It is possible for Windows users to name a file using illegal (in Mac and UNIX) characters, and for a Mac user to get this file, usually by downloading. Neither the Mac Finder nor Terminal could cope with the illegal characters in the file name and the file will stay until the disk is reformatted. One of the latter cases I remember was a song by ABBA which someone got from a friend in Iceland. It's been awhile since I last saw this problem reported. A notorious example was a file from Adobe in Vietnamese, in the Legal folder. Trashing the Adobe application left this file in the Trash. In that case if one booted from the OS install disk and ran Repair Disk, then rebooted, the Trash could then be emptied. If the file is driving you nuts, you might try that. It might work for your file too.
Francine
Francine
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Parental control log viewer - still broken after all these years

I check this with every major OS X update. I know this has been a bug since 10.5, I think it goes back much further.
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So Apple fixed it in 10.7
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Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hunt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:27 AM
To: Harold Gaskill
Subject: [Premiere Elements] Re: Still crashing after all these years ....
What version of PrE are you using? If PrE 8, have you updated to PrE 8.0.1?
I did upgrade
Are you running as Administrator?
Yes
Is PrE installed on your C:\?
Yes
Have you updated your audio driver?
Yes
Have you updated Apple QT Player?
Yes
This *http://forums.adobe.com/thread/483270?tstart=0* will give you tips on setting up your computer for an editing session.
This *http://forums.adobe.com/thread/446365?tstart=60* will give you tips on finding clues as to what is happening with your system and your application, when a hang/crash occurs.
Good luck,
Hunt
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Still crashing after all these years ....

I have tried everything.
Updated NVIDIA driver.
Uninstall reinstall.
Tried every compatibility mode.
It still crashes on startup 100%.
Computer
Model : HP-Pavilion KQ497AAR-ABA m9340f
Workgroup :
Host Name :
User :
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6700 @ 2.66GHz
Speed : 2.67GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 4MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
Computer
Mainboard : PEGATRON CORPORATION Benicia
BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 5.35 12/16/2008
Bus(es) : ISA X-Bus PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR2 DDR3
Chipset
Model : HP P35/G33/G31 Processor to I/O Controller
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 267MHz (1GHz)
Total Memory : 8GB DIMM DDR2 DDR3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 401MHz (802MHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T5663QZ3-CF7 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)
Memory Module : Avant Tech 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-5-5-18 3-23-6-3)
Memory Module : Samsung M3 78T5663QZ3-CF7 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-6-6-18 3-24-6-3)
Memory Module : Avant Tech 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-5-5-18 3-23-6-3)
Video System
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS (32 SM4.0 1.4GHz, 512MB DDR2 2x500MHz, PCIe 1.00 x16)
Graphics Processor
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS (32SP 1.38GHz, 495.6MB 2x500MHz)
Storage Devices
WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U0 (300GB, SATA300, 10000rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 279GB (C:) (E:)
ST31500541AS (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", 5900rpm, NCQ) : 1TB (G:)
Generic USB SD Reader (USB) : N/A (F:)
Generic USB CF Reader (USB) : N/A (H:)
Generic USB xD/SM Reader (USB) : N/A (J:)
Generic USB MS Reader (USB) : N/A (K:)
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved (E:) : 100MB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U0 (300GB, SATA300, 10000rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
1.5 TB (G:) : 1TB (NTFS) @ ST31500541AS (1.5TB, SATA300, 3.5", 5900rpm, NCQ)
Hard Disk (C:) : 279GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U0 (300GB, SATA300, 10000rpm, NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Removable Drive (F:) : N/A @ Generic USB SD Reader (USB)
Removable Drive (H:) : N/A @ Generic USB CF Reader (USB)
Removable Drive (J:) : N/A @ Generic USB xD/SM Reader (USB)
Removable Drive (K:) : N/A @ Generic USB MS Reader (USB)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653Q (SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : HP (ICH9) LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : Asus F8000
Audio Device : ASUS Virtuoso 100 (Xonar D1)
Audio Codec : Gammagraphx 0000h
Audio Codec : Gammagraphx 0000h
Serial Port(s) : 2
Disk Controller : HP ICH8R (ICH8) SATA RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 2 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 3 : HP (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller 4 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 5 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 6 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 7 : HP (ICH9) USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller 8 : HP (ICH9) USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : HP FW322/323 IEEE1394 OHCI FireWire Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : DocuCom PDF Driver (2400x2400, Colour)
Printer : Amyuni Document Converter 400 (2400x2400, Colour)
Printer : Amyuni Document Converter 400 (2400x2400, Colour)
Printer : Nuance Image Printer Driver (600x600)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)
Printer : DocuCom PDF Driver (2400x2400, Colour)
Printer : Brother FAX-4100 USB (600x600, USB)
Printer : Adobe PDF Converter (4000x4000, Colour)
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Peripherals
Media Player :   ()
Media Player :   ()
Media Player :   ()
Media Player :   ()
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet, 100Mbps)
Network Adapter : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2
Wireless Adapter 1 : 802.11n Wireless PCI Express Card LAN Adapter (802.11g (ERP), WEP n-bit, 24Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600
Platform Compliance : x64
Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.3
Video Adapter
Display : \\.\DISPLAY1
VGA Compatible : No
Official Device Name : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Hardware ID : PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0644&SUBSYS_13301462&REV_A1
OEM Device Name : nVidia G96 [GeForce 9500 GS]
URL : http://www.nvidia.com
Device Name : MSI G96 [GeForce 9500 GS]
Chipset
Model : NV96
Revision : A1
Speed : 552MHz
Shader Speed : 1.4GHz
Peak Processing Performance (PPP) : 89.6GFLOPS
Adjusted Peak Performance (APP) : 80.64WG
RAMDAC Speed : 400MHz
Unified Shaders : 32 Unit(s)
Raster Operation Units (ROP) : 8 Unit(s)
Texture Mapping Units (TMU) : 16 Unit(s)
Maximum Pixel Fillrate : 4.42GPixel/s
Maximum Texture Fillrate : 8.83GTexel/s
Logical/Chipset Memory Banks
Total Memory : 512MB DDR2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 500MHz (1GHz)
Channels : 2
Width : 64-bit
Maximum Memory Bus Bandwidth : 15.63GB/s
Bus
Type : PCIe
Version : 1.00
Width : x16 / x16
Speed : 2.5Gbps / 2.5Gbps
Maximum Bus Bandwidth : 4GB/s
Video BIOS
Date of Manufacture : Friday, June 02, 2000
Version : 62.94.1F.00.26
System i2c Controller 1
Model : nVidia GT-GFX DDC1 i2c
Speed : 50kHz
System i2c Controller 2
Model : nVidia GT-GFX DDC2 i2c
Speed : 50kHz
System i2c Controller 3
Model : nVidia GT-GFX DDC3 i2c
Speed : 50kHz
System i2c Controller 4
Model : nVidia GT-GFX DDC4 i2c
Speed : 50kHz
System i2c Controller 5
Model : GeForce 9500 GS DDC16
Version : 0.A1
Environment Monitor 1
Model : nVidia GFX NV96 A1 HwMon
Version : 10.01
Temperature Sensor(s)
CPU Temperature : 57.00°C
Cooling Device(s)
Auto Fan Speed Control : Yes
CPU Fan : 772rpm
Direct3D 10 Devices
Interface Version : 10.00
Unified Shaders : 4.00
Library Version : 8.17.11.9745
Model : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Physical Memory : 512MB
Texture Memory : 3.5GB
Direct3D 9 Devices
Interface Version : 9.00
Model : NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS
Video Driver : nvd3dumx.dll
Library Version : 8.17.11.9745
Has 3D Hardware Acceleration : Yes
Hardware Transform & Light : Yes
Heads : 1
Pixel Shaders Version : 3.00
Vertex Shaders Version : 3.00
Accelerated Video Decoders
MPEG2 IDCT : Yes
VC1-C (VC1 IDCT) : Yes
WMV9-C (WMV9 IDCT) : Yes
H264-E (H264 VLD NoFGT) : Yes
Accelerated Video Processors
Pixel Adaptive Device : Yes
{F9F19DA5-3B09-4B2F-9D89-C64753E3EAAB} : Yes
Progressive Device : Yes
Bob Device : Yes
Software Device : Yes
Video Driver
Expected Windows Version : 4.00
Screen Saver Active : 5 minute(s)
Low Power Saving Active : No
Power Off Saving Active : No
Mode
Mode : 1680x1050 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit)
Refresh Rate : 59Hz
Virtual Desktop Size : 1680x1050
Supported Video Modes
Mode 3 : 640x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 59Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 14 : 720x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 27 : 720x576 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 50Hz
Mode 31 : 800x600 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 34 : 1024x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz
Mode 35 : 1152x864 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 75Hz
Mode 38 : 1280x720 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 50Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 41 : 1280x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 44 : 1280x800 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 45 : 1280x960 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 47 : 1280x1024 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 75Hz
Mode 50 : 1360x768 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 56 : 1600x900 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 62 : 1600x1024 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 63 : 1600x1200 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 65 : 1680x1050 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 69 : 640x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 59Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 80 : 720x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 93 : 720x576 64K HiColour (16-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 50Hz
Mode 97 : 800x600 64K HiColour (16-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 100 : 1024x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz
Mode 101 : 1152x864 64K HiColour (16-bit) 75Hz
Mode 104 : 1280x720 64K HiColour (16-bit) 50Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 107 : 1280x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 110 : 1280x800 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 111 : 1280x960 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 113 : 1280x1024 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 75Hz
Mode 116 : 1360x768 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 122 : 1600x900 64K HiColour (16-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 128 : 1600x1024 64K HiColour (16-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 129 : 1600x1200 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 131 : 1680x1050 64K HiColour (16-bit) 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 135 : 640x480 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 59Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 146 : 720x480 256 colours (8-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 159 : 720x576 256 colours (8-bit) 56Hz 56Hz 56Hz 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz 50Hz
Mode 163 : 800x600 256 colours (8-bit) 56Hz 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz
Mode 166 : 1024x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz
Mode 167 : 1152x864 256 colours (8-bit) 75Hz
Mode 170 : 1280x720 256 colours (8-bit) 50Hz 60Hz 59Hz
Mode 173 : 1280x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 176 : 1280x800 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 177 : 1280x960 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 179 : 1280x1024 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 75Hz
Mode 182 : 1360x768 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz
Mode 188 : 1600x900 256 colours (8-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 194 : 1600x1024 256 colours (8-bit) 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 195 : 1600x1200 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 197 : 1680x1050 256 colours (8-bit) 59Hz 60Hz
Mode 198 : 1440x900 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 199 : 1400x1050 256 colours (8-bit) 60Hz
Mode 200 : 640x400 256 colours (8-bit) 70Hz
Mode 201 : 1440x900 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 202 : 1400x1050 64K HiColour (16-bit) 60Hz
Mode 203 : 640x400 64K HiColour (16-bit) 70Hz
Mode 204 : 1440x900 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 205 : 1400x1050 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 60Hz
Mode 206 : 640x400 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 70Hz
Mode 208 : 1440x480 256 colours (8-bit) 29Hz 30Hz
Mode 209 : 1440x576 256 colours (8-bit) 25Hz
Mode 211 : 1440x480 64K HiColour (16-bit) 29Hz 30Hz
Mode 212 : 1440x576 64K HiColour (16-bit) 25Hz
Mode 214 : 1440x480 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 29Hz 30Hz
Mode 215 : 1440x576 16M+ TrueColour (32-bit) 25Hz
Device Mode Characteristics
Physical Medium Width : 593 mm, 23 in
Physical Medium Height : 370 mm, 15 in
Recommended Display Size : 32 in
Horizontal/Vertical Resolution : 96x96 dpi
Colour Bits/Planes : 32-bit / 1-bit
Brushes : 4294967295
Pens : 4294967295
Colours/Shades : 4294967295
Pixel Width/Height/Diagonal : 36 / 36 / 51
Clipping Capabilities
Can Clip Output to Rectangle : Yes
Can Clip Output to Region : No
Raster Capabilities
Supports Banding : No
Supports Fonts Larger than 64Kb : Yes
Can Transfer Bitmaps : Yes
Supports Bitmaps Larger than 64Kb : Yes
Supports Device Bitmaps : No
Supports DIBs : Yes
DIBs on Device Surface : Yes
Flood Fills : Yes
Supports Windows 2.x : Yes
Stretch/Compress Bitmaps : Yes
Stretch/Compress DIBs : Yes
Supports Scaling : No
Palette-Based Device : No
Saves Bitmap Locally : No
Curve Capabilities
Can Draw Circles : Yes
Can Draw Ellipses : Yes
Can Draw Pie Wedges : Yes
Can Draw Chord Arcs : Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Rounded Rectangles : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes
Line Capabilities
Can Draw Polylines : Yes
Can Draw Styled Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Lines : Yes
Can Draw Markers : Yes
Can Draw Polymarkers : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes
Polygonal Capabilities
Can Draw Alternate-fill Polygons : Yes
Can Draw Winding-fill Polygons : Yes
Can Draw Rectangles : Yes
Can Draw Scan Lines : Yes
Can Draw Wide Borders : Yes
Can Draw Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Wide, Styled Borders : Yes
Can Draw Interiors : Yes
Text Capabilities
Supports Stroke Clip Precision : Yes
Supports Stroke Output Precision : Yes
Supports Character Output Precision : Yes
Supports 90° Character Rotation : No
Supports Any Angle Character Rotation : No
Supports Independent X-Y Scaling : No
Supports Doubled Character for Scaling : No
Supports Integer Multiples for Scaling : No
Any Multiples for Exact Scaling : No
Can Draw Double-Weighted Characters : No
Can Italicise : No
Can Underline : Yes
Can Draw Strikeouts : Yes
Can Draw Raster Fonts : Yes
Can Draw Vector Fonts : Yes
Cannot Scroll Using BitBlt : No
Enhanced Video Settings
Animation Effects Enabled : No
Full Windows Drag Enabled : No
Font Smoothing Enabled : No
HighContrast Feature On : No
Performance Tips
Tip 314 : Video BIOS is too old. Check for an update.
Notice 2539 : Disabled environment monitors have been enabled. Check readings.
Tip 2221 : Driver is not certified.
Tip 319 : A refresh rate of at least 75Hz is recommended. Increase it if possible.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.
Computer
Manufacturer : HP-Pavilion
Model : KQ497AAR-ABA m9340f
Family : 103C_53316J

Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Hunt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:27 AM
To: Harold Gaskill
Subject: [Premiere Elements] Re: Still crashing after all these years ....
What version of PrE are you using? If PrE 8, have you updated to PrE 8.0.1?
I did upgrade
Are you running as Administrator?
Yes
Is PrE installed on your C:\?
Yes
Have you updated your audio driver?
Yes
Have you updated Apple QT Player?
Yes
This *http://forums.adobe.com/thread/483270?tstart=0* will give you tips on setting up your computer for an editing session.
This *http://forums.adobe.com/thread/446365?tstart=60* will give you tips on finding clues as to what is happening with your system and your application, when a hang/crash occurs.
Good luck,
Hunt
This message was sent to: Halmeister
To post a reply to the thread message, either reply to this email or visit the message page: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2801049#2801049
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I figured is "should", i'm just reporting that it doesn't
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Please explain. I've looked at every setting I can find and there is no way to set auto detect to "ON". I DID try setting it to "universal" in an attempt top solve the problem, but I have since restored it to "off", because the universal setting doesn't help.
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No... I never said that anywhere. I DID refer to Menu->View_>Character Encoding, and I did refer to right clicking on individual folders, to get to the properties dialog, and the general information tab. But F-10 doesn't do anything
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Well, mine NEVER did. A short example from an email I got today pretty much is exemplative of all mail I get from GMAIL...
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Ok, very good. Thank you. Phoenix sent you a friend request on Facebook by
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<p dir=3D"ltr">Ok, very good. Thank you. Phoenix sent you a friend request=
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I recently purchased a Western Digital My Book HD to use for backups. The HD included software which I stupidly thought I needed to use it, so I installed it. I quickly realized I didn't need it and uninstalled the software, however it has left an icon in my menu bar which I can't seem to get rid of. Is there a way to make it go away or am I stuck now?

how did you uninstall that software? did you simply trash the application? that wasn't the proper way to do it since the app used an installer to install. there should be an uninstaller that came with that app. try using that. you might have to reinstall that software first. if that doesn't work then you have to search out what exactly that software installed. there could be login items. check those in system preferences->accounts. or there could be some launch daemons. check homedirectory/Library/Launchagents, /Library/launchagents and /Library/launchdaemons. but definitely try the uninstaller first.

Can't remove user files from trash

I tried to remove user.
The operation crashed.
I later deleted the user directories while signed on as another user.
Now the original user files are stuck in the trash and I can't delete them.
Can't even reset permissions.
What should I do to rmeove them?
Thanks
karl

karlfromdurham city wrote:
I tried to remove user.
The operation crashed.
I later deleted the user directories while signed on as another user.
Now the original user files are stuck in the trash and I can't delete them.
You don't delete a User account by dragging the User's folder to the trash.
Open System Preferences > Accounts (or Users and Groups I believe it is in Lion).
You cannot be logged in to the account you're deleting, and you must be logged in to an Admin account.
Click the padlock to unlock the pane, select the User in the list of accounts and click the - (minus) sign below the pane.
You'll be asked what to do with the users home folder - simply select delete and click OK.
No need to get yourself in a permissions pickle.

Can't remove some items from Dock

I have several icons from applications in the dock which cannot be removed and the usual options displayed when holding down the key are not present. Other things such as folders can be added and removed from the right side of the dock. This problem occurred suddenly. Formerly the dock functioned normally.

John,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Navigate to yourusername/Library/Preferences Folder and find the com.apple.dock.plist file. Drag this file to the Desktop, then log out/in or restart and the Dock should return to the default configuration.
;~)

TS1538 Still not connecting after all these steps were done, what is the solution?

Still not connecting after all these steps were done, what is the solution?

Tried a different cable, this cable will now charge the ipod, but will not be recognized by the computer as even being a drive.
haven't tried a different computer because I really don't want itunes instaled on it.

Why BIA is not stable after all these years? (old)

Hi all,
We purchased BIA (16GB blades) in 2006, implemented to our production in 2007 with Version 34.
It was a success; the first month BIA was hit 18K times. Today we are seeing about 300K hit a month (we're using 32GB blades with version 49. ). I can assure you that it was(and is)not a plug and play appliance, we have experienced every single BIA error existed on earth. Don't get me wrong; when it works it's an awesome product, I believe in BIA and support it 150%, this is why i am here spending my time.
3 weeks back, we upgraded BIA from Ver 48 to 49. After a week of quiet time, one of my blades went down for no appearent reason, that not only caused an outage for thousands of internal and external customers but wiped out the confidence that I have with the new version 49.
Today, I am "once again" sending apology emails to my users, customers, my boss, CIO etc about the BIA outage. Forget about preventing this to happen in the first place, but I don't understand why it is so hard for you SAP guys to identify the query that crushed the blade(s). I assume your priority is making BIA fancier - such as working on back-up and recovery - instead of making it stable, or at least more monitorable
It is very, very, very frustrating that after all these years that this tool is still not stable, in other words after all the feedback we gave to SAP, after all the times we spent together, we are back to the square one. Think about , would you be keep investigating to a car that keep stopping in the middle of rush hour traffic? So why should you pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a product that goes down every day?
Anyways, let me know if you know a way to find out what particular query brings down BIA without leaving the trace on 24x7 for days.
Cheers
Tansu
Edited by: tansuaksu on Apr 30, 2009 1:46 PM
Edited by: tansuaksu on Apr 30, 2009 2:01 PM

Tansu,
if you go to Usage -> Acess Statistics in TREXAdmin (Python), not all the columns are populated by default (at least in our case)
Like #unloads, #reads, waittime, #merges, # writes, #plans, input/output, # FEMS among others.
To collect this data, you have to activate additional level of stats.
Go to indexserver.ini for your masterblade. default is set to No. Change it to yes.
[indexusagecollector]
#active = no
active = yes
Unfortunately, there is no documentation available on what each of these values truly represent. So you are left on your own to interpret them as you like.
A discussion in this forum on how you read these numbers would be helpful though.
BIA Stability:
To sum up: BIA has the notion "It rocks when it works" in our company.
Some of biggest issues:
1. There are queries failing that BI team doesn't know about unless users report to us. But users have stopped reporting BIA related failures to us because same query completes successfully after 5 mins (when the temporary memory goes down again). so our users just rerun the quey after sometime rather than reporting it to us. Bottomline - BIA is NOT up 100%. we only know if a query has failed if we go thru the trace files.
2. As Arun mentioned, we too have some queries that dont work at all with BIA due to huge dataset sent back to OLAP. Eventually we had to turn off BIA for those queries.
3. It takes too long for back up to take over. In our case it took 75 mins before back up took over.
we would rather prefer to set a threshold ourselves on when back up should kick in rather than waiting for active blade to go completely down. Unless its a hardware failure (chances of which are pretty slim), back up would always wait for active blade to go completely down. what if an acitve blade is in hung state?
[Re: Automated Failover - can we force backup blade to take over?] discussed here
4. We dont know which query brings BIA down. (that what we are tyring to figure out using the stats mentioned above.)
4. Inverted Data model - we have some cubes which have master data tables bigger than fact tables.
For some, BIA works. For others, aggregates are more effecient. we are still not able to figure out, whats the difference?
[How to relate STEPUID/DMUID in RSDDSTAT_DM to STATUID in RSDDSTATTREXSERV; discussed here
Lets see how Rev 50 addresses our issues.
Thanks,
Saurabh Bansal

Journey-After All These Years

I can't find Journey's new song After All These Years on Itunes . . . Help.

Just like any music store, updating isn't instant.
It takes a while for new music to show up.
Just be patient and it will eventually be in the store.
: )

How can I remove an album from icloud? I don't want it at all.

I removed an album from my itunes library, but it still shows up on the icloud and I don't want it at all. How can I remove it from icloud? I don't want to see it on my iphone or icloud or anything....How can I remove this??

You can't remove it. All you can do is hide it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919
Apple removed the ability to hide purchases directly on the phone, but after hiding in iTunes on your computer, sync your phone & see if it also hides on your phone.

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How can I remove the app from my computer after I remove it from my iphone5? I plug in my phone and it shows all the apps I've deleted still on the computer. tnx.

Open the iTunes app on your computer, highlight the Apps in the left column, right click over the icons of the apps that you wish to delete and choose Delete.

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