On Thursday, June 12, 2003, at 10:39 AM, hart at nasw.org wrote: > At the first restart, and afterward, the startup is normal up to the > point that the desktop shows up. Then All I see is the stripy > background, with no icons, no menubar, etc. Disk Utility says > everything is OK. Any hints?Stephen Been there, done that. Sounds like you're restarting into the blank user account. Instead of restarting, go to Apple menu > log out, then log in to the real username, then follow Albert's suggestion. Dave Tinker WhateverWerx Multimedia