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just browsing mac rumors.....mad jew said:
i have hot corners set up and i moved the mouse to my hot corner that activates dashboard....
Could it be something with the school firewall, cause the other day i went to log on to the network and i got the log on screen in the sys stat window instead of that normal stuff, but i did a restart and it went away....
I'd guess it'd be the school thing - they don't want you knowing their most intimate network details.
Have you ever been able to see use this widget from school?
Have you ever been able to see use this widget from school?
puckhead193 i am having the same problems. I am at home, on my own wireless connection and i have never noticed this before tonight.
maybe its somethign wrong on their part but its get the info from your computer....is it a demo or something... i thought it was free....faintember said:
It has to be on their part. My internet is working fine and my bills are all paid up. I remember the widget being freeware when i downloaded it. Just flip the widget over and unclick both of the "Show Network Status" boxes for now. At least that way it does not look so bad...puckhead193 said:
faintember said:
Weird. I just checked mine and it has the same. Turning off network stats makes that message go away, but the widget is still screwed up because it shows a thick white border around it.
It should be free:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/sysstat.html
Ah, I figured it out. Follow the link above and then go to the developer's site. Read the error message...Sound familiar?
I guess they were pulling something off of their website and now that its gone its showing that instead.
Edit: More info--if you notice where the message occurs, it comes right after the "External IP" field...I'm guessing they had a script on their server and the widget used that to figure out your external IP address, in case you're behind a NAT router. They must have let payment lapse on their webhosting account and now the script fetches the webhost's error message instead of your external IP. The HTML embedded in the message screws up the layout of the widget as well.
I'm going to try to find a replacement service and I'll post it here.
Click on the widget, then press Command + R and it should reload the widget. Worked for me.savar said:
Glad to know it is the websites fault.
buryyourbrideau said:
I fixed it. Since its not my widget I don't want to distribute a fixed widget, but I will show you all how to fix it. I'm attaching an HTML file with a .TXT extension. First you need to change the extension to HTML. (So the file is now called "sysStat.html"...apparently you can't upload a .html file on MR.)
Next you need to open up the widget in the Finder (probably ~/Library/Widgets) by right-clicking on "Sys Stat.wdgt" and choosing "Show Package Contents". Drag this file, replacing the one that is already in there. Close everything, go back to dashboard, click on the sysstat widget and press cmd-R.
Its grabbing IPs from whatismyip.com using a regex, but it fails gracefully so if whatismyip.com changes their format you won't get a big ugly error but just a tiny little notice that the IP couldnt be determined.
Hope somebody finds this helpful.
that's awsome, too bad you can see it in slow motion by hitting shift...faintember said:
but your tip also helped, thanks
