Or Ronnis way :) lol Red lights and traffic works just don't give you that much time :p J/k :)
Sent from my iPhone --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For Everything Macintosh** On 23/07/2010, at 1:40 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi James, > > You are using OS X 10.4.11, I remember this happening in Tiger. > > First Solution: > > Go to Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and delete the following > (suggest make copies to the desktop first if in doubt): > > com.apple.airport.preferences.plist > NetworkInterfaces.plist > preferences.plist > com.apple.nat.plist > > All these files will regenerate as necessary when the associated system > features are accessed. > If you're using Airport or Internet Sharing you'll have to reestablish the > appropriate settings, because these will have been lost when the preferences > files are removed. > Small price to pay, however for a permanent, and very simple solution to this > irritating problem. > > Second Solution I Found: > > 1. Open "System Preferences" and go to "Security". > > 2. Tick off "Require password to unlock each secure system preference". > > Now click "show all" at the top. You will probably have to quit "System > Preferences" to make the change take effect. > > 3. Open "System Preferences" again and choose "Network". (You will probably > get the annoying pop up once, but this time when you click "OK" it shouldn't > loop). > > 4. Notice that the padlock in the bottom left corner is now locked. Click it > to unlock, and enter your password (assuming you are the administrator). > > 5. Now click back on the show all button. The Mac will think you made a > change and ask if you want to " Apply configuration changes" click "Apply". > > Once it saves the changes your problem should be fixed. You can go back to > the "Security" pane and untick the option you enabled earlier. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > On 23/07/2010, at 12:42 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: > >> i encountered a weird problem >> when i go to system pref / network it opens the window but comes up with the >> message "the settings have been change by another application", i cannot get >> rid of that message thus i cannot change/add a connection, the existing >> connections work >> powerbook g4 osx.4.11 2gig ram 320gig hd >> >> cheers James >> >> >> SAD Technic >> Video Productions, Electronic repairs >> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl >> Bayswater WA 6053 >> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 >> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas >> skype: barleeway >> over 40 years in electronics >> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
