Desktop won't stop changing!

My brand new iMac is cycling through the standard mac background pictures on the desktop and i can't get it to stop! Its doing it about every five seconds, and if you go into the desktop panel in system settings, the cycle desktop option is not selected. If you pick another picture, it will display on the desktop for aboutfive seconds then continue to cycle again.
Any thoughts?

dap
Try deleting the com.apple.desktop.plist file from the home / library / preferences folder. Log out and back in. This should return things to the default 'out of the box' settings.
Regards
TD

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10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

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Restarting application has no effect.
I running Mountain Lion on a Mac Pro 2012 vintage, 16Gb Ram.

Ugraded RAM and fixed the complexity of the 3D to eliminate paths that were interferring with each other. All better now.

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Firstly, you do not have to shut down your computer to end the hot sync. Click Ctrl +Alt + Delete on your computer to bring up the task manager. Click on Hot Sync and click "end task" and then "end now" to the message that comes up on the computer screen to end the hot sync.
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PLEASE, help us! It's the same for me!
I'm making a large medical presentation with my MacBookPro i7/8GB/500GB mid 2010 Lion last version, iWork uptodate and... my keynote won't stop SAVING AND SAVING every time I press a key!
Keynote is the most important piece of software for PROFESSIONAL presentations, a flag for Apple vs. PCs, is it possible a bug like this...
...Auto Save
Work without worry (!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Forget about manual saving and forge ahead with confidence. Auto Save in OS X Lion automatically saves your work, while you work, during pauses and every five minutes. And Lion saves changes in the background so you're never interrupted with progress bars.

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OS: Windows 7 32bit
BB Desktop Manager version: 6.1.0.35
I bought a new notebook a few days ago and tried to install the above software (latest version) from Blackberry's website. The whole thing installed fine but when I tried to launch it after installation, I get the message:
"BlackBerry Desktop Software has stopped working"
I tried the clean uninstall with removal of folders and registry entries, rebooting it, running regsvr32 atl.dll and then reinstalling it and still I have the same problem.
I had experienced a similar issue with my previous computer which I fixed by changing the permission and ownership of two registry keys "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion" and "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion". But this time round, I found that:
1) There is no "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion"
2) I can't find a "Desktop.log" in "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop" but I did find it in "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Logs"
And this what it says:
Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 03:18:51.794]03:18:51.810|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started03:18:51.826|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe"03:18:51.826|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3503:18:51.826|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none03:18:51.857|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 03:18:51.857|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544403:18:51.872|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3303:18:51.872|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3003:18:51.888|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1203:18:51.888|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.303:18:51.888|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1203:18:51.888|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 03:25:49.579]03:25:49.594|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started03:25:49.610|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe" 03:25:49.610|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3503:25:49.610|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none03:25:49.610|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 03:25:49.610|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544403:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3303:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3003:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1203:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.303:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1203:25:49.625|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 03:27:36.709]03:27:36.726|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started03:27:36.743|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe" 03:27:36.743|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3503:27:36.745|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none03:27:36.745|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 03:27:36.745|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544403:27:36.750|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3303:27:36.754|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3003:27:36.757|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1203:27:36.759|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.303:27:36.761|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1203:27:36.762|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 03:52:59.084]03:52:59.099|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started03:52:59.115|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe" 03:52:59.115|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3503:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none03:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 03:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544403:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3303:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3003:52:59.131|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1203:52:59.146|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.303:52:59.146|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1203:52:59.146|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 03:54:52.634]03:54:52.651|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started03:54:52.669|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe" 03:54:52.669|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3503:54:52.670|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none03:54:52.671|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 03:54:52.671|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544403:54:52.675|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3303:54:52.679|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3003:54:52.683|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1203:54:52.685|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.303:54:52.686|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1203:54:52.687|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16Date|Log Level|Thread ID|Module ID|Log ID|Message [2011-06-10 05:31:32.231]05:31:32.295|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|1|Application Started05:31:32.364|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Commandline: "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Desktop\Rim.Desktop.exe" 05:31:32.364|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Rim.Desktop.exe Version: 6.1.0.3505:31:32.365|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Product Installation Variant: none05:31:32.366|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|OS Version: Windows7 [Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1] 05:31:32.366|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|CLR Version: 2.0.50727.544405:31:32.543|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|AppLoader Version: 6.0.1.3305:31:32.675|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Device Manager Version: 6.0.0.3005:31:33.021|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|BBDevMgr Version: 4.2.0.1205:31:33.105|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|Serial USB Driver Version: 2.2.0.305:31:33.183|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|USB Driver Version: 4.2.0.1205:31:33.325|INFO |1|Rim.Desktop.Shell|2|PlayBook RNDIS Driver Interface: 1.0.0.16
I have scanned through it and I can't find anything that says "fatal".
Any suggestions? I am at my wits end after combing through this forum and other BB forums for the past few long days and nights.
HELP!

Well folks. I've had enough.
The 9780 is a great phone, it's easy to use, practical and dependable. However, the Desktop Manager software has been giving me too many sleepless nights. On two occassions I must add: once at the end of last year when I bought it and only managed to solve it by myself after 4 weeks of trawling through online forums, blogs and other BB help sites and the recent one was last week when I tried to install it on my new Windows 7 notebook.
I know this is not entirely the fault of RIM, Microsoft also has a part to play. But considering the state of technology these days, it shouldn't have to be so difficult. I want a phone and software that makes my life easier and not have to be a slave to it by trying days and nights to solve its problems.
Hence, I have officially decom my phone and gotten an iPhone 4 instead. The switch ain't that difficult for me as I have always been platform neutral. As long it fits my needs, does it job well and doesn't give me too much headache, I'm cool with it.
Ciao folks!

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Cinephile8,
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