I recently went through this great ordeal of getting a copy of Adobe CS3 Design Premium installed. From not being able to find the install disk, to being over our activation limit, then sitting on hold for 45 minutes only to be told I am not able to do it. Between me and one of the other IT people at work, we got it installed.
I went to run the Adobe Updater today, and all the headaches started over again. The updater crashed repeatedly, and then just wouldn't start.
A Google search search yielded a long list of people that have the same issue. So I decided to do a bit of searching locally to see what was going on.
Here is what I found:
I had a trial copy of Dreamweaver CS4 that I had installed, but it expired, so I had uninstalled it. It left behind a folder:
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater6/
and
~user/Library/Application Support/Updater6/
Since only the CS4 Applications use the versions 6 updater( you should also see an Updater 5 folder in these locations), I copied them
to another location, just in case they were causing some sort of interference.
Note: if you have CS4 applications on your computer, you probably want to leave these folders in place.
Unfortunately, the updater still did not work. It would not even look to see what/if any updates were needed for my machine. I also came across an Updater5 folder in each location(/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/ and ~user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/).
My next step was to rule out an files that were still left in the Updater5 folder. It seems that the updater only cares about what is in the users Updater5 folder(~user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/). Removing all the files in the directory works quite well. On the next run, the updater
re-created all the files it needed, and proceeded to to retrieve the update list from Adobe and begin downloading the updates.
I still had some problems with the updater while I was at work. Each time, the cycle would repeat - Crash, not start, I delete all the files in the users Updater 5 folder and it would get a bit further. After a few times, I wanted to know what file specifically was causing the problem. Finally, I was able to narrow down that it was the install folder
that was causing the updater to hiccup. Best I can figure, theis is the folder that stores the downloaded files while they are waiting to be installed.
I said earlier that even after I found the files to delete, the updater would hiccup. I am almost positive that it has something to do with our network setup at work I ran the updater again at home. As of this writing, the installer is just finishing up all the updates.
Recap:
~user/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Updater5/ is where the Adobe updater do its work. Appears as if the updater gets hung up on the Install Folder in that directory.
Good luck. and happy updating. I hope that this will help you out.
~Mark
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Some observations and changes
I have been thinking a lot lately about my life. I would lay in bed until all hours of the night/morning asking all those questions in my head that people do, but not really coming up with any answers. Wondering why I'm not married yet, why my job frustrates me so much some days, why I can't just lose weight like all those people on TV*.. the list goes on.
The lack of answers frustrated the hell out of me, until I realized that I was asking the wrong questions.
John Lennon wrote in the song Beautiful Boy that “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans”.
I have spent the last two years of my life since I bought my house thinking about, talking about, researching and fantasizing about all the changes I want to make to my house.
As long as I can remember I have wanted to lose weight, But all I have done is told myself internally that I want to do it. I have never really tried to do it.
Since my mother passed away, I have always had this voice in the back of my head screaming loudly about how unfair that whole ordeal was.
Since the day I started at my job almost 4 years ago, I have been trying to find things that I could complain about.
I would be willing to bet that even my last relationship was affected in a major way by my skewed viewpoint of my life(that does not mean that I want to go back and try it again).
So what does all this have to do with anything? Just like any investigation, or discovery process, reaching your goal has to start by asking the right questions. If you want to get anywhere, you have to evaluate what you know, and take steps to move closer to that goal.
Regardless of what you may think, everyone's goal in life is to be happy. whether that is a family with 2 kids, a dog, and a yard or something else.
That is now my goal: To be happy.
The hard part for me is that I don't yet know what will constitute success. So instead of saying that I will be happy when I have 3 acres, 2 kids, a wife and Benz, I'm going to look at it more short term. I need to judge my progress daily, weekly and monthly.
I want to be able to lay in bed each night and sleep soundly knowing that I didn't leave any cards on the table - that I did all I could to make my day a success.
If every week I can look back and honestly say I had more wins than loses, the week is a success.
If at the end of every month, I had more successful weeks than let downs, I am on the right track.
Starting immediately:
1)I am going to try to eat better.
2)I am going to start exercising(nothing too intense to start, but even if it is a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood, you have to begin somewhere.)
3)I am going to start actually having hobbies. I have a decent dSLR camera, and a whole lot of wilderness. I love to cook, so I need to learn how to do it in a healthier way. I am going to finish off the many side projects that are started, but nowhere near done, etc.
4)I am going to make more of an effort to keep my house in order. It's not messy, just lived in, and I realized that when my house is clean, I am happier.
That's all I have for now
I look at it this way. I believe Lennon. You can do all the planning that you want to make your life better, but you sure as hell better slow down once in a while to take it all in, instead of just watching the scenery pass you by.
* I know.. their results are not typical, and whatever snake oil they are peddling is no substitute for hard work and effort.
The lack of answers frustrated the hell out of me, until I realized that I was asking the wrong questions.
John Lennon wrote in the song Beautiful Boy that “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans”.
I have spent the last two years of my life since I bought my house thinking about, talking about, researching and fantasizing about all the changes I want to make to my house.
As long as I can remember I have wanted to lose weight, But all I have done is told myself internally that I want to do it. I have never really tried to do it.
Since my mother passed away, I have always had this voice in the back of my head screaming loudly about how unfair that whole ordeal was.
Since the day I started at my job almost 4 years ago, I have been trying to find things that I could complain about.
I would be willing to bet that even my last relationship was affected in a major way by my skewed viewpoint of my life(that does not mean that I want to go back and try it again).
So what does all this have to do with anything? Just like any investigation, or discovery process, reaching your goal has to start by asking the right questions. If you want to get anywhere, you have to evaluate what you know, and take steps to move closer to that goal.
Regardless of what you may think, everyone's goal in life is to be happy. whether that is a family with 2 kids, a dog, and a yard or something else.
That is now my goal: To be happy.
The hard part for me is that I don't yet know what will constitute success. So instead of saying that I will be happy when I have 3 acres, 2 kids, a wife and Benz, I'm going to look at it more short term. I need to judge my progress daily, weekly and monthly.
I want to be able to lay in bed each night and sleep soundly knowing that I didn't leave any cards on the table - that I did all I could to make my day a success.
If every week I can look back and honestly say I had more wins than loses, the week is a success.
If at the end of every month, I had more successful weeks than let downs, I am on the right track.
Starting immediately:
1)I am going to try to eat better.
2)I am going to start exercising(nothing too intense to start, but even if it is a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood, you have to begin somewhere.)
3)I am going to start actually having hobbies. I have a decent dSLR camera, and a whole lot of wilderness. I love to cook, so I need to learn how to do it in a healthier way. I am going to finish off the many side projects that are started, but nowhere near done, etc.
4)I am going to make more of an effort to keep my house in order. It's not messy, just lived in, and I realized that when my house is clean, I am happier.
That's all I have for now
I look at it this way. I believe Lennon. You can do all the planning that you want to make your life better, but you sure as hell better slow down once in a while to take it all in, instead of just watching the scenery pass you by.
* I know.. their results are not typical, and whatever snake oil they are peddling is no substitute for hard work and effort.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
No Anger, No Hate.. but Optimism.
I am usually a pretty conservative guy and I was pulling for McCain to win it all. As the night progressed and the results came in and it became apparent that Obama was going to win the Presidential Election, I began to think.
When this whole election season got started and Obama and Hillary were running in the democratic primary, I told a number of my friends that they should get ready for another Republican President. I went on record saying that I don't think that this country is mature enough to elect a black man or a woman to the highest office in the land.
I was proven very wrong tonight.
Whether you realize it now or not, tonight was a historic moment in the history of this country. From record turnouts around the country, people waited for hours in lines to make sure that that their voice was heard, and clearly that voice came together tonight to elect an African-American the 44th President the the United States.
Not only was I wrong about who this country would elect, but I was wrong about this country. There are many stories yearly of hate crimes and racially motivated crimes that it just didn't seem to me that America was mature enough to look past the color of a candidates skin.
Tonight I have a renewed faith in this country. A renewed optimism that even though there are terrible things going on in this country, and in this world, on a daily basis, that we have the ability to put that all aside and look to a future that should be better. That we actually have something to be optimistic about.
After the Democratic National Convention when Obama spoke to 80,000+ people in a stadium in Denver, someone pointed out to me that she thought it seemed somewhat cult-like that all these people couldn't wait to see him. He inspired hope and optimism in every person there, and in the millions elsewhere around the world. I thought that it spoke volumes about what he had to say, and maybe I should listen.
Whatever you think of the politics behind the victory, Obama deserves the victory. Like he said in his speech tonight, this victory was for us, the everyday citizen. For the person who just lost their home, the person that just lost their job, and for the millions that go to work scared every day that their job may be next.
Let's not waste it.
When this whole election season got started and Obama and Hillary were running in the democratic primary, I told a number of my friends that they should get ready for another Republican President. I went on record saying that I don't think that this country is mature enough to elect a black man or a woman to the highest office in the land.
I was proven very wrong tonight.
Whether you realize it now or not, tonight was a historic moment in the history of this country. From record turnouts around the country, people waited for hours in lines to make sure that that their voice was heard, and clearly that voice came together tonight to elect an African-American the 44th President the the United States.
Not only was I wrong about who this country would elect, but I was wrong about this country. There are many stories yearly of hate crimes and racially motivated crimes that it just didn't seem to me that America was mature enough to look past the color of a candidates skin.
Tonight I have a renewed faith in this country. A renewed optimism that even though there are terrible things going on in this country, and in this world, on a daily basis, that we have the ability to put that all aside and look to a future that should be better. That we actually have something to be optimistic about.
After the Democratic National Convention when Obama spoke to 80,000+ people in a stadium in Denver, someone pointed out to me that she thought it seemed somewhat cult-like that all these people couldn't wait to see him. He inspired hope and optimism in every person there, and in the millions elsewhere around the world. I thought that it spoke volumes about what he had to say, and maybe I should listen.
Whatever you think of the politics behind the victory, Obama deserves the victory. Like he said in his speech tonight, this victory was for us, the everyday citizen. For the person who just lost their home, the person that just lost their job, and for the millions that go to work scared every day that their job may be next.
Let's not waste it.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Life is not fair, but is is real
The company I work for is going through a bit of a transition. What it boils down to is that they are consolidating physical space(two locations in the same town are becoming one), which makes complete financial, business and common sense. Through this process there have been some "staff cuts". Part of any consolidation process has to involve an inventory of human assets, their roles and functions and a decision on the best course of action - which inevitably leads to firings.
Two more people were let go today from my location, and one(I have heard) from the location we are joining.
I completely understand the business reasons for this, and I won't argue over it because ultimately, the decision has been made and you really can't undo it. I am sure management had the best interests of the company in mind when these two people were let go.
All that happy crap aside, it sucks. Plan and simple. Sucks.
As if the culture shock of moving to a new location wasn't enough(especially for the people that have worked their entire career in this building) now everyone has to worry over whether they will still have a job next week. The two that were let go were people that I got along with(although, not always professionally), and I really just hope that they land on their feet. Truly.
It's kinda wierd. You never want to see people let go, but after all the tears and heartache that have been endured by those people, you still feel better that it wasn't you.
Sad, but true - and real.
Two more people were let go today from my location, and one(I have heard) from the location we are joining.
I completely understand the business reasons for this, and I won't argue over it because ultimately, the decision has been made and you really can't undo it. I am sure management had the best interests of the company in mind when these two people were let go.
All that happy crap aside, it sucks. Plan and simple. Sucks.
As if the culture shock of moving to a new location wasn't enough(especially for the people that have worked their entire career in this building) now everyone has to worry over whether they will still have a job next week. The two that were let go were people that I got along with(although, not always professionally), and I really just hope that they land on their feet. Truly.
It's kinda wierd. You never want to see people let go, but after all the tears and heartache that have been endured by those people, you still feel better that it wasn't you.
Sad, but true - and real.
Monday, August 4, 2008
The Brett Favre dilemna
This whole Brett Favre thing is so overdone. The news actually broke into the Indianapolis Colts Preseason game to show his plane landing at the airport.
Really?
It was a pretty nice private jet, but I am not really sure that the arrival of a guy who can't seem to make up his mind is worth breaking into a regularly scheduled programming.
The girl on Action 2 News has been staked out at a LOADING DOCK trying to catch a glimpse of the action, and she just referred to it as "Favre-a-palooza".
To me, this is the equivalent of tuning into the weather channel on Christmas to see where Santa is in the world. I used to have respect for the man, but now I just think that he is a wicked game that is only playing out because Favre is bored with his 400 acre ranch.
Pardon me, I have to go watch some paint dry - cuz it sure beats watching the Favre-laden news.
Really?
It was a pretty nice private jet, but I am not really sure that the arrival of a guy who can't seem to make up his mind is worth breaking into a regularly scheduled programming.
The girl on Action 2 News has been staked out at a LOADING DOCK trying to catch a glimpse of the action, and she just referred to it as "Favre-a-palooza".
To me, this is the equivalent of tuning into the weather channel on Christmas to see where Santa is in the world. I used to have respect for the man, but now I just think that he is a wicked game that is only playing out because Favre is bored with his 400 acre ranch.
Pardon me, I have to go watch some paint dry - cuz it sure beats watching the Favre-laden news.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
It's coffee... ?
I am as big of a fan of Starbucks as the next guy, and I like a variety of other coffee as well. But I just can't understand how a cup of coffee made with an $11,000 coffee maker can be $10,950 better than what comes out of Mr. Coffee.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Its the All Star game for pete's sake!
I was watching the MLB all star game player introductions and as they introduced the Red Sox players, all the new yorkers boo'd.
Can't you put the rivalry bullshit aside for one night? I am sure the players didn't tip toe around each other in the clubhouse. They were just happy to represent their team in the Midsummer Classic.
Oh wait, these were the same people who were appalled that their beloved Giambi didn't get automatically added to the team because he wears the pinstripes.
If you ask me, Longoria was the right choice for the AL fan vote.
Can't you put the rivalry bullshit aside for one night? I am sure the players didn't tip toe around each other in the clubhouse. They were just happy to represent their team in the Midsummer Classic.
Oh wait, these were the same people who were appalled that their beloved Giambi didn't get automatically added to the team because he wears the pinstripes.
If you ask me, Longoria was the right choice for the AL fan vote.
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