All preference can be open except the "Acount" in System preference panel??

Question

Hi all,
something wrong with My x10.3.9, pls help!!
I just want to creat a new user but I can't open the "Acount"preference in System Preference panel,how to solve this??anyone can help??
many thanks,
Jane

Answer 1

Preferences folder corrupted
It has been reported that DiskWarrior has solved the problem in some cases
If you have trouble opening any system preferences. try this....
• Try logging on to OS X using another admin account. If the same problem exists, it is a system level problem..Try repairing permissions (from Disk Utility). Then log out out/login or restart and test the system preference again.
Corrupt Preferences......Quit System Preferences if it is open.
• Candidates for trashing of files......
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.ATS.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.BezelServices.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.(title of item).xxx.plist
where - xxx is an alphanumeric string
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes. cache
(3) Empty the Trash.
(4) Log out/Log in or restart. If this did not help, go to ~/Library and drag the folder Preferences to the desktop. Restart and see if this solved the problem
• If it still doesn't work, try deleting the contents of all the cache folders on your mac:
/library/caches,
/system/library/caches,
~/library/caches within their home folders.
You may need to log in as root to accomplish this. Then reboot and test.
Next step... ....
- Quit System Preferences, if it is open.
   - Navigate to ~/Library ..... drag the "Preferences" folder to the desktop.
   - Restart and test your applications.
   - If this works, delete the old preferences folder. (You'll have to go through some of your System Preferences and apps to set the preferences back to how you like them).
Navigate to ~/Library/Fonts ....... drag this folder to the desktop.
   - Restart and test your applications.
   - If they work start adding the fonts back few at a time.
( A likely suspect is Time RO, also if you do not use Classic you can trash the classic fonts.)
• If that doesn't help, try disconnecting all peripheral devices except for monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and resetting the PRAM, then test before reconnecting any peripherals.
george