On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 05:12 PM, J. Henderson wrote: > Some folks tweak and delete and sometimes do the wrong things with > their Macs. To blame an amazing OS for your trials without eliminating > the possibility that YOU screwed something up is a gigantic leap. > > My rant, flame away if you see fit. I just think we should ALL take > more responsibility for our own actions/inactions before we blame an > OS which is state-of-the-art, IMHO, for our troubles. > I appreciate the observations...but when the problem I was having recurred after wiping the disk clean and re-installing a fresh system...I don't believe the fault was my own. In fact, the specific problem that affected me is a bug known by Apple themselves. The problem didn't happen back in 10.2.2, so that's what I'm back to now. Anyway, thanks to those who helped me in my preferences restoring queries. -Guy McMickle