The Honeypot Trap vs reCaptcha
I think reCaptcha is technically excellent, but from a UI perspective a fail. Has anyone tried using a Honeypot Trap in place of Captcha or reCaptcha? Could this work?
The Honeypot Trap
Bots malicious find open fields delicious, so set up a “honeypot” field with hidden CSS that is invisible to users. You can set your validation to fail when there’s anything entered into the honeypot field.
This method completely removes the friction of the CAPTCHA method — unless the user has CSS disabled, or uses a browser that auto-fills common fields. The latter may be a high percentage, so consider using a field that is rarely asked for by other sites, such as time zone, but something bots might recognize.
Just to add to my one sided debate... Does captcha impact on conversion rate? One study suggests it does... http://www.seomoz.org/blog/captchas-affect-on-conversion-rates
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Has a couple of bugs right now to be fixed soon but all new forms you will see this added. It basically does honeypot and a bit more.
You just need to add it to any older web forms.
AS a note to recent spam - It is partly manual process and honeypot, Captcha or anything wont bypass.
Captcha conversion rate is greatly based on how you implement it. Recaptcha has a low conversion rate for example because its not great to look at and the image it renders is quite small.
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Why does the Illustrator "trap" command trap the same spot colors in opposite ways?
I can not understand how Illustrator decides which way to expand something when using the "trap" command. According to their tutorial it expands the lighter-colored artwork over the darker artwork, unless you choose to reverse traps. But in practise, where two objects of the same color meet, it will frequenrly trap them in one direction in one place and the opposite direction in the other.
Here's an example with especially large traps:
The two yellow items are defined as the same spot color and are a single compound path. There is just the one simple shape of spot red and one simple shape of spot pink.
On the left yellow object, it expands yellow over pink. On the right, it expands pink over yellow. On the left yellow object, it expands red over yellow. On the right, it expands yellow over red.
There is no possible print order of these three spot colors that would result in the correct object shapes being printed the way this is trapped. Is this just a bug? Can anyone explain this result, or especially how to make it work in a useable way?
All objects are spot colors that are cut out from each other so there were no overlaps.Here's what it looks like with overprint preview:
It still looks wrong.
This view is glossing over how bad it would really look with screen printing, because the inks are much higher opacity than they're previewing here. I suppose that's what you're getting at, that the trapping may be bad for screen printing, but if you're assuming offset press inks that have next to no opacity and will mix together on press, that it doesn't matter which way you trap. Overprint preview makes yellow overprinting pink look the same as pink overprinting yellow. With spot colors in screen printing, that is no where near the case.
But even consdiering that, this trapping is wrong, the final shapes of the objects are changed by the trapping. And the trapping does not appear to follow Adobe's own description of the logic used, or any kind of consistency. Why would it expand yellow into pink in some places and pink into yellow in others?
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IMac DV firmware trap- but not the usual symptoms, help?
ok, ok, I admit, I got nailed by the Firmware Trap on my friend's iMac DV 500, but I don't have the usual no-video and shutdown problems typical of the classic firmware issue. The iMac has video, and boots fine from Panther install disks, and does not shut itself down, but it won't install anything, and it won't complete booting from OS 9 install CD (it gets partway thru, but Finder won't load) or utility CDs (only goes as far as splash screen in TechToolPro OS9.2)
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I have tried an Open Firmware reset, pulled and reinstalled the RAM and backup battery, unplugged the HD, reset the logic board- nothing changed. The Sleep button trick won't work because it will not go to sleep, and it has video anyway.
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I tend macs for several friends and relatives who have them (non-profit!), and don't want it to get out that I inadvertently killed one!I found these links for another topic thread. They have the technician's service manual for slot loader iMacs, in PDF format (both link to the same manual). There is a section in the manual on trouble-shooting, and it includes a section on the PMU reset procedure (pages 196 and 197).
http://www.baconeggs.co.uk/manuals/index.htm
(click on "iMac - Slot loader" link)
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http://www.wileytradegroup.com/imacrepair/imacDV.pdf
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This is a test of the Edit button
I am using Harm's original guide posts to see what's happening with the edit button
How do you set up your editing machine in terms of disks for maximum performance and reliability? (SSD's are left out here.)
This is a question that often arises and all too often one sees that initial settings are really suboptimal. These rules are intended to help you decide how to setup your disks to get the best response times. Of course the only disks in an editing machine must be 7200 RPM types or faster. No GREEN disks at all.
Rule 1: NEVER partition a disk. You may ask why? First of all, it does not increase disk space, it just allocates the space differently. However, the major drawback is that for a partitioned disk the OS must first access a partition table at the beginning of the disk for all accesses to the disk, thus requiring the heads to move to the beginning of the disk, then when it has gotten the partition info move to the designated area on the disk and perform the requested action. This means much more wear-and-tear on the mechanics of the disk, slower speeds and more overhead for the OS, all reducing efficiency.
Rule 2: Avoid using USB drives, since they are the slowest on the market. Do not be tricked by the alleged bandwidth of USB 2.0 advertisements, because is just is not true and remember that the alleged bandwidth is shared by all USB devices, so if you have a USB mouse, keyboard, printer, card reader or whatever, they all share the bandwidth. Stick to SCSI or SATA disks or e-SATA. If needed, you can use Firewire-800 or even Firewire-400 disks, but they are really more suited for backups than for editing.
Rule 3: Use at least 3 different physical disks on an editing machine, one for OS/programs, one for media and one for pagefile/scratch/renders. Even on a notebook with one internal drive it is easy to accomplish this by using a dual e-SATA to Express card connector. That gives you an additional two e-SATA connections for external disks.
Rule 4: Spread disk access across as many disks as you have. If you have OS & programs on disk C:, set your pagefile on another disk. Also set your pagefile to a fixed size, preferably somewhere around 1.5 times your physical memory.
Rule 5: Turn off index search and compression. Both will cause severe performance hits if you leave them on.
Rule 6: If the fill rate on any of your SATA disks goes over 60-70% it is time to get a larger or an additional disk.
Rule 7: Perform regular defrags on all of your disks. For instance, you can schedule this daily during your lunch break.
Rule 8: Keep your disks cool by using adequate airflow by means of additional fans if needed. You can use SMART to monitor disk temperatures, which should be under 35 degrees C at all times and normally hover around 20-24 C, at least in a properly cooled system.
Rule 9: If people want raid, the cheapest way is to use the on-board IHCR or Marvell chip, but it places a relatively high burden on the CPU. The best way is a hardware controller card, preferably based on the IOP348 chip. Areca ARC and ADAPTEC come to mind. 3Ware uses it's own chipset and though not bad, they are not in the same league as the other two. Promise and the like in the budget range are no good and a complete waste of money. Expect to spend around $ 800 plus for a good controller with 12 connectors internally and 4 e-SATA connectors. Important to consider in a purchasing decision is whether the on-board cache memory can be expanded from the regular 256/512 MB to 2 or even 4 GB. Be aware that 2 GB cache can be relatively cheap, but the 4 GB version extremely costly ($ 30 versus $ 300). For safety reasons it is advisable to include a battery backup module (BBM).
Rule 10: If you can easily replace the data in case of disk failure (like rendered files), go ahead and use raid0, but if you want any protection against data loss, use raid 3/5/6/10/30/50. For further protection you can use hot spares, diminishing downtime and performance degradation.
In general when you get a new disk, pay close attention to any rattling noise, do perform regular disk checks, and in case of doubt about reliability, exchange the disk under guarantee. Often a new disk will fail in the first three months. If they survive that period, most of the disks will survive for the next couple of years. If you use a lot of internal disks like I do (17), set staggered spin-up to around 1 second to lessen the burden on the PSU and improve stability.
Hope this helps to answer some basic questions. If not, let me know. Further enhancements and suggestions are welcome
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For AMD setups, disregard the mentions of sockets and the like but the general recommendations still hold.
When you need a new PC for editing purposes, you basically have three choices:
1. Buy an off the shelf system from companies like HP or Dell.
2. Buy a custom built PC from a specialist company, like http://www.guygraphics.com/
3. Build it yourself.
Solution 1 can offer good prices if you stick to their standard configurations and it is easy. But remember that these companies make their profit not on the base system, but on all the options they offer. If you follow their recommendations and upgrade memory, hard disks, or choose a better video card or a faster processor, they steal you blind.
I have nothing against HP or Dell, I have bought systems from them, but usually that was because of a great offer with all the features I needed at the time and applied to notebooks, desktops and servers.
Solution 2 is usually costly, but you get what you pay for. You get the expertise of the seller/builder in selecting the right components, he builds it, installs the software and tests it before delivery. The downside is that often these specialists have their own favorite hardware, like Matrox or Canopus and try to get that into the deal, which increases the price.
Solution 3 is usually the most cost effective and the most flexible, but the largest drawback is that you need to choose all the right components, to be aware of potential incompatibilities and build it yourself. Many see that as a major stumbling block, but really it is not difficult. Another drawback is support. You have to do it yourself.
The first steps to take are twofold:
1. What material do you want to edit and how do you want to deliver the results?
To put it bluntly, if you want to edit material, recorded with a mobile phone, a digital still camera, recorded off the internet from YouTube or similar, recorded from TV, grabbed from the screen, encoded with any unsuitable codec like DivX, XVid, or the like, or ripped from DVD, and that is your major purpose, no need to read this further, just use a consumer application like Windows Movie Maker or Magix for your editing.
This guide is for people who use a VIDEO camera and want to edit that.
So for people with video cameras, what is the main format you use? DV, HDV, DVCPROHD, AVCHD, XDCAMHD, other?
Do you deliver for the web, on BR or DVD or all of those?
2. What is your budget?
Once you have answered these two basic questions for yourself can you start the selection process.
It will require you to read quite a lot about PC's. Good general sources of information are:
http://www.tomshardware.com and http://anandtech.com
As a general rule of thumb you can say that the minimum requirements in terms of CPU, despite what Adobe mentions as minimum requirements, are:
1. For DV: Core 2 Duo
2. For AVCHD: i7 with HT or dual Xeon's 55xx
3. For other HD formats: Core 2 Quad
It generally does not pay to get the fastest CPU, unless you have an unlimited budget. Their price/performance is usually not the best and you will find a step down gives you nearly the same performance at a much lower price. And there is always overclocking, but I'll come back to that later. To give an example, the Core 2 Extreme QX6850 is currently more than 4 times as expensive as the Core 2 Quad Q9550, but does not deliver any noteworthy performance improvement. And both are quad cores.
To help you narrow down your choices, it is worthwhile to have a look at these charts:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/desptop-cpu-charts-q3-2008/Cinema-4D-Release- 10,835.html
Likely a new version for Q1-2009 will come out shortly.
In deciding on your shortlist, keep in mind that for video editing FSB speed and cache size are very important. First look at FSB speed (the higher the better, so if you have the choice between 1066 or 1333 FSB, always choose the higher one if it fits your budget). Next narrow down your choices by selecting the CPU with the largest cache. 6 MB L3 cache is better than 3 MB.
Let's assume that after studying all these sites and reading a lot about CPU's, you have made a shortlist of possible candidates, that fit the minimum requirements indicated above, you have to identify what socket the CPU uses. Is it a 775 pin socket (Core2), a 1366 pin (i7 or Xeon 55xx) or a 771 Xeon 54xx or lower (old generation) socket. This will largely determine your choice of motherboard and memory type you need and as a consequence the case and cooling you need.
In general the chipset on a 775 mobo uses DDR2, dual channel memory, which is widely available and relatively cheap. On a 771 mobo the memory used is FBDIMM (fully buffered DDR2) with ECC (error correction) which is much harder to get and significantly more expensive. On a 1366 mobo the memory is triple channel DDR3 which is faster than DDR2 but also more expensive. For Xeon 55xx based boards memory used is FBDIMM's triple channel with ECC, which is hard to find and costly.
The main difference between DDR2 and DDR3 is that dual channel requires two populated memory banks for dual channel operation, whereas triple channel DDR3 requires three banks populated. That is the reason that mobo's with DDR2 usually come with 4 or 8 GB RAM and DDR3 mobo's with 6 or 12 GB RAM. DDR3 is faster (at the same specs) than DDR2. To complicate matters further, most 775 mobo's offer 4 memory slots, 1366 mobo's usually offer 6 memory slots and 1366 dual socket Xeon boards usually offer 12 memory slots.
I see you are losing interest, this is getting way too complicated. Well, I'm sorry but if you want to make an informed decision on what your next system should be, you need to understand these basics or buy a Dell or HP or even Alienware (a Dell subsidiary). And I continue to bore you with these technicalities in order to help you make a good purchasing decision.
When selecting a mobo for the CPU you have selected, read tests on TomsHardware or AnandTech to help you find the good performers that have the right set of features for your job. Good brands are ASUS, Abit, Gigabyte and MSI for single socket use, for dual socket the best one to check out is SuperMicro or possibly Tyan.
Pay attention to the features a board offers, like dual NIC's (network interface controller), dual firewire, number of SATA ports, chipset used for the SATA controller, IHCR and/or Marvell raid capability, on board sound, etcetera. Pay special attention to the board layout, where the PCI-e slots are located in relation to PCI slots. I have once built a machine where I knew I had to use a PCI firewire board and due to the location of the PCI-e slot and the size of the video card (dual slot size) the PCI slot was no longer accessible. It caused me quite some headaches to find a PCI-x firewire replacement board, because I had forgotten to have a close look at the mobo layout. Just a warning, so you don't fall into the same trap I did.
Ok, we have now decided on the CPU and the mobo. Let's have a look at memory.
General rule: Get as much as you can and don't spend it on higher clock capable versions! You will gain more from slower memory in large quantities, than from faster but less memory, even with 32 bit apps like CS4. One of the side effects of more memory is less use of a pagefile, which is far slower than RAM, so even if the application can not access more than 4 GB, your pagefile use will be much lower with more memory installed.
Memory is offered with various ratings. Often in marketing jargon these are dubbed as PC3-8500 or PC3-10600 or PC3-12800 up to 16000. This is all hype. The price tag increases significantly with higher numbers but the performance gain is negligent, in the order of 1 or 2 %. Your best bet is to get memory that is suitable for the FSB speed you have. If you have a FSB of 1333, use memory for 1333 FSB (10600), if you have a FSB of 1066, get 1066 capable memory (8500), it is a complete waste of money to get 1600 capable memory if your FSB does not support it. What is important however is to get the best timings you can find.
The lower the CAS latency, the better. Also look at tRAS (ROW-ACTIVE-TIME) results. These timing figures may give you better performance than spending money on higher clocked memory. On my system I have 6-6-6-18 timings for memory (even when overclocked by 35% and without increasing the voltage), which gives far better results than 9-9-9-27 timings. BTW, timings are usually measured in CAS, RAS-to-CAS, tRP and tRAS sequence. The lower these numbers, the better it is.
In general get at least 4 GB on a 775 or 6 GB on a 1366 mobo, but you may benefit from doubling these figures if you are multitasking, for instance having PR, AE and EN open for dynamic linking, or changing to PS for text or still manipulation.
Next: Storage. I point you to a previous guide I made which gives you the basics about disk setup:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/427772
Next cases. I suggest to only look at big towers or server towers, depending on the mobo of your choice. For dual CPU sockets a server tower is almost always a must, decause of the use of e-ATX size mobo's and the requirement for specialized cooling, often using an air duct, which is only available in server cases. SuperMicro is a prime supplier and my personal favorite in terms of build quality, expansion capabilities and reliability. Be aware however that the power supply in those cases are pretty noisy. For single CPU solutions there are many choices, often based on looks. What is much more important however is the expansion room and the airflow in those cases. You don't want to pimp your editing machine with LED illuminated fans, transparent sides and the like. It needs to be functional. Antec, CoolerMaster, Lian Li and ThermalTake are common brands and worth having a look at. Looking at smaller cases with a sexy look will often lead to disappointment in the future, since they often lack the capability to add additional disk drives or burners internally or get so full with equipment, that cooling is going to be a real problem. Do take into consideration that you may need 1 or 2 5.25" slots for burners.
Warning: COOLING is essential for reliability and longevity of your system. We'll get to that in a minute.
If you work long form projects, have a multitude of projects or other situations that may require a large number of disks in use or for backup, it is worth to have a look at cases that offer SAS backplanes and (hot-)swappable disk cages. Often on various sites you may find entries to case modding, where you can find other disk cages that allow you to use four 3.5" disks in the space for two 5.25" slots. In my case I had 6 3.5" slots as is was delivered. I have modded my case to now contain 14 3.5" disks just on the front with room for another disk. To avoid disappointment in the future and a lot of work of rebuilding your PC into a new chassis, plan ahead for the storage requirements you may have in the next years. If you start out with 4
disks now, but expect to use 8 next year, be sure that they fit in, even if it requires different disk cages. Make sure that there is adequate cooling for the disks in the disk cages, preferably with 80 or 120 mm fans in front of the disks and use a replacable dust filter.
By this stage we have found the CPU, mobo, memory, hard disks and case. Time to have a look at video cards.
General: CS4 will not significantly benefit from a high end video card. The marketing hype wants us to believe that the nVidia
Quadro CX will give enormous benefits for encoding H.264, but that is just what it is: "Hype".
For general NLE work you are better served with more CPU power, more memory and more hard disks and possibly a better raid controller with more cache than with a video card that costs you at least $ 1 K extra in comparison to very good cards. Better spend the money where you benefit from it. SLI or CrossFire is a complete waste of money and only applies to gamers. Everybody serious about video editing will NEVER install a game on his machine so forget about those things.
If you make sure that you have at least 512 MB on a decent modern video card, you will be hard pressed to see significant differences in performance. ATI Radeon 4xxx and nVidia GT 2xx series are all well up to the task for editing. If you use GPU intensive plug-ins like Colorista or Magic Bullet you may be wise to choose for the more powerful versions of these cards, since these plug-ins are very demanding when rendering.
These video cards get very hot in practice and especially under load. If your case is very full or you have another card in the next PCI-e slot, reducing airflow to the video card, you may consider exchanging the stock cooler on the video card by a special cooler like the Accelero Twin Turbo from Arctic Cooling to keep temperatures in hand.
Now go to http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp and use the PSU calculator to roughly decide what your power supply needs to deliver in terms of Wattage. I strongly suggest to get the PRO version (it is cheap!) but it saves you from fatal mistakes. A PSU (power supply unit) is one of the most overlooked and neglected components in a PC and very often the cause for all kinds of mysterious faults, hangs, BSOD's, restarts etcetera. Let me tell what nearly happened to me when building a new PC. I had checked the power supply requirements, checked reviews online and found one PSU that appealed to me, based on the reviews. It was a Zalman 1000 W. Great, looks good and in stock at an attractive price. I then got the pro version and rechecked, with the extra info on the various rails. The Zalman did not have enough power on the 5V rails that I needed. So I had to change the PSU, otherwise I would have been in for a lot of strange, unexplainable and foreall unexpected hangs, restarts and the like, apart from the reduced life expectancy of the PSU.
Now, we're finally getting somewhere. Only cooling is left, then all the hardware components have been chosen.
CPU cooling: Again check sites like AnandTech. They regularly perform extensive tests on CPU coolers. Be aware that test results differ widely from site to site, but some of the names to consider are Noctua, Scythe and Thermaltake. It is best to choose a vertical heatsink cooler with 'push-pull' configuration, meaning one fan in front to push the cooling air in to the heatsink and the other fan at the rear to pull out the air. That generally delivers the best cooling performance. These things can be quite heavy so they are not suggested for LAN parties. Install it and leave your PC where it is, otherwise the weight may damage your mobo. When installing the heatsink be very sparing in applying cooling paste (Arctic silver is a good
suggestion).
If you have followed my advise in getting a big tower you have room for additional fans in the case. There may not always be holes to attach screws for mounting, but what also works quite effectively is using heavy duty double sided tape to attach fans to a side, on the PSU (if it is mounted at the bottom of the case). Scythe has some very good fans that give a large airflow at reasonable RPM's and low sound levels.
Once you have built your system you need to decide what OS to use. 32 or 64 bit? The point seems moot now. 64 bit Vista is your best option currently. No driver problems anymore, somewhat decent stability and the use of all your installed memory. Windows 7 is only a RC currently, so I would not advise that on a production machine, but on another machine I would definitely try it. It is as stable as Vista is now, but drivers are still somewhat lacking. XP is out, despite the best stability on a clean and mean system, due to the 32 bit nature.
After installing the OS, first check your device manager. Make sure that all your devices are working and there are no warnings. Then update Windows, drivers and other system utilities. Then check your hardware, using CPU-Z and HWMonitor, check the cooling and voltages. Your disks should be below 35 C at all times. Then tune your Bios. Once you have completed these steps, proceed with installing your software. Start with essential system tools like Process Explorer, Beyond Compare, etc. and then continue with tuning Windows, removing sh*t you never use on an editing machine, like MSN or Games, setting unneeded services to manual, disabling Windows Defender and installing Symantec Endpoint protection if you have it, and only then start installing CS4 and related programs.
When all is well, you may consider to start overclocking. TomsHardware and AnandTech have published several articles on how to do that. If you do it right you will not lose stability and may get significant performance gains. It does require more attention to the temperatures in your case.
When I recently built a new system, my first PassMark (a common benchmark testing program) score was around 3600. After finetuning the system, optimizing Windows and overclocking, I got a PassMark score of 4733.8, which even after a month is still number two in the worldwide ranking.
For my system specs, look below, maybe you can derive some ideas from it for your next configuration:
http://www.millcon.nl/Harm/PCResults.jpg
I hope this has been informative and that you can profit from my remarks.
I'm sorry this was so long and taxed your patience to the extreme.
Further suggestions and enhancements are welcome.
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Yes, I'm going to tax your patience again. This is a guide to setup Vista 64 for NLE work, well it actually applies to any kind of work, but NLE machines may profit more than an Office/MSN machine. One caveat: What I suggest here is a lean and mean machine that is mainly dedicated to NLE work.
First: It is always best to start with a clean install and a complete reformat of the disk. That will ensure that your registry is clean and leaves no leftovers from a previous install. Do not partition the drive, format the whole disk as one.
After installation has completed, first select Control Panel and Personalize. Select Change Desktop icons and ensure that at least Computer is selected. You can choose other icons as well if you want to. I have all 5 selected.
Next check Device Manager (right click This Computer, select Properties and then Device Manager) that you have no problems with drivers for any of your hardware. If there are any yellow exclamation symbols, solve these issues first by having Vista search for drivers and if it comes back with the message that no drivers could be found, get the latest 64 bit driver from the internet for this device.
Once Device Manager has no more problems, go to Windows update and install all critical updates. Nothing more at this moment. After installation and rebooting, again check Device Manager for problems. There should be none. Otherwise get on the internet again and reinstall the latest Vista 64 drivers. Next right chick This Computer and select Manage and go to Event Viewer. Open the Windows Logs and click on System. Scroll through the events and check out any errors or warnings you see. Search the Microsoft Technet for solutions. This is the link to the very informative Technet site to help you solve any issues you may have: Microsoft Technet
Next go to Control Panel, select Programs and Features and select turn Windows features on or off. You may not need anymore than these Windows Features and possibly less, for instance if you don't use a network printer. Also this may be a good moment to turn off User Account Control via Control Panel/Security Settings.
Next go to Vista Services and use the instructions and the table shown to modify the services, so only those are started that are needed in your situation. Anything not needed will only increase boot time and will consume resources, placing a higher overhead on the system than needed.
After rebooting, update all your drivers if you have not already done so. For instance, if you have an ATI card, download the latest drivers, but remember you can do without the Catalyst Control Center. Their drivers are typically denoted by y.m (year, month) so currently the latest is version 9.5
Now go to Control Panel, System and select Advanced system settings, select Visual Effects and select Adjust for best performance, apply and then select the Advanced tab, click on Performance settings, select the Advanced tab, Select Adjust for best performance of programs and then change the Virtual memory. Setup your pagefile with a custom size with equal numbers for Initial and Maximum size on another drive than your C disk and set the C drive to No paging file. If you have read my Storage rules for an editing rig guide, you know you need a fixed size of around 1 to 1.5 times installed memory, unless you have lots of RAM, then you can easily go lower.
Reboot and right click on This Computer, select Manage and select Disk Management. Select drive C, right click Properties and make sure that Index this drive for faster searching and Compress this drive to save disk space are both turned off. Click Disk Cleanup and clean what can be deleted. Repeat these steps for all of your drives. Next go to the Tools tab and select Defragment Now and defrag all drives. While you are at the Disk Defragment window, setup a daily defragging schedule, for instance during your lunch break. That will keep your disks optimized.
This will make sure that the space previously occupied by the pagefile on the C drive is reclaimed and that the new pagefile on another drive is not fragmented and at the very beginning of the drive in the fastest location (at least if the disk was newly formatted and not used).
If you haven't done so yet, completely turn off the Sidebar and do not have it autostart.
No application has been installed yet, so it is time to start with some essential utilities.
The first thing I do is turning off Windows Defender and install Symantec Endpoint Protection.
Next I install Ccleaner. A very handy freeware tool to keep your system and the registry clean and to remove or disable registry based auto startup programs.
The next one to install is the Sysinternals Suite and most notably Process Explorer, Process Monitor and Autoruns. Depending on your use, other utilities in the Suite may be nice to install as well. Installation is done by extracting the relevant files to the C:\Windows directory. Run Process Explorer once and in the Options menu select Replace Task Manager.
Other utilities I install (but of course you may have different favorites) are Beyond Compare, HWMonitor, SpeedFan, SnagIt and 1ClickPCFix
You are now ready to install your regular software. After installation, registration and activation of all your software use Ccleaner, Tools to check for unnecessary Startup entries in the registry. Disable or remove them. Next check your registry by scanning for issues and fix selected issues. Defragment all your disks again and make a restore point.
If you want to get rid of the ridiculously large shortcut arrow at this moment, go to this site: Remove Shortcut Arrow and follow Method 1.
Reboot and you are ready to go with a hopefully much faster and efficient Vista machine.
If you encounter difficulties and have problems that want to ask about on the forum, be prepared to include a screenshot from Process Explorer and either HWMonitor or Speedfan and a link to DXDIAG.txt
Thanks for your patience and I hope you have found some tips and tricks to improve performance.In general theory, one now has the Edit button for their posts, until someone/anyone Replies to it. I've had Edit available for weeks, as opposed to the old forum's ~ 30 mins.
That, however, is in theory. I've posted, and immediately seen something that needed editing, only to find NO Replies, yet the Edit button is no longer available, only seconds later. Still, in that same thread, I'd have the Edit button from older posts, to which there had also been no Replies even after several days/weeks. Found one that had to be over a month old, and Edit was still there.
Do not know the why/how of this behavior. At first, I thought that maybe there WAS a Reply, that "ate" my Edit button, but had not Refreshed on my screen. Refresh still showed no Replies, just no Edit either. In those cases, I just Reply and mention the [Edit].
Also, it seems that the buttons get very scrambled at times, and Refresh does not always clear that up. I end up clicking where I "think" the right button should be and hope for the best. Seems that when the buttons do bunch up they can appear at random around the page, often three atop one another, and maybe one way the heck out in left-field.
While I'm on a role, it would be nice to be able to switch between Flattened and Threaded Views on the fly. Each has a use, and having to go to Options and then come back down to the thread is a very slow process. Jive is probably incapable of this, but I can dream.
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Question regarding filevault and a honeypot account
I am running osx lion. I would like to secure my machine, and that includes basics like good passwords and turning on a firmware password. But I would also like to encrypt the contents of the hard drive. Filevault to the rescue it would seem.
But I also have one more requirement.
Since a lot of my equipment was stolen last year I have installed prey on all of my new computers (www.preyproject.com). This allows me to track my machines and potentially get them recovered should they go missing. Prey is useless unless there is a user logged in and so I have created a honeypot account that is minimally protected (i.e. the password is the user name and the password hint explicitly tells you what the password is). This account has parental controls on it to limit the applications that can be run (only web browser, some games, and skype). The idea is that a dumb thief steals my computer, finds it easy to log into the honeypot account, and then uses that with their facebook or whatever because getting past the open firmware settings and the individual "real" account passwords is too hard.
That said, having this software is no guarantee that I will be able to recover my machine, so I want my data encrypted.
Here is my question:
Does the fact that I have to add this simple password for the honeypot account to use the computer (aka open a filevault drive) invalidate my filevault protection? I.e. will this simple password allow them to unencrypt the entire drive, even though I have other accounts with stronger passwords?The guest account might be just good enough... I'll give it a try. Thanks. Prey seems to work pretty well for me but it has also been touchy in the past. I will have to check it carefully with the guest account to ensure it has the permissions needed to use the webcam and send email and such.
I'm still interested in knowing how filevault encryption works. Does it allow any of the passwords to unencrypt the whole drive, or does it require a unique password per account to unencrypt the data in that account?
Edit: Just saw the repy by Linc Davis
"If everything worked perfectly, the account would only have access to the files in its home folder. But is there an unknown exploit that enables a local user to gain elevated privileges? Such exploits have been found in the past, and may be found in the future."
That clears it up for me a bit. And it makes sense. I will see if I can make do with the guest account.
That said, I actually value the computer hardware - though not as much as the data. I already back the data up which is the first step. Preventing others from accessing it is my next priority, but there is nothing that is THAT critical. I can change all my passwords quickly (and I don't use anything like 1password). I have tax returns on the drive, but they are also password protected.
My primary goal is to keep the average and even slightly above average user from getting to my data (including yanking the drive and putting it into another machine or booting from a CD). As I said, I hope the guest account will be adequate for my honeypot needs.
Also @Linc,
I accidentally clicked on "Helpful" instead of "Answered" on your post. Post a reply and I will do it right this time. Thanks.
Message was edited by: Bernhard VonZastrow1 -
CS5 TEXT TRAPPING options? Knockout? 0.44? Overprint?
Is there no option in InDesign CS5 for the text trapping?
How can I be sure that the text I want to be knockout is in fact set to knockout? and likewise for text to be overprinted?
Am I to assume that everything is automatic and I have to trust InDesign to decide it for me?
I will be taking a project to the printers soon, and I NEED to be sure for myself that all the overprint and knockout text is set correctly, but I can't find the settings anywhere.
Help, guidance and anything else very much appreciated.le_mac_man wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
So, are you saying that every other colour except black will knockout automatically?
In the "attributes" panel the options are:
Overprint Fill
Overprint Stroke
Nonprinting
Overprint Gap
Why is there not an option, "knockout Fill" etc... or is it just given that if the overprint fill box is not ticked then that means it will knockout?
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Questions on Receiving SNMP Traps
Hi:
- I have more questions on receiving SNMP traps:
1) the OEM plug-in can receive traps now, but when I click the metric, I see:
Error getting data for target test20. Exception: ORA-20216: ORA-06512: at "SYSMAN.EMD_MNTR", line 817 ORA-01403: no data found ORA-06512: at line 1
- the push descriptor looks like:
<PushDescriptor RECVLET_ID="SNMPTrap">
<Property NAME="MatchEnterprise" SCOPE="GLOBAL">...</Property>
<Property NAME="MatchGenericTrap" SCOPE="GLOBAL">6</Property> <Property NAME="MatchSpecificTrap" SCOPE="GLOBAL">31</Property> <Property NAME="MatchAgentAddr" SCOPE="INSTANCE">target_ip</Property>
<Property NAME="EventsnChasFanIndexOID" SCOPE="GLOBAL">...</Property>
<Property NAME="ContextsnChasFanDescriptionOID" SCOPE="GLOBAL">...</Property>
<Property NAME="SeverityCode" SCOPE="GLOBAL">WARNING</Property>
</PushDescriptor>
- is the Key Property needed ?
2) The alerts for some reason do not filter back to the all targets home page.
- When I click the Home tab and goto to the 'All Targets' pane, I do not see the alert generated by the OEM plug-in.
- What I am doing wrong ?
3) Is it okay to receive traps with the metric usage set to either: HIDDEN or HIDDEN_COLLECT ?
- Does this cause the errors I see in Q 1) ?
Thanks
John
Edited by: user8826739 on Feb 23, 2010 7:05 AMHi John,
Can you post the full definition of the metric? You would need to use the Key property for each key column in the metric description.
With the SNMP receivelet you can set up definitons for data points or alerts. I would assume (as I've never tried this ;) that if you set up the definition to be a data point, you would see data from the All Metrics page. To me, it wouldn't make sense for a metric that used the PushDescriptor SNMPTrap to have data to be viewed as the result of the SNMP trap coming is would be an alert. I will have to look into that. My gut reaction is that a metric with PushDescriptor SNMPTrap shouldn't even appear on the All Metrics page ...
To be clear are you saying that you don't see the Warning number under "All Targets Alerts" increase by 1 when you SNMP trap is caught and alert is generated? When this occurs do you see the alert on the target instance homepage?
In regards to HIDDEN and HIDDEN_COLLECT, I don't know what effect they would have on a metric defined for an SNMP trap to raise an alert. You definitely wouldn't want to use HIDDEN as this setting is for temporary metrics that are used in the caclulation of other metrics. HIDDEN metrics are not collected (or hence uploaded to the OMS) and don't appear in the UI. HIDDEN_COLLECT are collected, but do not show up in the UI and are not uploaded. I've never used this settings with SNMP trap metrics that are for alerts. If your metrics for the SNMP trap alerts do show up on the All Metrics page (I'd have to get something set up to look at this), then it could make sense to use the HIDDEN_COLLECT as the alert would still be generated, but the metric itself wouldn't be shown in the UI.
Let me find out the expected behavior from someone on the agent team.
Dave -
Creating SNMP Trap Monitors in 2012 R2
Hello,
For the past week or so I have been attempting to create a MP for my company's UPSs to be monitored in SCOM 2012 R2. I have created a custom MP with custom datasources and objects. All seems to go according to the plan until I attempt to create a SNMP
Trap monitor for those objects. I am able to verify that the device is discovered and is sending the traps successfully with a view. The problem seems to lie within the setup of the monitor. I have followed the steps as much as I can from this page http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh563870.aspx
to create a monitor that will be triggered by an incoming trap saying the UPS is on Battery Power.
This is the initial or trigger event information received by SCOM:
<EventData>
<DataItem type="System.SnmpData" time="2014-07-03T08:48:07.6990732-07:00" sourceHealthServiceId="26DF02E5-DEA0-BED0-443B-3605A05D4790">
<Source>10.51.85.40</Source>
<Destination>127.0.0.1</Destination>
<ErrorCode>1</ErrorCode>
<Version>1</Version>
<SnmpVarBinds>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>67</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="19">17567220</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0</OID>
<Syntax>6</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.5</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.2.3.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>4</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">UPS: On battery power in response to an input power problem.</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>6</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
</SnmpVarBinds>
</DataItem>
</EventData>
This is the event should signal that everything is operating normally once again.
<EventData>
<DataItem type="System.SnmpData" time="2014-07-03T08:48:12.9133769-07:00" sourceHealthServiceId="26DF02E5-DEA0-BED0-443B-3605A05D4790"><Source>10.51.85.40</Source>
<Destination>127.0.0.1</Destination>
<ErrorCode>1</ErrorCode>
<Version>1</Version>
<SnmpVarBinds>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>67</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="19">17567730</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0</OID>
<Syntax>6</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.9</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.2.3.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>4</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">UPS: No longer on battery power.</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
<SnmpVarBind>
<OID>.1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.3.0</OID>
<Syntax>6</Syntax>
<Value VariantType="8">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318</Value>
</SnmpVarBind>
</SnmpVarBinds>
</DataItem>
</EventData>
You may notice that these traps are being sent as SNMP v1. I am unable to change that on the UPS so i have modified the monitors to account for that. Here is the code for the monitor:
<UnitMonitor ID="UIGeneratedMonitorc2c65f3c85fe42f48ce8d2580c57bbae" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="APC.MP.UPS" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="SNL!System.NetworkManagement.SnmpTrapProvider.2SingleEvent2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="UIGeneratedMonitorc2c65f3c85fe42f48ce8d2580c57bbae_AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId2750c1ab2cd14b4a8a8e9f4633eba0b0" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success" />
<OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId5753748399984d08953c1a46895df99c" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Warning" />
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<FirstIP>$Target/Property[Type="SNL!System.NetworkManagement.Node"]/SNMPAddress$</FirstIP>
<FirstVersion>1</FirstVersion>
<FirstOIDProps>
<OIDProp>.1.3.6.1.4.1.318</OIDProp>
</FirstOIDProps>
<FirstExpression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">SnmpVarBinds/SnmpVarBind[OID=".1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0"]/Value</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.5</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</FirstExpression>
<SecondIP>$Target/Property[Type="SNL!System.NetworkManagement.Node"]/SNMPAddress$</SecondIP>
<SecondVersion>1</SecondVersion>
<SecondOIDProps>
<OIDProp>.1.3.6.1.4.1.318</OIDProp>
</SecondOIDProps>
<SecondExpression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">SnmpVarBinds/SnmpVarBind[OID=".1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0"]/Value</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.9</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</SecondExpression>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>
I tried the following things while attempting to troubleshoot this issue:
Leaving First
SnmpTrapProvider and Second
SnmpTrapProvider blank while creating the monitor.
Adding "" and also '' around the value as it is a string and perhaps that was the cause.
Changing the First and Second SNMPTrapProvider to .1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0 since that is the specific OID I am looking for the value of.
Reading every page of the internet and bashing my head on the keyboard.
I am guessing that the issue will reside in the the monitor creation and definition, but I have not found anything that clearly describes how to fill out the SNMP Trap Monitor wizard given the trap info. Especially since the trap I am receiving does
not seem to contain the usual OID with a common Int or string value. Hopefully someone can provide assistance as I am nearing my wits end with this problem.Firstly, thank you Michael Skov, knowing that the First and Second SnmpTrapProvider or <FirstOIDProps> in the xml, needed to be blank got me pointed in the right direction. I figured I would come back and share my final working code snippet in case
others run across a similar issue.
<UnitMonitor ID="UIGeneratedMonitorf9f671e5456c44fd807d6ec2bd09621d" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Disc!APC.Disc.UPS" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="NetworkManagement!System.NetworkManagement.SnmpTrapProvider.2SingleEvent2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="UIGeneratedMonitorf9f671e5456c44fd807d6ec2bd09621d_AlertMessageResourceID">
<AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId8700c95344254f87a60c92d30d4a3953" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success" />
<OperationalState ID="UIGeneratedOpStateId7bf68c6cfe3d4faabe83e630781c7327" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Warning" />
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<FirstIP>$Target/Property[Type="NetworkManagement!System.NetworkManagement.Node"]/SNMPAddress$</FirstIP>
<FirstVersion>1</FirstVersion>
<FirstOIDProps />
<FirstExpression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">SnmpVarBinds/SnmpVarBind[OID=".1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0"]/Value</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.5</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</FirstExpression>
<SecondIP>$Target/Property[Type="NetworkManagement!System.NetworkManagement.Node"]/SNMPAddress$</SecondIP>
<SecondVersion>1</SecondVersion>
<SecondOIDProps />
<SecondExpression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery Type="String">SnmpVarBinds/SnmpVarBind[OID=".1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.4.1.0"]/Value</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value Type="String">.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.0.9</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</SecondExpression>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor> -
Implement Chasm & Fan Trap at Universe level
Hi All,
Could anyone provide me some idea about 'how to implement Chasm & Fan Trap at Universe' practically??
Thanks for ur time & help.
Regards,Hi
We cannot specify the real time scenarios here, search the SDN, forumtopic and many other site... there are lot of posts on that and solutions for that.
for a quick glance
These will occur at universe level while joining the tables.
chasm trap : The Chasm trap occurs when 2 u201Cmany-to-oneu201D joins converge on a single table, which has not been resolved by any context. The most common problem caused by a chasm trap is fetching more data than expected.
Fan Trap:A Fan Trap is a join between 3 tables where a one-to-many join links the first table to the second and another one-to-many join links the second table to the third. Inflated results are obtained when fields from all 3 tables are included in the query.
go trough these urls it may help you out
http://www.forumtopics.com/busobj/viewtopic.php?t=174405&sid=b10e205712fb102dae312173957b19f2
http://davidlai101.com/blog/2008/11/18/preventing-chasm-and-fan-traps/
http://biguru.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/its-all-in-the-universe-handling-chasm-and-fan-traps/
Hope this will help you!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
Rajesh -
Join configuration cannot be resolved. Reason :more than 1 of the detail .
Hi Guys,
I am getting a following error while opening a discoverer report.
Join configuration cannot be resolved. Reason :more than 1 of the detail folders uses non-aggregated items .I know this error is regarding the fan trap.
The report is built from 5 folders(Complex & Simple) and a custom folder.I have 3 more reports which are using some of the simple folders from these 5 folders and are joined with other folders with the appropriate joins.
Is this the reason I am getting the error ?
Appreciate your help !!
VeejayHi Veejay,
is it that the columns which I am using should be at same levelNo, not really. A item that has a data point property means that Discoverer knows that the item can be aggregated in a report. So if you include detail (i.e. non-aggregated) data points into a workbook from 2 detail folders then Discoverer will generate a fan-trap error because the workbook is not aggregated correctly.
Let me try and give you an example. Suppose we have 3 folders; A, B and C. Folders B and C are detail folders of A. Now support A has one row; folder B has 2 detail rows to A and folder C has 3 detail rows to A. Now if you create workbook selecting items from A and aggregate (e.g. SUM) items from B and C you will get 1 row containing the SUM from B and the SUM from C. Similarily, if you select the detail data point from B and the SUM from C you will get 2 rows containing rows from B and the SUM from C. However, if you select detail data points from both B and C you will get 6 rows in the report and Discoverer will generate a fan trap error because the number of rows do not relate to any one table. But, if you change the join from A to B to be a 1 to 1 join then you will still get 6 rows in the report, but Discoverer will not raise a fan trap error because Discoverer thinks the number of rows returned is in from table C because you have said that there is only 1 row in B for every row in A.
Rod West
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