On 7/18/06, eleventhvolume <colin at eleventhvolume.com> wrote, among other things: > Oddly, I switched to a clean account, started up Disk Utility and the > disk0s1 wasn't there - it only appears in my account. Likewise, Activity > Monitor displays all my processes in the other account, but fails to do so > via my own admin account. When I do a safe boot, the disk0s1 doesn't appear > in Disk Utility, but Activity Monitor continues to not display my processes. > It's a mystery. If a clean account doesn't exhibit the behavior, the problem's within the original account. Preferential Treatment might help. Otherwise, your best bet is to create a new admin user account, reset your preferences, and eventually delete the original account. Trying to track down the problem might not be worth the effort.