I made a guess and tried it with some trepidation. I logged out, which I never do, and logged back in. All is well again. Haven't had that happen in the four-plus years the machine has been running. Thanks for your thoughts ... Jim Dean > From: Jim Dean <JLDean at mac.com> > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:46:54 -0600 > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Programs won't run > > I am unable to get iPhoto, Carbon Copy Cloner or utilities to run. The > programs act like they start but then just hang. > > I started from the system install disk and repaired permissions, but still no > go. > > System preferences also will not open account settings. > > Software installed recently was Stuffit 10, Go Live CS, Illustrator CS and > Photoshop CS. > > Any hints would be greatly appreciated.