Cannot unlock my Admin account, updaters fail, more...

After installing SL, I can no longer unlock my Admin account. When I click the lock to make changes, it says "Authenticating..." for a second, then stays locked. When trying to update applications (I've tried several), the "Install" button dims for a moment (like it's starting), then nothing happens. In System Prefs, when I click on Security, it says "Loading Security..." and nothing happens. I went to Keychain Access, can't unlock System keychain either. Ran Keychain First Aid, no problems reported. I re-installed SN, nothing changed. Can anyone give me some suggestions?

rockinphilly wrote:
Logging in with the newly-created User account ("root"), everything appears to be fine. Padlock is unlocked and I can access my original User account and unlock that, etc. I can also see and change Security settings in my System Prefs. However, there is no HD icon on my screen, only my two external drives.
that's not a problem. you can change finder preferences->general to show internal hard drives on the desktop.
When I log out and come back in with my original User name, everything is still locked out just like before.
that's expected too. but you didn't follow all my instructions. log in as root again, go to system preferences->accounts and create a NEW admin user. then log out from root and log in as the new user you just created. do you have the same authentication problem when logged in as the new user?

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No Admin account after failed Migration

Hi, I have been having many problems with the new hard drive I just got to replace a failed drive.
The first thing I did was attempt to restore from a backup with 10.6, while booted into 10.4. That gave me the gray screen of death.
Reinstalled 10.5 and attempted to restore the backup using Migration Assistant, but the harddrive with the backup didn't mount and wasn't recognized by the computer.
Then I reinstalled 10.6, and after several failed attempts, finally got the computer to recognize my backup harddrive. I tried to use migration assistant from a Guest account so I could replace the Admin account on the computer with the Admin account from the backup.
When I restarted the computer after the Migration (which looked like it had gone well), there was no Admin account, only Guest. and on top of that, it's requiring a password to login to the Guest account, but I can't figure out what the password would be, it shakes no on every attempt.
I haven't been able to check if my files are there or not, because I can't login. I did verify disk permissions, and a lot of stuff was wrong, so I repaired but still could not log in.
I'm assuming I'll have to start from scratch with a new install of the OS and then run Migration Assistant again, this time without attempting to replace the new account with the backup account. Any insights as to how I can prevent this from happening again or how I can fix it?

Thank you! Got everything back to normal... only weird thing was my harddrive didn't have room for everything that was on there before from the back up. Easy to fix, though.

HELP - CANNOT UNLOCK A USER ACCOUNT

Oracle 11.2.0.2
I dropped a user account, recreated it, and impdp data into. Howver I cant unlock the account logged in as sys.
Please help !!
SQL> select username, account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
SQL> alter user momentum account unlock;
User altered.
SQL> select username, account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED

SQL> select username from v$session;
USERNAME
SYS
USERNAME
21 rows selected.
SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
SQL> alter user momentum identified by mo_v3v_fb21_4fm5_;
User altered.
SQL> alter user momentum account unlock;
User altered.
SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
HOWEVER IF I OPEN IN RESTRICTED SESSION MODE
SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
SQL> shutdown immediate;
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup restrict
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1670221824 bytes
Fixed Size 2220208 bytes
Variable Size 1325403984 bytes
Database Buffers 335544320 bytes
Redo Buffers 7053312 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
SQL> alter user momentum identified by mo_v3v_fb21_4fm5_;
User altered.
SQL> alter user momentum profile default;
User altered.
SQL> alter user momentum account unlock;
User altered.
SQL> select username,account_status from dba_users where username='MOMENTUM';
USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM OPEN
SQL>
SQL> shutdown immediate
Database closed.
Database dismounted.
ORACLE instance shut down.
SQL> startup
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 1670221824 bytes
Fixed Size 2220208 bytes
Variable Size 1325403984 bytes
Database Buffers 335544320 bytes
Redo Buffers 7053312 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
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USERNAME ACCOUNT_STATUS
MOMENTUM LOCKED
SQL> select username from v$session;
USERNAME
SYS
USERNAME
21 rows selected.
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Admin Account Locked of ORM WebUI/ORM Console

Hi All,
I have ORM 10.1.4.1 on Weblogic installed successfully (Oracle 10g database) however I am not able to login into webui and ORM Console using the credentials(admin/abcd1234) I provided while installation. I tried logging few times and restarted the server. so, when I am trying again I am getting message while logging in webui and ormconsole
Maximum number of attempts exceeded
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Regards,
Sunny

Hi All,
Got the solution. This is what I did to unlock the admin account:
systemidentity_update <ormapp-user> <admin-user> <attrfile>
For more information, refer to this link:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14592_01/doc.10142/e14610/ormag_sysusers.htm#BCFDECCJ
Thanks
Sunny

MBP Will not wake properly from sleep-flash of screen and keyboard for a bit every few seconds. Under guest account, wakes up just fine. I also cannot unlock various padlocks to change settings in e.g. system prefs. security? Any help, I'm dyin!

Not waking up from sleep-flashes lighted keyboard and screen, and I cannot unlock the padlocks in the system to change settings, look at keychain, etc.

Still cannot unlock system prefs/users etc.   Also, many applications are returning errors like: "failed to obtain the necessary authorization" or " '' failed to obtain permission" so I've attached a portion of my log, showing when I attempt to unlock (or click on the padlock) in system preferences - User Accounts:
3/7/13 7:52:51.180 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:51.181 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:53.982 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:53.982 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:58.794 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:52:58.796 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:52:58.827 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:01.340 PM
helpd[3305]
Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Nomina.app/Contents/Resources/NominaHelp
3/7/13 7:53:01.342 PM
helpd[3305]
Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Nomina.app/Contents/Resources/NominaHelp
3/7/13 7:53:11.354 PM
helpd[3305]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
3/7/13 7:53:11.355 PM
helpd[3305]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
3/7/13 7:53:37.799 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1318260
3/7/13 7:53:37.800 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:37.802 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:37.819 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:57:24.304 PM
PopClip[5202]
[INFO] PopAppDelegate: PopClip Initializing.
3/7/13 7:57:24.439 PM
PopClip[5202]
NSWindow does not support nonactivating panel styleMask 0x80
3/7/13 7:57:24.441 PM
PopClip[5202]
[INFO] PopAppDelegate: PopClip will wait 0.500000 seconds to start.
3/7/13 7:57:31.632 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:31.633 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:32.665 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:32.665 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:caldav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:caldav" xmlns:cs="http://calendarserver.org/ns/" xmlns:ical="http://apple.com/ns/ical/">
<D:response xmlns:carddav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:carddav">
<D:href>/calendar/dav/</D:href>
<D:propstat>
   <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
   <D:prop>
    <D:current-user-principal>
     <D:unauthenticated/>
    </D:current-user-principal>
   </D:prop>
</D:propstat>
</D:response>
</D:multistatus>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fe2dff032f0 {AccountName=Google, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fe2dff0f6d0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 10,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Content-Type-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0e960 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "nosniff"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f100 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml; charset=UTF-8"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f510 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "GSE"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x7fff719196f8 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Identity"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f150 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
          7 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Frame-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f480 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "SAMEORIGIN"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: X-XSS-Protection = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f4f0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "1; mode=block"}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0efd0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "basic realm="Google APIs""}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f1b0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "private, max-age=0"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Expires = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f180 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
3/7/13 7:50:47.566 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 200 (OK)]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Age: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Allow: MKCOL, REPORT, MOVE, COPY, HEAD, POST, GET, DELETE, ACL, MKCALENDAR, PROPFIND, LOCK, OPTIONS, PUT, PROPPATCH, UNLOCK]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: private]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: keep-alive]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:47 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [DAV: 1, 2, 3, access-control, calendar-access, version-control, addressbook, extended-mkcol, calendar-proxy, calendarserver-principal-property-search]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Transfer-Encoding: Identity]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Vary: Accept-Encoding]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Via: HTTP/1.1 calgate007.cal.sp2.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c sSf ])]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.576 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation :: calendar home path is empty, not refreshing calendars]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [>>>>>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [PROPFIND https://caldav.calendar.yahoo.com/principals/users/saab9.5turbo/]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Brief: t]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 130]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/xml]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Depth: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [User-Agent: Mac OS X/10.8.2 (12C60) CalendarAgent/55]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<A:propfind xmlns:A="DAV:">
<A:prop>
    <A:group-membership/>
</A:prop>
</A:propfind>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.584 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.584 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [>>>>>]
3/7/13 7:50:48.101 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:48.101 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 401 (Unauthorized)]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: no-store]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: close]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Language: en]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 1]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/html]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:48 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Via: HTTP/1.1 calgate009.cal.sp2.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c s f ])]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Www-Authenticate: Basic realm="Zimbra"]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:49.202 PM          MacPilot[4054]          A regular control size progress indicator <RBXProgressWheel: 0x212bf20> with the frame size for small control size detected. Please use -setControlSize: to explicitly specify NSSmallControlSize
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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Mar 7 20:51:07 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[3177]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 57091
Mar 7 20:51:37 --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Mar 7 20:53:14 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] (B,0)
Mar 7 20:53:14 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] (B,0)
Mar 7 20:53:44 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar 7 20:58:25 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local CVMServer[114]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
Mar 7 20:58:25 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local CVMServer[114]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
Mar 7 20:59:04 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
Mar 7 21:03:05 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
I can't reinstall ML, nor can I create another user (unless I use Terminal, and I'm a novice at best with Terminal).
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2nd attempt--Cannot Install E-Learning Suite 6.1--Even as New Admin Account

PLEASE HELP ME FURTHER WITH THIS UNRESOLVED TECH TICKET ISSUE
CANNOT INSTALL ADOBE ELEARNING SUITE 6.1
Adobe เคสอัพเดท : 0185404686 : Mohammed U
บัญชี Adobe ของคุณคือ [email protected]
หมายเลขเคสของคุณคือ0185404686
การบรรยายลักษณะเคส:Chat:Installation Help (CH13860513)
You contacted us as you were unable to install e-learning suite. We suggest you to create a new Admin account on your computer and try installing creative cloud desktop from there. Once you are able to install and launch on new admin account you will be able to access it from your normal admin account as well. Refer this link to create new admin account
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4600
Hello,
Thank you for your reply. However, YOUR solution did not work.
I created a completely new admin account. Everything was fresh -- totally virgin. And, exactly the same occurred. The installer program completed about 50% of its run,and then froze up. It failed to initialize, and I was referred to an onsite help page that has been discontinued ... that is no longer supported.
What can I do?
I have purchased AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE DVD from Adobe, had it sent to me in Thailand, and it will not install in my computer.
Please provide me with the technical support that I need.
Thank you.
Neal Davis

Hi There,
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Also confirm the PowerPoint version present on that machine?
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MS Office 2013 cannot open on user account but admin account can open ms office 2013

Hello
Before I have to use office 2010 proplus it not have problem for open ms office on user account after i have to upgrad to ms office 2013 version(15.0.4551.1512) i got problem cannot open ms office 2013 on user account but can open ms office 2013 on admin
account. I try to grant user account permision full control on C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15 but not working. Micorsoft support pro plus has remote to my pc and told me to change registry by add permision full control user account on hkey_current-User\software
then restart but not work. I have to uninstall and reinstall MS Office 2013 or repair it not working to open user account. MS Support told me to try download Office 2013 trial version to install it working to open on user account but Trail version is
15.0.4420.1017 and try to open mail on outlook it slow reponse. now this case still cannot solve. I don't know who can fix this or not. Please advices Thank you.

Hello Tony
Thank you for your reply
I checked event log not have any error for this. I click word , excell and all ms office not have any pop. I have to add user account permission full control by list below . It not working.
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15
I had to post this on Microsoft Community . After MS Support ask my pc join network or not i told my pc join network . He told me to post this forum.
I give you more information to try something.
I have to created new account for local computer and add new account to users group after that i try to log on local pc by use new account and try to open ms office excel , word etc.. It can open.
I have to log on to domain by account user on domain it cannot open MS office but i have to add this account user to administrators groups. It can open ms office. If i change that account to users group and try to open ms office . It cannot open and
not have pop up and error.
If you need more information please let me know. Thank you

I cannot unlock the lock on administrator account

Despite beeing logged into administrator account I can't unlock the lock when I go to System Preferences>Accounts , Time Machine, etc. Problem started since I lost my password. I managed to login into my account by logging as a guest and changing password for my own account (strange, but in fact it is possible to do that). I tried many solutions, but none worked (e.g. I set new account with administrator rights, but that one also is not allowed to unlock the lock).
I hope there is a proper solution. I need my Time machine working back

mikolajjj wrote:
Yep, I tried that too As I wrote, on the new administrator account I also cannot unlock the lock.
Why do you think should I take my Mac to Apple Store? Does it seems to you as a hardware problem? Or do they have some tricky ways to undo everything?
Acctually I found kind of a tricky way on a web, but I follow its steps as a monkey so again with no succes. These are unix commands to abstract for me. Do you understand the logic? Do you think it might help with my problem?
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I understand that all the usual methods have failed for you, even though they work everytime for me, that being said there are only 2 reasons for this, there is something else wrong with your Mac or you are not able to type the commands as needed (I am not choosing which, just stating the obvious).
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FileVault 2 failure - more than one admin account

New rMBP 15" with 10.8.2, used Migration Assistant from a 10.6.8 boot. Very happy with it, and have been using it for a few days.
Decided to enable filevault 2 to encrypt my boot drive. I enabled it, rebooted, and then went back to the Security & Privacy system preferences to check the progress, which was stuck with an intdeterminate progress bar. Waited 30 minutes, no change. Hmmm.
Console.log showed continual error message, such as :"11/9/12 6:56:40.155 PM System Preferences[638]: *** -[DMManager conversionProgressForLogicalVolumeDisk:] returned an error; error: -69808 (-[SecurityFDEController _checkFDEEncryptionStatusTimer:])"
Turns out, I had two admin accounts on this computer, and I had only authorized one of them to unlock the filevault encryption.
I clicked the button to authorize the 2nd account, and after that the encryption process started working.
Not very user friendly...posting this in case it helps others...

Welcome to the discussions. If iWeb's menus are greyed out, the following trick has worked for some:
In the user account which does not let you start a new page, save, etc. — Quit iWeb. Start iPhoto. Select a couple of photos, click on the iWeb icon at lower right and choose Photo Page. iWeb will open up and invite you to choose a template for your new Photos page. Choose any template so that the page is created and then delete that newly created page.
...Now perhaps things are no longer greyed out in iWeb.

Cannot ping ibook with multiple admin accounts

i am trying to set up remote control across a LAN, and have had success with two iMac G5's controlled from my dual G5. the problem is that i can't connect to an iBook with exactly the same settings and firewall config.
in trying to troubleshoot, i have noticed that i can't ping the iBook, and the only thing i can think of that is different is that the iBook has two user accounts, both of which have admin privileges. could this be causing the problem?
if not, what else could i try? any suggestions, please?

I doubt very much that the problem is caused by having two user accounts with administrator privileges. I have several systems with multiple admin accounts and have never had them cause a problem with the network.
Since you can't even ping the iBook, that would seem to make it a problem with the OS or the network, not with Apple Remote Desktop, so you might have more luck getting suggestions if you ask in the networking forum in the appropriate Mac OS X area.
Good luck.

Failed on Java CI add-in installation with Java Admin Account Create

I've installed an ABAP stack and it works smoothly. Java Central Instance Service(add-in) and Java Database Instance(add-in) are both installed successfully. When I install Java Central Instance(Add-in), I get an error when system asks me to input passwords of Java admin accounts. I use same password for all sap account, eg. james123, but in this step, I input same password, the screen does not change to the next.
I paste error info below for reference.
=====================
=======sapinst.log======
=====================
WARNING 2008-08-06 20:08:01
Execution of the command "/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/jlaunch UserCheck.jlaunch com.sap.security.tools.UserCheck /tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/lib:/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/sharedlib:/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install -c sysnr=00 -c ashost=eccdev -c client=001 -c user=DDIC -c XXXXXX -a checkBeforeCreate -u J2EE_ADMIN -p XXXXXX -r SAP_J2EE_ADMIN -message_file UserCheck.message" finished with return code 2. Output:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sap.security.tools.UserCheck
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.findClass(FileClassLoader.java:691)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.loadClass(FileClassLoader.java:600)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.loadClass(FileClassLoader.java:578)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.OfflineToolStart.main(OfflineToolStart.java:79)
Please advise. Thanks so much.
James

Hi
I still got the problem.
Here is some more details
1. "Central Instance Java Add-in" installation.
2. The step is "ABAP UME" (Enter the J2EE engine user passwords). System ask user to enter password of administrator user, password of communication user, and password for SDM.
I enter a password like james123, it does not go to next screen. then I try to input other passwords, it does not go to next screen either. Does password cause the problem? What's the rule of password? And what's the return code 2 in below log file?
Here is the information which I can find out in file sapinst_dev.log.
==================sapinst_dev.log=====================
WARNING    2008-08-07 07:13:10
           CJSlibModule::writeWarning_impl()
Execution of the command "/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/jlaunch UserCheck.jlaunch com.sap.security.tools.UserCheck /tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/lib:/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install/sharedlib:/tmp/sapinst_instdir/ERP/LM/AS-JAVA/ADDIN/DB6/DISTRIBUTED/CI/install -c sysnr=00 -c ashost=eccdev -c client=001 -c user=DDIC -c XXXXXX -a checkBeforeCreate -u J2EE_ADMIN -p XXXXXX -r SAP_J2EE_ADMIN -message_file UserCheck.message" finished with return code 2. Output:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sap.security.tools.UserCheck
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.findClass(FileClassLoader.java:691)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.loadClass(FileClassLoader.java:600)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.FileClassLoader.loadClass(FileClassLoader.java:578)
     at com.sap.engine.offline.OfflineToolStart.main(OfflineToolStart.java:79)
Please advise. thanks so much
James

IMac installation.....cannot use Flash in Admin account.

I am the only user of my iMac. My CS4 is installed in the applications folder. I cannot see or edit text in Flash files in my Admin account. I discovered that if created a second user account, I could use Flash properly there......but that's nuts because none of what I need is in that account.
Any ideas as to how to fix this would be appreciated.
My CS4 is an upgrade from Studio MX2004.
Cheers,
casahac

Export your bookmarks from the Admin account: <br />
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Export HTML... - to a USB stick or save to a folder that is accessible bu your other User Account<br />
'''''then''''' Import that file into your Limited User Account: <br />
Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks -> Import & Backup - Import HTML... - from HTML file - where you saved it

Cannot switch admin account to standard

I've managed to convert my admin account to a standard account on my MacBook Pro, however, on my iMac this didn't work. Both systems were upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite, the iMac from ML to Mavericks.
I cannot disable the Allow user to administer this computer item on my iMac -- that is, I did disable it, I was requested to reboot after that, but now the box is still ticked but I cannot untick it (from the Admin account that I've created). So I'm still working with admin rights .

In a way it makes sense that the original Admin Account can;t be changed. If a user changed that account to non-admin and that was the only admin account it would be a mess to undo it. I agree that there should be some indication of this and even the ability to over rider it in a case like yours.
As there isn't the next best thing will be for you to duplicate the current admin account as a new user account and then use that duplicated account.
See How to copy a user account for instructions on how to duplicate an account.
post back if you have any questions.
regards

Not possible to unlock lock on admin account

HELP!
I am running 10.6. but recently reinstalled it as time machne made problems.
Since then I can't unlock the lock on my admin account, and can't update or install any apps at all, including the software updater for 10.6.1. It just freezes with no Admin Password box.
I can't create a new account.
I am not a computer genie, please help with easy intuctions...
Thanks

Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.

Cannot unlock to make admin changes

Ever since installing Lion, my MBP has been very slow and I cannot make any admin changes. In any event where admin privileges are needed, I hit the padlock on the bottom left of the window. It asks for my password. I enter it and it accepts, but the padlock is still locked. . . My username is listed as "Admin" in the users list. I can't add another user because I cant unlock that privilege. I've verified and repaired disk permissions and verified disk with no errors. The installation of Lion was on a clean Hard drive, not an upgrade. Considering going back to SL at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Back up all data, then boot from your recovery partition (command-R at startup) and reinstall the Mac OS. You don't need to erase the boot volume, and you won't need your backup unless something goes wrong. If your Mac didn’t ship with Lion, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade, so make a note of those before you begin.

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