[X-Apps] [mac-wizards] StartupItems problems

W Lane wilann at telusplanet.net
Fri Dec 19 20:36:51 PST 2003


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.




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