Airport Network Preferences Freezes

In Network Preferences, if I click on Airport and then Advanced it shows tabs at the top of the window such as Airport, TCP/IP, DNS, etc. The problem is the 802.1X tab. If I click on it, the tab becomes grayed out as if it is selected, but it never switches to that tab. As it is, I cannot access the 802.1X tab, which means I cannot connect to my school's network.
This only seems to be a problem with my user account on the computer (as in, if I create a new user, this problem does not occur). I've tried throwing away preference files, but nothing has done the trick. Any ideas?

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