Alrighty, the GarageBand dilemma, as well as other problems, was solved by the system having had its 'blessed' folders restored for that user. I deleted an older user folder, (that is what I suspected it was) and now just the one user is present as it should be with the 'short name' and all folders back where they should be. All updates were done, and maintenance set to run on schedule. He is good to go.. Thanks for all the help. :-)