On Saturday, May 25, 2002, at 05:54 AM, Invicta wrote: > Last week I posted my problem, not being able f.i. to drag a downloaded > file from desktop to my HD. The window said: You cannot modify your HD. > Jeremy Derr kindly reacted with a question, to see what the HD > privileges showed. Checking it showed what he said it should , with last > three boxes grayed. After informing the list of this situation no more > reactions or advise. Something must have gone wrong so I post again as > also because my wife's 400Mhz DV SE iMac running also OS X 10.1.4 with > 768 MB Ram just like me on my Flat Mac, is now confronted wih the same > problem. We are on a 'home' LAN but I do not think it could be cross > contamination. > > Any solution to avoid two reinstallations or even worse reinitialations > and installations would be very much appreciated. Also what caused it or > how to avoid it in the future.
I can't think of anything else to try when something like that happens. You may want to try creating a new user and see if this new user has the problem. Make sure that the new user has Admin privs. Failing that, I'd have to say 'reinstall OS X'. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
