On 11 Dec 2008, at 10:19, Frank Ettenberg wrote: > I may have written in on this before but whatever I've done to fix > the problem hasn't corrected it so far. Anyhow, after some secruity > update that I downloaded last summer, a drop down message showed up > when I choose network in the system preferences saying 'your network > settings have been changed by another application.' I always have to > do a force quit to exit network. On the advice of a friend I > trashed some p-lists in the preferences library- to no avail. Could > one of you experts go over with me how everything should read in the > appropriate locations ( ie folders in which part of which library ) > to correct this headache. Thanks! IIRC the fix is to lock the network preference pane and set the security setting to require panes to be unlocked. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk