Problem with the multi-Machine Blueprint (KB2132084)

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• Problems with the second machine

  I have an account with creative cloud and CC (2014) CC/PS PS and LR installed on my Macbook Pro. I have the account as on my Imac. However, when I downloaded the software, it shows that all the software are only on a 30 day trial. I can't find any way to activate the software on the second machine. What am I doing wrong please.

  Bazzatee please see Sign in, activation or connection errors. CC, CS6, CS5.5 - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html for more information on how to solve the connection error prevents the activation of Adobe Creative Software.

• problem with the state machine

  Hello! I have a VI to monitor a storage tank. I tried to do by creating a simple state machine that changes the value(on/off) of some faucets based on 2 conditions:

  -When a certain temperature reaches a predetermined value AND its derivative is<0, the="" state="" must="" change="" from="" on="" to="">

  -When some time passes, the State should change from off to on.

  Unfortunately I can't get this working as it never changes state (by example, if I start with him always stay on 'on' and vice versa).

  Could you please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I enclose the screenshots of the 2 States.

  Thank you!

  Sounds like your shift which could not not be wired properly.

• VMware Workstation with ESX3.5u4 - problems with the virtual machines within ESX3.5u4

  Hello world

  I really need a consultation on this one:

  I'm testing ESX3.5.

  As I don't want to buy any material for now I thought it would be a good idea to test ESX3.5 in my computer.

  I used this model to install ESX3.5 in my computer: http://xtravirt.com/node/100

  ESX3.5 works perfektly in workstation.

  The only problem is that if I create a computer virtual within the VM ESX3.5 works very very slow.

  I searched on the VMware Forum for this problem and found that you need Intel VT enabled to speed things up.

  But I think that my "Intel (r) Core (TM) 2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50 GHz, 2000 MHz" should have Intel VT.

  Does anyone have any ideas why my VMs on esx3.5 within the short slow workstation?

  Thank you all in advance for the help!

  Material used:

  ASUS P5B

  Intel Quad Core Q9300

  3 GB RAM

  Intel PRO/100 S-Serveradapter Ethernet

  According to your log file, the external VM using VT - x.  I'm afraid, it's as fast as your nested VMS are going to get.  While I would qualify as slow or even nested VM performance very slow, I'm not sure I'd go so far as "very very slow."  It is perhaps a matter of perception.

• Problem with the generation of multi-sinus wavefrom of random phase using PXI-5412

  Hello

  I am trying to generate random phase multi-sine waveform using the PXI-5412 14 bits 100 M/s AWG on LabVIEW8.0.

  The version of LabVIEW8.0 for the PXI-5412 comes with a sample VI on multi-tone waveform generation. When I tried with a different combination of frequency and amplitude, there is no problem with the sample VI.

  Because I need the phase to be random for each frequency component, I had tore the tone cluster containing 3 elements, i.e. frequency, amplitude and phase, which feeds the generator of signals, and rebundle the cluster with elements of reading a CSV file by using a loop, a fixed value amplititude and a number of random phase of the frequency generated by a random number (formula lournies elements (: pi - 2pi x r). When the waveform multi-sinusoidale generated on the PXI-5112 100 MHz Digital Oscilloscope, it was pointed out that the waveform would change with the tested frequency range.  However, the amplitude of the wave is always ~1.4V (guess that's always default to 1 V x sqrt (2)).  There is no question also when testing the same combination of frequency and amplitude by using sample VI without modification.

  Please find attached the VI of the sample, snatching up to the version and the CSV file I used. Is there something wrong with the table 1 d of the cluster of 3 elements that I built and assembled causing the signal generator to ignore the value of input amplitude and, possibly, the input value of the same phase (as it seems that the amplititude is always set to the default)?

  The other question that I found on the two sample VI and ripped version is on the news of sampling.  The waveforms appear on digital Oscilloscope PXI-5112 always default to 10 cycles no matter how changed the sampling frequency and the number of samples.  For example, if the frequency is 10 Hz, sampling frequency is 1000 Hz, and I put the number of samples to 10000.  I'm supposed to get 10000/100 = 100 cycles.  However, I could see 10 cycles no matter how, I changed.  What should be the correct way to change the number of cycles?

  Really appreiciate your help and advice. Thank you.

  1 phase unit is in degrees (-180 to 180), no - pi pi.
  2 standardize Waveform.vi always normalize your amplitude of the signal. You can remove it to use your desired amplitue, but must make sure that it is not above 5412 spec.

• Machine E says there is a problem with the microsoft virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter driver

  We changed the BT home hub-2 optical fiber broadband home hub-3. Since that I can't connect to my Epson 600 series printer wirelessley more. When going to add the printer in devices, he showed a problem with my e-machine. Re - install the driver does not solve the problem. any ideas?

  Hello

  What is the operating system installed on your computer?

  Please uninstall and reinstall the virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter and check if it works very well.

  a. press the Windows key + R

  b. in the Run dialog box type devmgmt.msc, and then on enter.

  c. expand network connections.

  d. right-click on wireless connection

  e. click Properties.

  f. click on Virtual WiFi Miniport Driver and click on uninstall.

  g. restart the computer.

  For all windows questions do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to help you.

• With the help of gsoap/C++ web SDK problem reconfiguring the Virtual Machine

  Hi all, I m using gsoap/C++ with web service sdk to monitor virtual machines.

  I m able to enumerate the current list of virtual machines, total number of vm. Now I m trying to reconfigure the virtual machine. My Code snippet is as below.

  The virtual machine is running and I m trying to change the ram, I did it using java api and it doesn't butfor c ++ it is in error.

  ns1__VirualMachineConfigSpec vmSpec;

  ival long 64;

  vmSpec - & gt; memoryMB = & ival;

  ns1__ReconfigVMRequestType reconfigVMRequestType;

  reconfigVMRequestType.spc = & vmSpec;

  reconfigVMRequestType._USCOREthis = vmObject - & gt; obj; managed object - virtual machine

  NS1_ReconfigVM_USCORETaskResponse reconfigVMResponse;

  ns1__ManagedObjectReference * morResult = 0;

  If (vim - & gt; __ns1__ReconfigVM_USCORETask (reconfigVMRequestType, & reconfigVMResponse) == SOAP_OK) {}

  morResult = reconfigVMResponse.returnval;

  } else cost & lt; & lt; "Unable to machine virtual reconfig." & lt; & lt; ENDL;

  Now in vSphere Client it show me error like.

  The operation is not supported on the object.

  And on server esxi in file /var/log/vmware/hostd.log it not show gives following error.

  The task was created: haTask-32 - vim.VirtualMachine.reconfigure - 1422

  2009-08-26 20:54:17.669 verbose 149A5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Reconfigure: (vim.vm.ConfigSpec) {}

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  changeVersion = & lt; unset & gt;

  name = & lt; unset & gt;

  version = & lt; unset & gt;

  UUID = & lt; unset & gt;

  instanceUuid = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivWorldWideNameType = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivDesiredNodeWwns = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivDesiredPortWwns = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivTemporaryDisabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivOnNonRdmDisks = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivWorldWideNameOp = & lt; unset & gt;

  locationId = & lt; unset & gt;

  ID = & lt; unset & gt;

  alternateGuestName = & lt; unset & gt;

  annotation = & lt; unset & gt;

  files = null (vim.vm.FileInfo),

  Tools = null (vim.vm.ToolsConfigInfo),

  Flags = null (vim.vm.FlagInfo),

  consolePreferences = null (vim.vm.ConsolePreferences),

  powerOpInfo = null (vim.vm.DefaultPowerOpInfo),

  numCPUs = & lt; unset & gt;

  memoryMB = 64,

  memoryHotAddEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuHotAddEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuHotRemoveEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuAllocation = (vim. NULL in ResourceAllocationInfo),

  memoryAllocation = (vim. NULL in ResourceAllocationInfo),

  cpuAffinity = null (vim.vm.AffinityInfo),

  memoryAffinity = null (vim.vm.AffinityInfo),

  networkShaper = null (vim.vm.NetworkShaperInfo),

  swapPlacement = & lt; unset & gt;

  swapDirectory = & lt; unset & gt;

  preserveSwapOnPowerOff = & lt; unset & gt;

  bootOptions = null (vim.vm.BootOptions),

  vAppConfig = null (vim.vApp.VmConfigSpec),

  ftInfo = null (vim.vm.FaultToleranceConfigInfo),

  vAppConfigRemoved = & lt; unset & gt;

  vAssertsEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  changeTrackingEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  }

  2009-08-26 20:54:18.122 149A5B90 info ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' State Transition (VM_STATE_ON - & gt; VM_STATE_RECONFIGURING)

  2009-08-26 20:54:18.125 verbose 703F5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Memory hot asked.

  Load: Existing file loading: /etc/vmware/license.cfg

  2009-08-26 20:54:18.139 verbose 703F5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Verified hot license

  CloseSession called for the session id = 52f7f6aa-3ef8-c52a - 815 a - 75B 421405075

  Event 714: Root user is disconnected

  ERProviderImpl & lt; BaseT & gt; : _GetChanges: version 32 overflow name aggregation

  ERProviderImpl & lt; BaseT & gt; : _GetChanges: aggregate the version 32 overflow triggeredAlarmState

  2009-08-26 20:54:18.979 verbose 703F5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Current state of the VM management: disabled

  2009-08-26 20:54:19.071 verbose 703F5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Implementation State of follow-up to the virtual computer for people with reduced mobility.

  Ability to root pool has changed to 1104 MHz / 521MB in 1104 MHz / 520MB

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.108 703F5B90 info ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Remove hot memory not supported: newMemory: 64, curMemory: 128

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.110 703F5B90 info ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Batch hot failed during the application of the individual changes.

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.113 703F5B90 info ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Reconfigure is not

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.114 703F5B90 warning ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Exception that is thrown when the statement reconfigures: {(vim.vm.ConfigSpec)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  changeVersion = & lt; unset & gt;

  name = & lt; unset & gt;

  version = & lt; unset & gt;

  UUID = & lt; unset & gt;

  instanceUuid = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivWorldWideNameType = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivDesiredNodeWwns = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivDesiredPortWwns = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivTemporaryDisabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivOnNonRdmDisks = & lt; unset & gt;

  npivWorldWideNameOp = & lt; unset & gt;

  locationId = & lt; unset & gt;

  ID = & lt; unset & gt;

  alternateGuestName = & lt; unset & gt;

  annotation = & lt; unset & gt;

  files = null (vim.vm.FileInfo),

  Tools = null (vim.vm.ToolsConfigInfo),

  Flags = null (vim.vm.FlagInfo),

  consolePreferences = null (vim.vm.ConsolePreferences),

  powerOpInfo = null (vim.vm.DefaultPowerOpInfo),

  numCPUs = & lt; unset & gt;

  memoryMB = 64,

  memoryHotAddEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuHotAddEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuHotRemoveEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  cpuAllocation = (vim. NULL in ResourceAllocationInfo),

  memoryAllocation = (vim. NULL in ResourceAllocationInfo),

  cpuAffinity = null (vim.vm.AffinityInfo),

  memoryAffinity = null (vim.vm.AffinityInfo),

  networkShaper = null (vim.vm.NetworkShaperInfo),

  swapPlacement = & lt; unset & gt;

  swapDirectory = & lt; unset & gt;

  preserveSwapOnPowerOff = & lt; unset & gt;

  bootOptions = null (vim.vm.BootOptions),

  vAppConfig = null (vim.vApp.VmConfigSpec),

  ftInfo = null (vim.vm.FaultToleranceConfigInfo),

  vAppConfigRemoved = & lt; unset & gt;

  vAssertsEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  changeTrackingEnabled = & lt; unset & gt;

  }

  vmodl.fault.NotSupported

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.177 703F5B90 info ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' State Transition (VM_STATE_RECONFIGURING - & gt; VM_STATE_ON)

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.180 703F5B90 warning ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Authentication data that are not available during activation

  Event 715: Reconfigured Win Vista on kudosiesxi118 ha-data center

  Change of State received for VM ' 32 "

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.598 verbose 703F5B90 ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Time to pick up some config: 415 (MS)

  Task completed: error status haTask-32 - vim.VirtualMachine.reconfigure - 1422

  Add vm 32 to poweredOnVms list

  2009-08-26 20:54:21.694 703F5B90 warning ' vm: / vmfs/volumes/4a8ae0ff-0f4ce1a8 - 47 d 9-000c29570e19/Win Vista / Win Vista.vmx' Reconfigure the worker thread failed

  Problem in the virtual machine is in the power on State or I m doing something wrong?

  Can any body tell me where I m wrong?

  Rather than use a C string, try using the String object.  In my C++ sources generated the WSDL, the expected properties are string objects and references to string objects, not strings C.

• Siri does not (problems with the connection)

  Hello

  I installed macOS Sierra yesterday. Everything seems to work fine, except Siri. With Siri I always get an error message "I am having some problems with the connection. Please try again in a moment. ». But this seems to appear every time. The network connection works fine, I can't access the Internet without problem.

  No idea how solve the problem?

  I use an iMac (27 inch, mid-2011). Internal microphone is connected, I also see the 'waves' change while I am speaking.

  Concerning

  Thomas

  Hey, thochstrasser. Thank you for using communities of Apple Support.

  It seems that Siri is reluctant to make his debut on your iMac after upgrade to Mac OS Sierra. I want to make sure that you get the benefit of this new feature on a Mac.

  1 try safe mode if your Mac does not start -even if your iMac to market, safe mode makes sure it starts successfully.

  2. How to test a question in an another user account on your Mac - since this is most likely a software problem, test to another user will indicate if it is right to your user account or throughout your system.

  3. use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - if it seems to be systemic, the next step should not cause problems. But it is always better "to have" a backup to the "need".

  4. on OS X Recovery - the issue as part of the operating system, reinstall should do.

  Have a great weekend!

• problem with the SM Bus controller driver

  Dear Sir...

  My machine is Hp Pavilion 1150ee g6

  product no.: LX309EA #ABV

  I have windows 7 professional service pack 1

  I am from Egypt

  I'have a problem the appliance cannot read usb flash memory and after I cheked my device manager, I found a problem with the driver for Sm Bus controller (kindlly see attached picture)

  

  so I tried to download the driver from the site sp52791

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?OS=4063 & LC = ar & CC = emea_middle_east & DLC = ar & sw_lang...

  But when I installed it I found a wrong message

  kindly I need your support to solve this problem

  Thank you very much for your cooperation

  Nader

  Hello:

  Try the driver directly from Intel...

  https://Downloadcenter.Intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?AGR=Y & ProdId = 816 & DwnldID = 20775 & Keyword = Chipset + Installation + Utility & lang = eng

• Problem with the D-U-N-S: Urgent

  I am trying to register my organization on an Apple Developer program.

  I got a valid D-U-N-S number sent to me by D & B on 2 February 2016.

  However until now whenever I try to register my business using the D-U-N-S number, I get the following error message:

  «The information you entered does not match your profile in the D & B database.» "Before submitting your information to the Organization, get your D & B profile."

  I watched and the profile exists.

  I sent a query to D & B, but we were told to contact Apple directly.

  We have created a deal on the Apple Support and we ardently and desperately waiting for a response.

  Someone from the community can help me on this issue. Please consider as urgent.

  Hello Nabla_business,

  Desperate? You should be aware that Apple is moving at glacial speed on these issues. On the one hand your number DUNS has been created. You must wait 60 days before attempting to create an account. However, it seems that your information has been through to Apple. You will have to wait for the Apple support to constct you. You may need to make repeated through several channels attempts to attract the attention of Apple.

  I had a similar experience. The problem was that when Apple imported data from Dun & Bradstreet, they completely scrambled my address. But I had no problems creating my account so your questions can be worse.

  And I would warn your words "emergency". Apple has a huge backlog of similar problems. In my case, the only way was able to get my problem resolved was when a Technical Support engineer used Apple Remote to go into my machine and then look at the developers own Apple Site. But I had this problem to be solved. I had many other problems with the tax forms.

  My point is that it can take up to a year, in order to get your developer account fully Setup. I suggest you open an account, personal development and test purposes. Be sure to use IDS bundle dedicated to this purpose. This way, when your business is finally set up, then you will be ready to go and become familiar with the process.

• Satellite A660 - message: WARNING: a problem with the cooling system

  My laptop recenly started giving the error "Warning: a problem with the cooling system has been detected." Please turn off computer immediately and return it for service"- Yes the fan had stopped working and touchpad area was hot.

  So I take it on the type of service (toshiba) and must answer for fan, Mo, HARD drive, he said. Is this possible? -J' I have extended warranty, but is ' t it much? not to mention that it takes a month to get things down.

  He also mentioned that I could use the machine with a cooling pad until then if I wish.

  Any feed back?

  > Yes the fan had stopped working and touchpad area was hot.

  In this case, there is really a hardware problem.
  But I m wondering why he should replace the HARD drive and the motherboard
  Perhaps only the cooling module began at malfunction of course this is just a speculation
  If the technician has checked the material, then they need to know what parts are not OK.
  So don t think you have no choice.

  But the guarantee is valid for all is free

• Qosmio G10 - a problem with the cooling system

  Hello

  Put on my G10-100 this morning and got the following message:

  "A problem with the cooling system has been detected. "Please turn off immediately and the return of serve.

  My other machine running and connected on toshibas website and found the number of support.

  After which left a message there, the automaton response was "we aim to get back to you within the hour," Needless to say, it's now 6 hours later.

  I can't find whether on the web or in these forums, has anyone encountered this before?

  I'm still in my 1 year warranty, but he soon run out.

  Thank you
  James

  Hello

  This looks like a problem of overheating on your device.
  In this case, you must contact the ASP.
  I don't know if it's a phone number just to post you but please visit this m link:

  http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/generic_content.jsp?service=EU&ID=ASP_SUPPORT

  You will find a Toshiba service partner who is responsible for your country.
  It should help you to solve this problem

  Good bye

• Qosmio G20 error message: problem with the cooling system has been detected

  I'm trying to fix a Qosmio G20 (which is about 3 years old, it is no longer in warranty).

  Error message: Warning: a problem with the cooling system has been detected.

  I managed to remove the outer case and observe the operation of the machine, and basically one of the fans does not at all. The fan which is closest to the power connector seems to work very well (he seems to be turning a lot, do not know if this is normal), but the other fan who does not seem to move at all.

  When I put in place the case and on the machine, I noticed after a few minutes the vent of the fan working heat sink had warm enough, while led the non-working fan remained cool.

  I cleaned the fan from dust and have also changed the BIOS battery mode mode high performance, but the problem still exists.

  I would be grateful if someone could give advice if the problem is the fan or something else.

  If the fan is the problem, where I can buy a: i live in the United Kingdom?

  Hello

  I think there might be something wrong with the cooling module and the replacement would be necessary.
  Usually, this should be done by an authorized provider (ASP) in your country.

  Technicians could replace it with a new part and also could renew the thermal grease which is placed between the module and the CPU cooling.

  So contact the ASP in your country and ask for later handling.

  By the way; also, you can buy the cooling of the ASP module!

  Good luck

• Satellite C750-A103 made a lot of noise - problem with the cooling system

  My toshiba machine made a lot of noise... like a plane. And it gives me the message "a problem with your cooling system has been the detection.

  Turn off immediately and come back for the service "."
  What should I do? It has been recently formatted, also?

  + The message was edited: mode number + added

  You did not provide details on your laptop model and system that is installed on the laptop.

  Even his I don't know how old is the laptop, but according to this short message, it looks like there is a problem with the cooling system.

  Probably notebooks cooling fan doesn t work properly and the unit cannot be cooled as it should this can lead to cell damage through an internal temperature longer.

• Starting problem with the gray screen on iMac

  Hello everyone

  I'm a bit puzzled with a problem I'm having with my iMac 27 "a model late 2009, bought in early 2010, I had built at the time with 8 GB ram, 2 TB HD and fastest i7 Quad core processor available at the time.

  I'm running El Capitan, and all wise OS is perfectly up to date.

  The other week, after a systematic restart, I have a gray screen and little else.  Another reboot and everything was "normal", so I did not concern me unduly.

  Today, after that the Mac had been idle for a time during a call, the screen fell asleep as usual (I do not SLEEP the computer itself), but during his return and touch the SPACEBAR and key "ESC", the screen remains black.

  So I made a forced shutdown and restart.

  I get the screen gray and normal startup (no other sounds) chime followed by the apple logo and the startup progress bar.  He gets to halfway through the long, and then instead of bring to the top of the login page, it's just going to a gray screen Uni.

  So I restarted in safe mode, OK and ran disk utility a couple of times - at the first crossing, he noted, there a problem with the map of partition which can cause problems starting, but on the second passes and the following, everything has been noted to be OK - and the SMART status of disk has been verified.

  After a reboot - the same question as above - of carillon, gray screen with the apple logo, progress bar and then just a gray screen.  I did another secure boot and re-run of disk utility, rebooted into recovery mode and run disk utility.  And again, no problems reported.

  Another reboot and the issue was always there.

  So this time I rebooted into recovery again mode and downloaded a new installation of El Capitan.

  Unfortunately, there is no set - it is always start on a gray screen after the startup chime, the apple logo and progress bar.

  I have also removed all my account account startup items and disconnected all USB devices.

  I'm a bit lost for what to do next to be honest!

  Is there anything else I can do software wise, at home, or is it time for the repair material re shop perhaps?

  Thank you very much for your words of wisdom and support

  Kind regards

  John... :-)

  John here again: :-)

  Just a quick update which may help to determine what the problem is: I restarted in safe mode, after the reinstallation of the operating system was unable to initialize properly - grey screen again.

  However, as I have a home network, I found that I can not connect on the network with my MacBook Pro to the iMac, see all my files user on the iMac and even copy them across to the MacBook Pro with no problems.

  Everything on the iMac is saved via Time Machine on a Western Digital Firewire HD 3to.

  I also have uncompressed manual 'straight' copies of my music, movies, documents folders, etc, for an old time Capsule, currently acting as a bridge to my ethernet network wireless, and provide additional backup for those critical files - my music for example is ripped 350 odd CD, all legally purchased in ALAC on iTunes on the iMac - which represents a couple of months of work... lol... no way I want to lose that!

  So I'm a bit of a loss.  Disk utility reported no problem with the drive... I can boot into safe mode and recovery, but normal mode 'mode '... I always get the chime, the screen with apple logo and progress of the gray bar, then goes to just a gray screen instead of the login page.

  Help!

  My beloved Einstein had a hiccup!

  All comments appreciated and thanks again - hope this extra info helps

  Kind regards

  John... :-)