Desk Top Access

all of my desk top icons are gone and when i tyr to access, error message say that i do not have permission to access desk top??

Hello Eddie.
That's a shame, I thought repairing permissions would be sufficient. It could well be a faulty desktop preference file that's causing all the bother.
Go to Finder and open a new window, then click on the home icon (your name) in the column on the left, click on Library, then Preferences and approx a third of the way down will be: com.apple.desktop.plist
Drag it onto the desktop and see if everything is hunky dory, if so drag it to the trash and wave it goodbye. If that hasn't fixed it, yikes! I'm stumped. There's some really knowledgeable people on these forums though, so if it doesn't solve the problem I'm confident they'll know what to do.
Good luck,
Lou.

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Remote Desk top access

Hello -I have windows 8 server and windows xp clients. I used to be able to remote into server usung remote desktop. Now, I get an error saying that I must be a member of remote desktop user group ( I am ) or your must be added manually. How do I manually
add myself so that I can remote to the server again?
Bill

Hi,
Firstly, do you refer to a Windows 8 machine or a Windows Server 2012 machine?
What user account do you use?
Meanwhile, please make sure that the user account you use exists in the local Remote Desktop Users group of the remote server.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/remote-desktop-connection-faq#1TC=windows-8
Thanks.
Jeremy Wu
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Hi i have lost access to my broadband WIFI ( i have BT home hub) and despite trying everything inc turnin everything off, reinstalling onto ipad nothing is working I do have access on my desk top so i dont think its a broadband issue any ideas? miss my Ip

Hi Twice recently I have lost access to my BT homehub broadband wifi have tried all sorts inc turning everything off from router through tried also to disconnect my Ipad accedd and then reinstall but again no joy Im not very tech savvy so basic instructions please
I stll have access to broadband on my desk top so i dont think the problem is with provider or router more like the connection between my router and my Ipad
please can anyone help really lost without my IPad have using my desktop now
Thanks Ann

Do you have other mobile devices that can connect to your wifi with out issue?
Try this:
Reboot ipad by pressing and holding both the home and sleep/wake buttons at the same time until the apple logo appears on the screen, then let go. Then try to connect to network.
Go to settings, Toggle airplane mode on/off. Make sure bluetooth is off. Turn on wif (airplane mode off). Try to connect.
Reset Network Settings
Go to settings/general/reset/reset network settings. Then try to connect to network.
If its your home router, then reboot router by unplugging for 5-10min. (do this while you're resetting network settings).
If problem persists, then check for firmware updates on your router.(you check router manufacturer support website for downloads and instructions).

I have an iMac desk top, iPad, and two iPhones. Someone (a family relative) has somehow copied text messages, and possibly emails from our iPhones, and sent them to other people. He has had access to my wife's iPhone numerous times. Can I check our iPhone

I have an iMac desk top, iPad, and two iPhones. Someone (a family relative) has somehow copied text messages, and possibly emails from our iPhones, and sent them to other people. He has had access to my wife's iPhone numerous times. Can I check our iPhones to detect any surveillance apps(bugs) on them?

Whose Apple ID are you using? It sounds like whoever co-opted the account may have changed the security questions as well.
Follow the instructions here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5665
What should I do if I don't remember the answers to my Apple ID security questions?
Try answering them at least once to see if you can get them right, even if you are not sure you remember the answers to your security questions.
If you are confident you can't remember them, try one of the following:
If you have three security questions and a rescue email address
sign in to My Apple ID and select the Password and Security tab to send an email to your rescue email address to reset your security questions and answers.
If you have one security question and you know your Apple ID passwordsign in to My Apple ID and select the Password and Security tab to reset your security question.
If you have one security question, but don't remember your Apple ID password
contact Apple Support for assistance. Learn more about creating a temporary support PIN to help Apple confirm your identity when you contact Apple Support.
Note: If you have forgotten your password and answer your security questions incorrectly too many times in a row, you will be unable to try to answer your security questions for a period of time. During that time you will not be able to reset your password and will not have access to your account.

I cant click and drag my photostream photos to pin them to my desk top with out them being very small and not being able to make notes in paint brush on them. I used to before the update.

I used to be able to open, click and drag photos from a photo stream folder, and pin them to my desk top. After the update my PC made me download icloud to my computer to access my photo stream pictures. Now if I go into my icloud photostream tab click and drag. It asks me if I trust the computer I am saving it to. If I click yes, it save this tiny picture to my desk top.
In order to accomplish what I need to do with the photos I have a few extra steps added to my perfect process. Has any body ran into this and do you know how to simplify this.
Thanks

1. If you break your post into paragraphs it is much easier to read.
2. I have no idea what your post is referring to, and how - if at all - it relates to iPhoto.
3. It's a good idea to re-read what you've posted, and ask yourself how it might look to someone who doesn't know you and doesn't know what's going on with your machine.

No Media Button using Palm Desk top 6.2 and Windows Vista

I installed Palm Desk Top on my XP machine today and noticed a Media Button. I have been using the same version of Palm Desk Top on MY laptop which runs Vista Home Premium. How can I get the Media button on my Vista machine?
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This version of Palm Desktop (and Hotsync) are from Access (the company that acquired PalmSource). Palm does not own these applications and may not have legal rights to modiify them any longer.
Access provided the absolute minimum and did not include any enhancements that Palm made to prior versions of these applications when Palm and PalmSource had better working relations.
Access is currently primarily interested in getting their competing operating system to market.

My apple desk top is no longer streaming to apple TV box, what can I do?

my apple desk top is no longer streaming to apple TV box, how can I trouble shoot this issue?

You can create a new account, but all of the purchases that you did on your existing account will remain tied to that account, so only that account can potentially redownload them, authorise them on a new computer's iTunes and download updates to its apps.
To reset the account's security questions and/or password, if you don't have access to the email account then contact Support in your country to get them reset.
Contacting Apple about account security : Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security
If your country isn't on that page then try this form and explain and see what they reply with : https://ssl.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
When they've been reset you can then update your primary email address and add a rescue email address for potential future use : Manage your Apple ID primary, rescue, alternate, and notification email addresses
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Step by step text box appeared on desk top

I have this box that appeared on my desktop - it is a rectangular shape but with rounded corners. It is a black screen with with text and a white frame. It types out exactly what I am doing on my computer - for example just them it typed out "computer" after having finished typing out the word. If I click on a desk top folder it reads "Finder Desktop and gives the name of the folder" - it's really annoying and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. Please help! Thank you!

Turn off VoiceOver in the Universal Access or Accessibility pane of System Preferences.
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Destination Path Too Long having this problem on desk top computer

Destination Path Too Long
when I try to move files from my desk top screen to my external hard drive or my internal hard drive I get this error message:
Path Too Long: The file name(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten the file name and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path.
These are files that I have previously moved from my internal hard drive on to my desk top [screen] computer, this error seems to pop up on my desk top not my lap top, both running windows
7. These files do not have long names, and I can not "skip" these files these are files that I have created for business or fun.
I am not a computer tech so if some one could instruct me what to do I would appreciate this.

Hi,
the destination path is the full path you are copying to. In case of a library for example that would be (by default) c:\users\username\folder. The length of paths quickly adds up and may not exceed 255. Copying the file to a longer destination
path would render the file inaccesible in standard ways.
Consider to try copying the files to a shorter destination path (not to c:\folder\longfolder\subfolder\folder\ but to c:\x\for example). Please post back if that does not work either.
The foldername in your screenshot alone already has 40 about characters. Consider using shorter descriptive names for your folders. For example 'Bible scripts FB2010' only contains 22 characters and contains more or less the same info)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177665
If you still use large folderstructures to 'easily' track down your files, consider spending less time arranging files and using search more often. If I for example would need some file, I tap the windows key and start typing some part of the filename or
even it's contents or tags. Usually before I have typed afew characters, the startmenu shows exactly the document or picture I need. I' ve got about 4000 documents of all kinds stored in "my documents" only roughly spread over some folder like Letter,
Script, Work, House\*year*, Pay\*year*...Index your folders, use a bit of tagging and let the computer do the work!
Also, Windows does contain methods to access longer filepaths (see
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winservergen/thread/cc7491ae-5039-4cf5-8347-d43f22389bb0) but these are not recommended for daily use as applications might fail handling files stored in such paths.
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How to Connect to Unix OBIEE servers from Remote desk top

Hi Experts,
My obiee OBIEE Build/Dev is in Unix servers.I have to connect to Obiee OBIEE Build/Dev server through Remote desk top.
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There are 2 ways to open repository
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Offline Mode:
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Desk top ikon won't open

I have been given a 12ins Power book which I'm trying to set up for my daughter. the Hard Disck Ikon on the desk top won't open nor will another item I copied over from a memory stick. Unfortunately I copied all the Applications into the HD disc ikon so can only open Applications that ar ein the Dock, Mail, Safari etc.
I have used Permissions Repair in Disk Utility twice without any change in the Desk top problem.
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R

Stargazer,
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Each time I start up my MacBook Air a document appears on the desk top -calendarlogging.txt I'm synching my calendar with iCloud. Using Mavericks, but the same file was appearing using Lion. Any thoughts. Thanks

Each time I start up my MacBook Air a text file appears on the desk top (calendarlogging,txt) the file/document contains lines of code. I'm using iCloud to synch my calendar to multiple other devices - iMac, iPad and iPhone. Using Maverick on both my iMac and my MacBook Air. The file was also showing up on the desktop when I was using Lion. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone,
To anyone who might read this, I ended up re-installing with the original install disc and was able to get back on to Mac, though I lost all of the previous data that I had not backed up. Unsure still if it will continue to let me access the HDD in this, but it kind of confirms that installing Lion probably put too much stress on the computer this last year.

My whole computer screen enlarged (desk top, and internt) how do i get it back to normal?

my whole computer screen enlarged (desk top, and internt) how do i get it back to normal?

Turn off Zoom from the Universal Access and Keyboard & Mouse panes of System Preferences.
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Cannot open desk top folders anymore

Greetings all - new Mac user here. Been totally happy for the past month but just today something strange (for me!) has happened. Hoping its an easy fix.
All of a sudden I cant open any of the folders on my desk top or using Finder - Go - I cant go to any of my folders like Home , Applications etc.
I click it and usually nothing happens.....sometime all the icons on my desk top disappear for a second then come back.
I have a new iMac 2.4 24 inch with 3 gb of ram. Running Leopard.
Any suggestions?????

Is creating a new user account a viable way of fixing this? Doesnt seem like its really fixing anything, just burying the problem. (No offense at Ebecks reply!!)
It is. The fact that you don't have any problems when you are using a different account also confirms the diagnosis - you have some corrupt/conflicting preferences files.
Two ways to deal with that: bury them or kill them - it will accomplish the same thing! user preferences files affect one user account ONLY and can not possibly interfere with your work if you switch over to a different account.
However, this might not be necessary. As I said before one way to deal with it is by using TM to restore your system to some time point before the you installed these extra programs and before the problem occured.
Another way is to try deleting some preferences files to see if that fixes the problem. The most obvious files to try are com.apple.desktop.plist and com.apple.finder.plist in the mainusername/Library/Preferences directory.
Since you can't delete them in the usual way as you can't access your folders do this:
Type "terminal" in the spotlight window and press enter. This should bring up a terminal window. type "cd Library/Preferences" (don't type the quotation marks) and press enter. Type "rm com.apple.desktop.plist" press enter. Type "rm com.apple.finder.plist" and press enter. Restart.
Hopefully, this will fix things.

BT Desk Top Help Up-Date Message - What's this all...

I have been getting a dialog box appear at the bottom of my display for the past few weeks stating that there is a Desk Top Help up-date available for my Home Hub - click to download up-date. etc.
It's genuine enough as I can access it from my BT Broadband Desktop Help section of the main BT web page.
My point is, as I have just tried again to download it, after 8% of the download it comes up with a dialog that tells me there are 'issues with BT downloading right now' and to try again, later.
Well, I have 'tried again later' for the past three weeks, in the morning and in the evening and everytime it has stopped at the 8% stage.
Anyone know what this is all about?
Anyone know what the up-date brings to the party?
Anyone find Desk Top Help (DTH) is actually helpfull? I ask this because every time it pops up telling me there is a problem with either my email accounts or my hub connection, and do I want DTH to assist me in fixing it, it runs through it's procedures but ends by telling me everything is ok and there is nothing wrong! I could have told it that before it started!!
After a few weeks of having this come up when you are right in the middle of something, then being forced to wait whilst it 'does it's thing' only to find nothing was in-fact wrong, becomes extremely annoying.
Do we actually need it?
Any useful tips/points/advice/experiences would be appreciated.
Thanks,

Hi seawings
I had posted a fix on a problem like this on a different thread and it should work for you too
Have a look at my post here and see it it does the trick.
With regards to how useful Desktop Help is, we have reports from literally thousands of customers each month that this fixs problems for them. Maybe not everyones cup of tea but from what I see it works really well.
Thx
Craig
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