Desktop Locked or Frozen

My desktop screen is locked or frozen so that no icons appear on it, and I am unable to drag icons onto it. The hard drive does not even appear on the desktop. Messing with the Finder preferences by making sure the HD and other options are checked has not fixed the problem.

When in the Finder try control clicking ('ctrl' + click the trackpad) right on the desktop ...a menu should pop up, select Get Info. When this box is now open make sure you have 'Read and Write' selected under 'Ownership and Permissions'.
Hope this works.

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Right now our Win 7 desktops lock after 10 minutes of inactivity (set by old IT staffer who is no longer here). This is way too short and we need to change it. However, I can't find where the setting is. The screensaver is disabled and the power settings are set to maximum. The only policy setting that looks like it could be what I'm looking for is "Microsoft network server: Amount of idle time required before suspending session", but that wasn't set to 10. I went and set it to 0 anyway and the desktop still locks after 10 mins.
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When you leave your computer, it’s best to start a screensaver that can only be turned off with a password.
On the Start menu, click Control
Panel.
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In the Wait box, choose 15 minutes
(or less)
Click On resume, display logon screen, and then click OK.
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Desktop lock-up

Recently my dock (and desktop) has been locking up. The dock freezes and I can not operate any of the applications. It won't allow me to restart, shutdown or log off. I am forced to give it a "hard reboot" (POWER off).
When it reboots, it's fine for a while. Then it does it again.
Any suggestions? Any software that will analyze the problem?
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-Jon

This happens to me with my iBook every few days or so. I think the window manager has locked up. Everything else is still running.
According to your profile, you have a Powerbook, so try this. When this happens again, close the lid on your Powerbook and wait for it to go to sleep. When it does, open it again. You should be fine now. This is one area where notebooks have advantages. The lid opening and closing triggers a hardware interrupt that will unlock the system.

Safari and ICloud locked and frozen

Safari has stopped working on my I-Pad mini. It just sows a grey screen and is completely non functional.
If I open Settings and select Safari. Settings locks and becomes frozen also.
I have to double tap the main button to close both Safari and Settings apps. Safari always displays the same page at this point.
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I have even tried to delete the ICloud account from the device but get the same busy symbol and no response.
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My mail on this device appears to have stopped working at about the same point at the safari problems started.
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Try #2 and #3.
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2. Restore:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
3. Recovery:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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So I have an 8gb iPod Touch 1 generation. My ipod touch has a frozen screen and all it shows is the iTunes logo with the small white arrow and usb cord. I also think it is locked, plus I forgot my password . Anyways I connected my ipod touch to my pc (window xp) and itunes says that "iTunes could not connect to the iPod Touch because it is locked with a password. You must enter your password on the ipod before it can be used with itunes". The reason i connected it was to see if i can restore it but i guess it didnt work. Oh and one other thing my home button is not working, I guess its stuck.

to put it in dfu mode power off the power off the device by any means necessary. Once turned off, you should first press and hold the Home Button. Then, while holding the home button, connect the dock conector to the device and keep holding the home button untill an iTunes message appears that says "iTunes has detected an device in recovery mode."
With DFU mode, the steps are the same except, you would also hold the sleep wake button and the home button before connecting the device to the computer. Then connect the cable to the device and let go of only the sleep/wake button at the top of the device.
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Ipod Touch (3rd gen) Locked and Frozen

This morning (12/30) I clicked a link in an email from a trusted source. (The link was safe; I tried it from my computer.) The search icon began turning, then the screen went to the locked home screen (battery icon in the middle, "slide to unlock" below). The time and date on the screen also changed to 11/28. Everything is frozen: I cannot unlock the screen or even turn the Ipod off. Any suggestions?

- Have you tried reseting your iPod:
Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
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- Hard Reset to get the phone responding (Home Button + Sleep/Wake Button)
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- Enter in the SIM Pin

Desktop inactive or frozen

I just purchased a 13" macbook. I'm able to navigate between windows and programs, but I can't activate any files on the desktop by clicking on them. I've searched the system prefs, but I can't find any way to "un-lock" the desktop. Of course, I'm able to access desktop files through the finder or the "open" tool in programs, but I can't open folders directly on the desktop by clicking the mouse.
Any suggestions...
Thanks!

When in the Finder try control clicking ('ctrl' + click the trackpad) right on the desktop ...a menu should pop up, select Get Info. When this box is now open make sure you have 'Read and Write' selected under 'Ownership and Permissions'.
Hope this works.

Classic ipod locked and frozen

i plugged my ipod to synch, it got frozen and locked. my mac does not recognize it and i cant not use it at all. what can i do?

If you have tried the 5 R's already then it's a dead unit and your basically screwed.
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Desktop manager is frozen

I have a Blackberry Curve 8330. The desktop manager program is frozen when trying to sync. The message is "Working-Blackberry Desktop Manager". I have researched this on these boards. I uninstalled the intellisync folder, uninstalled the software and then reinstalled the software. Still frozen. I do not want to go into the registry on this work computer. Any more suggestions?

I suggest the following steps (insert plenty of reboots of your PC...not just restarts, but full power down reboots). Also, it is advised that you be logged into the PC on an account with full admin rights. Further, under Vista, use the "Run As Administrator" option for everything.
1) Remove your device OS update package from your PC (add/remove programs)
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4) Download (to your PC) a fresh copy of your device OS package from your carrier:
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Desperate - my nano has locked and frozen on its own!

I am desperate for advice. My nano is less than a week old. The lock symbol suddenly appeared, I have tried every action recommended and now it is totally frozen, I can't use it at all. Am considering it is faulty? Has anyone had this problem?
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Hi musica,
I'm glad it helped you.
Ummm... if it wouldn't be too much trouble, maybe you could fill out your computer and os information? Just click on My Settings in the right column. That way, whenever you're experiencing any kind of problem, the right people using the same/similar setup as yours will be able to offer the proper help.
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User's Desktop locked out and root user can't fix it

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chflags: .: Read-only file system
chflags: .: Read-only file system
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drwxrwxrwx 1 george george 16384 Feb 14 19:14 !TeachingLT
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george

Firefox won't open a link in a new window, crashes my xp desktop, locked my laptop out of the network. Uninstalled for now. Both systems fixed themselves.

Started having trouble on my IBM compatible XP desktop about a month ago, dominated CPU anytime a link used java to try to load in a new window, used 99% of capacity. Discovered old XP Laptop couldn't go to the internet or network last week, tested all hardware. Happened to uninstall Firefox on a whim. Laptop could go to internet, and I successfully backed up over my network.
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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