On Dec 19, 2003, at 1:15 PM, Robert Poland wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On my iMac 800FP, OS 10.3.2 I keep having problems with the >>> StartupItems, etc. >>> >>> Some of the items in the StartupItems folder start at startup and >>> some never do. The StartupItems folder is located in the root >>> library. >> >> Odd, I do not have such a thing in my root Library. > > very odd, I have one in both my machines. Ah....but only one User. That's likely why. > >>> Also the Date & Time loses the checkbox calling for "Show the date >>> and time". >>> >>> Is there a cure? Maybe a preference that needs to be dumped? >> >> Do both of these happen for other Users on the machine? > > Only one user of this machine. Create another user. See how that user behaves. Basic X troubleshooting, if it does it for both Users, it is a System wide problem, if not, it is a 'local/personal' pref for only the one user. -- TiBook 667mhz 512MB RAM Gigabit Ethernet, Superdrive OS 10.3.2 Build 7D24