Desk top repair - can't use desktop

I have been having a variety of problems with my eMac. I wasn't able to download from safari and then realized downloading was not the problem but where I was downloading to. I can't download to the desktop and can't add a new folder to the desktop. It says I don't have enough access privleges. I used disk utility to repair permissions a number of times but I still have the problem. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem and what the problem truely is?

Click on the desktop and choose Get Info from the File menu. Under Ownership & Permissions, change the settings so that you have Read & Write access to that folder; you may need to change the owner to yourself to do this. If this folder's Locked box is checked, open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and run the following:
do shell script "chflags nouchg ~/Desktop"
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Greetings ascnephew8,
It seems your trackpad isn't working as you expect it to. Have you reviewed the trackpad settings in System Preferences? The following article provides trackpad setting details which may help:
OS X Mountain Lion: Change the way your trackpad works
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I can't use my desktop. Get the information on the screen that I can drag files to the Desktop, but I can't see them.
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Someone?
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Click on the desktop and choose Get Info from the File menu. Under Ownership & Permissions, change the settings so that you have Read & Write access to that folder; you may need to change the owner to yourself to do this. If this folder's Locked box is checked, open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and run the following:
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Dinesh wrote:
Hi
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