Help, Lost User Settings

When I re-booted after downloading the new ITunes and other Mac upgrades, I am unable to return to my settings. Desktop setting, browser and email settings are all default. Is there a way to manually return to my settings? If not, how can I do that with Time Machine?
Thanks!

My pleasure
To restore [go here|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15638.html] and follow the instructions.
This will restore you machine to the settings you had at the time you last took a TM backup, hopefully BEFORE this problem arose...

Similar Messages

User Settings not working. Please help!

<TD noWraplign=right>I am trying to build some interactive portlets using User prefs and have had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is my code for the first portlet (view_course_defaultView is set as a user preference in the web service):
privatevoidPage_Load(objectsender, System.EventArgs e)
IPortletContext context = PortletContextFactory.CreatePortletContext(Request, Response);
IPortletRequest pRequest = context.GetRequest();
IPortletResponse pResponse = context.GetResponse();
IPortletUser user = context.GetUser();
try
if(user.HasSettingsRight(SettingType.User))
pResponse.SetSettingValue(SettingType.User, "view_course_defaultView", "All");
else
Response.Write("You can't do that");
catch(Exception ex)
Response.Write(ex.Message + ex.StackTrace);
Here is my code for the second portlet (again view_course_defaultView is set as a User preference in the Web Service):
privatevoidPage_Load(objectsender, System.EventArgs e)
try
IPortletContext pContext = PortletContextFactory.CreatePortletContext(Request, Response);
IPortletResponse pResponse = pContext.GetResponse();
IPortletRequest pRequest = pContext.GetRequest();
IPortletUser pUser = pContext.GetUser();
if(pUser.HasSettingsRight(SettingType.User))
Response.Write(pRequest.GetSettingValue(SettingType.User, "view_course_defaultView"));
Response.Write(pRequest.GetSettingCollection(SettingType.User).Count);
catch(Exception ex)
Response.Write(ex.Message + ex.StackTrace);
The only thing written to the screen in the second portlet is 0 for the User settings count. Does anyone see what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Jackie Kajdzik

I am having the same issue. The Admin, Portal and CommunityPortal prefs set fine. However, the user pref will not set. Could this be because this pref is not to be set in this manner?

Xserv - user settings are not saved - help!

I've noticed that user settings do not get saved under OS Xserv...
Whenenver I login I get the default dock, with all the admin icons missing!
The desktop is saved in the root as /desktop/. (?!?)
When the machine was installed the first user was setup as Administrator (Admin) but it was deleted (against my sound advice) and since then things like the FTP server malfunctioned... The keychain seems to pop up a lot as well, and can't be opened / used. And the bookmarks don't get saved as well.
I'm assuming that user settings like the Dock should be saved somewhere.
Please help!
Everything else seems to be running but loosing all UI configurations at log-offs is taking a lot of time which I currently don't have enough of.

Anyone?
I was hoping that I'd get an answer through the forums.
I'll wait till next week and if there's still no post I'll contact Apple's Phone support.
Please post any suggestions - a Mac Server shouldn't be so fragile!

User Settings lost after session is released

I am having a problem with the User settings being lost after the user logs off the system.
menu settings, fields displayed in Marketing Documents, displayed User Defined fields and the
sequence of User defined fields get lost after the session ends. This does not happen to all users,
just some users. The users that keep losing their settings keep losing their settings, the ones that do not have a
problem seem never to have a problem.
has anyone else experienced this problem and if so, how has it been resolved?
Thanks in Advance!!!
Dana

Dana,
You may check these threads first:
change in form settings
Re: Settings don't seem to "stick" after being added from the Form Setttings
Re: 2007A PL42 and Windows Roaming Profiles
Form settings not saving
Thanks,
Gordon

Lost user account applications/settings

A friend partitioned the hard drive and create 2 separate user accounts. An application was not working on my account (Account 1) and I was also not able to access pictures and music on the second user account (Account 2). I logged into the second user account (Account 2) and dragged and dropped the entired user into the shared folder, figuring this would give my user account access (Account 1) to everything. Instead now I have lost all settings, applications, etc. on the second user account (Account 2). What have I done? How can I fix it?
G4 Power Book 17" Mac OS X (10.4)

Log back into the second user account and open the Users folder. From here, rename the folder with the house icon to something else. Next, open the Shared folder and hold down the Option key while dragging your old folder back to the top level of the Users folder. Select the copy you left in the Shared folder and choose Get Info from the File menu. Under Ownership & Permissions, set all three access settings to Read & Write.
(10201)

Lost all User settings / presets

hi
Using LR 2.2
on MacBook Pro / Leopard 10.5
worked great so far.
just finished a long development session, went through lots of pictures.
After quitting LR I seem to have lost all my user settings, like my development settings, the metadata presets and the export presets.
the catalog seems fine otherwise.
any idea what happened here ?
thank you
b.

It would appear that when you "change" this setting, Lr can no longer see the old settings since it's now looking in the wrong place. I would bet that any NEW presets you created AFTER changing to "save with catalog" would be remembered by Lr.
The question is: When changing this setting, is there something that has to be done in order to get the old presets to re-save to the new location? My thinking is that when you change the setting, Lr does not automatically save the presets to the catalog since they're already saved elsewhere -- i.e. it doesn't realize that it has to re-save them again in order to see them the next time Lr is started.
I'd be interested in hearing any further info on this.
Thanks,
Larry

Incorrect search help for Delivery address in SRM User Settings

Hi experts,
We use SRM 7.0. When i want to change Users Attribute Delivery address (in SRM User Settings) and call search help for this, than i get list with 3 identical addresses.
For example:
Value                          Label
111                         usa/Ny/1
111                         usa/Ny/1
111                         usa/Ny/1
222                         usa/Sf/2
222                         usa/Sf/2
222                         usa/Sf/2
333                         france/P/3
333                         france/P/3
333                         france/P/3
How can I delete undue entries?
Thanks a lot

Hi
Are all adreess numbers Unique ?
every ship to address has unique . can you check data base level ?
Muthu

HELP! Lost User Folder After 10.4.7 Update

HELP! Lost User Folder After 10.4.7 Update!!
I did everything I normally do before an upgrade.
Fix premissons, etc etc etc..
Ran the combo updater & rebooted....
Checking my HDD & noticed I lost
my "jtmadman" folder in my User folder.
Any ideas???
Thanks
eMac 1.25 ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Do you still have any of the normal user subfolders
visible in the Finder sidebar, like "Movies" or
"Pictures"?
No, I don't. I can access it with A-dock.
Is this an admin or regular account? How
many user accounts on the Mac?
Admin account, 1 user.
How about login items? If you go to System
Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items tab, what is
on the list?
My login are:
A-dock
PrefsMenu
Palm Desktop Background
Fkey Listener
LCCDaemon
I noticed when I use thinkertool and
click Show hidden & sys files, my
"jtmadman" folder is there in my User folder.
Why is it hidden??
Thanks

I seem to have lost carrier settings on my iPad1,I've tried a restore and update but get a message about the original sim card,which I still have but is inactive,really inconvenient as I can only use in wifi spots and off line mode,please help,sibear.

I seem to have lost carrier settings on my iPad1,I've tried a restore and update but get a message about the original sim card,which I still have but is inactive,really inconvenient as I can only use in wifi spots and off line mode,please help,sibear.

You might want to download something called an undelete utility. These can find files and recover them even after they appear to have been lost. There are some undelete utility programs that are free. Look at tucows.com
Also, it appears that you have POSSIBLY overwritten the actual files, which you moved manually, with I don't know what, which you moved in PSE's folder location view.
Next, in the future ... NEVER (that's: don't even think about it) move your photos in Windows. NEVER. NEVER. Not ever. Not once. This always (that's ALWAYS, as in 100% of the time) causes problems and usually makes things difficult to fix.
Lastly ... make regular backups! I must say this in the forums about seventy bazillion times a month. Make regular backups! Regular depends on how often you take photographs and edit them. Since my photographic activity usually happens on the weekends, I make backups every Sunday night. You may need a different schedule, depending on your activity level. MAKE REGULAR BACKUPS!

HT1349 Can anyone help I have lost my settings app on the opening screened my iPad 2. After re setting factory settings its still not there how can I get it back?

Can anyone help I have lost my SETTINGS app on the opening screen of my iPad and can't find out where to retrieve it. I have re set the factory settings but it did not re-appear. Without this app I can't change any settings. Thanks if anybody can help with idiot guide instructions I would be very grateful.

Hello
Lost mind last week. Remembered a post: impossable to delete this app and one should look in all the folders on the home pages.
Found it in a news folder. So have a look in all of your folders. Hope you haven't to many
Best of luck
Shaun

User settings reset and locked out of user folders ! How do I retreive?

Hi everyone,
I'm sure a number of people here on the forums have come across the problem with the blue tint that appears every now and then. It usually appears when connecting an external monitor after the you come back from the screen saver.
Yesterday it happened for the first time without an external monitor connected. I have found a number of sites that have suggested using the command 'sudo chmod 664 *' within the Terminal. I have used it a couple of times to fix this problem but it did not work hence the reason it happened yesterday without a monitor connected. When I did use this command previously I first entered
cd /library/colorsync/profiles/display
When i did it for this occassion i forgot to enter the display folder first.
After this I did a restart and all my user settings were reset and I was locked out of all my user folders. I lost all my desktop settings and everything was back to when I first started my computer.
I did some hunting and found the command 'sudo chmod 777'. I tried this then did a reset and my desktop background returned and the folders were unlocked.
What I want to know is if this is the correct command to bring everything back to normal?
My user permissions in terminal are listed below
Using the command sudo chmod 664 *
drw-rw-r--+ 15 JoeBros staff 510 11 Jun 23:33 Desktop
drw-rw-r--+ 19 JoeBros staff 646 22 May 20:44 Documents
drw-rw-r--+ 46 JoeBros staff 1564 25 Jun 15:08 Downloads
drw-rw-r--+ 45 JoeBros staff 1530 10 Jun 23:56 Library
drw-rw-r--+ 4 JoeBros staff 136 1 Apr 19:19 Movies
drw-rw-r--+ 38 JoeBros staff 1292 4 Apr 18:08 Music
-rw-rw-r-- 1 JoeBros staff 92352512 29 May 18:20 Parallels-Desktop-5600-Mac-en.dmg
drw-rw-r--+ 57 JoeBros staff 1938 25 Jun 16:02 Pictures
drw-rw-r--+ 6 JoeBros staff 204 14 Jun 15:56 Public
drw-rw-r--+ 5 JoeBros staff 170 26 Mar 00:59 Sites
This is what is displayed after sudo chmod 777
total 180376
drwxrwxrwx+ 15 JoeBros staff 510 11 Jun 23:33 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx+ 19 JoeBros staff 646 22 May 20:44 Documents
drwxrwxrwx+ 46 JoeBros staff 1564 25 Jun 15:08 Downloads
drwxrwxrwx+ 45 JoeBros staff 1530 10 Jun 23:56 Library
drwxrwxrwx+ 4 JoeBros staff 136 1 Apr 19:19 Movies
drwxrwxrwx+ 38 JoeBros staff 1292 4 Apr 18:08 Music
-rwxrwxrwx 1 JoeBros staff 92352512 29 May 18:20 Parallels-Desktop-5600-Mac-en.dmg
drwxrwxrwx+ 57 JoeBros staff 1938 25 Jun 16:02 Pictures
drwxrwxrwx+ 6 JoeBros staff 204 14 Jun 15:56 Public
drwxrwxrwx+ 5 JoeBros staff 170 26 Mar 00:59 Sites
Does this look correct ??
Any help would be great thanks

I assume this access is open to everyone when I connecto any wireless network
No necessarily, it depends whether you just changed your home folders and nothing else.
But just your home folders present a problems as they should have extended attributes which are now removed. More on that later.
Using one chmod to a directory affects all equally, though the files may have individually different permissions.
I don't know how extensively you have altered the modes permissions, but from what you have shown in your first post your Home folders are incorrect.
For your home folder, which is the default location when you start Terminal, and I dont think you have strayed from there, all the listings, except Parallels are folders, prefaced with the letter d. for folder.
On my machine, for example, the pattern for the home folders all show
drwx------@ 5 xxxxxx staff 170 25 Jun 06:07 Desktop
normally that would be chmod 700 Desktop which will get you
drwx------
but note the @ which shows an extended attribute or ACL in Leopard.
to write the ACL shown as @
You will need to read
man chmod about ACL MANIPULATION OPTIONS
Personally, I think that playing around with chmod without a backup was not a good idea, and I wonder if your ambition has exceeded your knowledge. Sorry if that sounds tough, but a possible Archive and Install may be your safest path I think because what you have messed with was no small oops with a simple fix.
You could just change those home folders to chmod 700 and see how it goes without the attribute, or bite the bullet and do an Archive and Install.
I do not run parallels and so have no idea what is permissions should be.
That Time capsule is starting to look pretty good now
Message was edited by: roam2
Message was edited by: roam2

Where are EAS 11.1.2.3 user settings stored?

Where are the EAS 11.1.2.3 user settings, Essbase servers, etc., stored. I have some users who are telling me that sometimes when they login all of their settings are gone and they have to set everything up again. We have EAS on 3 servers in a clustered environment so when you login to one EAS and set up servers, those servers are available if you login to EAS on a different server. This led me to guess that they're stored in the Foundation Services repository but I can't find anything in any of those tables.
Thanks.
Jerry

Well, more digging and more information. Not quite to the detail I was hoping to find, but getting closer.
I found instructions on using the orapki utility to display the contents of cwallet.sso. This doesn't really show much though. I can tell there are 6 EAS users but not any more than that.
I found a java program that displays more of the information contained in cwallet.sso including passwords. It's a bit disconcerting that it's so easy to display encrypted passwords. Other than the passwords, this didn't give me any more information.
I got the most information from Enterprise Manager. Viewing the credentials for the EPMSystem, I can actually find who the users are. If the users have saved custom views, I can see those. I still can't see what servers are defined for each user if they aren't in custom views. I think this can help me determine what changes are happening and if custom views are getting lost. I will need to take a snapshot before and after each time I restart EAS to see if there are any differences.
Jerry

Osx server lost users

OSX 10.7 Server edition lost users. Only the one local account is showing in server.app. I read every forum I could find about the topic, nothing helped:
- Completely reconfiguring and testing DNS settings, with the help of Hoffman labs tutorial.
- Open directory changing to standalone server, and back to Open Directory Master (with restoring backup of OD data)
I ended up with a 'bricked' mac mini: After power on, I see the apple logo with the rolling gear, and that's it. I restored from a previous time machine backup, resulting in the initial problem: all users lost.
I'm really stuck with this one. Please help!

I did do a disk verify, was ok.
No s.m.a.r.t errors
Meanwhile, I accidentally found the issue:
I did the dns check with another machine: a client, which turned out to be fine. But on the server account itself the DNS setting in network preferences pointed to googles dns servers before pointing to its own ip address. That was the issue resulting in a disappeared userlist (only after restarting: clearly, my server has never restarted in some months). It is then also impossible to re-setup the open directory master.
Thanks for the answer.

WRT310N: Help with DMZ/settings (firmware 1.0.09) for wired connection

Hello. I have a WRT310N and have been having a somewhat difficult time with my xbox 360's connection. I have forwarded all the necessary ports (53, 80, 88, 3074) for it to run, and tried changing MTU and what-not.
I don't know if I have DMZ setup incorrectly, or if it's my settings.
Setup as follows:
PCX2200 modem connected via ethernet to WRT310N.
The WRT310N has into ethernet port 1 a WAP54G, and then upstairs (so that my Mother's computer can get a strong signal) I have another WAP54G that I believe receives its signal from the downstairs 54G.
In the back of the WRT310N, I have my computer connected via ethernet port 3, and my Xbox 360 connected via ethernet port 4.
Now, I first figured I just have so many connections tied to the router and that is the reason for being so slow. However, when I unplug all the other ethernet cords and nothing is connected wirelessly, except for my Xbox connected to ethernet port 4, it is still poor. Also, with everything connected (WAP54G and other devices wirelessly) I get on my PC and run a speedtest. For the sake of advice, my speedtests I am running on my PC are (after 5 tests) averagely 8.5 Mbps download, and 1.00 Mbps upload, with a ping of 82ms.
Here is an image of the results:
http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/721106714.png
Let me add a little more detail of my (192.168.1.1) settings for WRT310N.
For starters, my Father's IT guy at his workplace set up this WRT310N and WAP54G's. So some of these settings may be his doing. I just don't know which.
"Setup" as Auto-configurations DHCP. I've added my Xbox's IP address to the DHCP reservation the IP of 192.168.1.104. This has (from what I've noticed) stayed the same for days.
MTU: Auto, which stays at 1500 when I check under status.
Advanced Routing: NAT routing enabled, Dynamic Routing disabled.
Security: Disabled SPI firewall, UNchecked these: Filter Anonymous Internet Requests, Multicast, and Internet NAT redirection.
VPN passthrough: All 3 options are enabled (IPSec, PPTP, L2TP)
Access Restrictions: None.
Applications and Gaming: Single port forwarding has no entries. Port Range Forwarding I have the ports 53 UDP/TCP, 88 UDP, 3074 UDP/TCP, and 80 TCP forwarded to IP 192.168.1.104 enabled. (192.168.1.104 is the IP for my xbox connected via ethernet wired that is in DHCP reserved list)
Port Range Triggering: It does not allow me to change anything in this page.
DMZ: I have it Enabled. This is where I am a bit confused. It says "Source IP Address" and it has me select either "Any IP address" or to put entries to the XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX to XXX fields. I have selected use any IP address. Then the source IP area, it says "Destination:" I can do either "IP address: 192.168.1.XXX" or "MAC address:" Also, under MAC Address, it says DHCP Client Table and I went there and saw my Xbox under the DHCP client list (It shows up only when the Xbox is on) and selected it.
Under QoS: WMM Enabled, No acknowledgement disabled.
Internet Access Priority: Enabled. Upstream Bandwith I set it to Manual and put 6000 Kbps. I had it set on Auto before, but I changed it. I have no idea what to put there so I just put a higher number.
Then I added for Internet Access Priority a Medium Priority for Ethernet Port 4 (the port my xbox is plugged into).
Administration: Management: Web utility access: I have checked HTTP, unchecked HTTPS.
Web utility access via Wireless: Enabled. Remote Access: Disabled.
UPnp: Enabled.
Allow Users to Configure: Enabled.
Allow users to Disable Internet Access: Enabled.
Under Diagnostics, when I try and Ping test 192.168.1.104 (xbox when on and connected to LIVE), I get:
PING 192.168.1.104 (192.168.1.104): 24 data bytes
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
--- 192.168.1.104 data statistics ---
5 Packets transmitted, 0 Packets received, 100% Packet loss
Also, when I do Traceroute Test for my Xbox's IP, I just keep getting:
traceroute to 192.168.1.104 (192.168.1.104), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 * * * 192.168.1.1 Request timed out.
2 * * * 192.168.1.1 Request timed out.
As for the Wireless Settings, it is all on the default settings with Wi-Fi Protected setup Enabled.
To add, I have tried connecting my modem directly to the Xbox and my connection is much improved. I have no difficulty getting the NAT open, for it seems my settings are working for that. Any help with these settings would be VERY much appreciated.
Message Edited by CroftBond on 02-18-2010 01:09 PM

I own 2 of these routers (one is a spare) with the latest firmware and I have been having trouble with them for over a year. In my case the connection speed goes to a crawl and the only way to get it back is to disable the SPI firewall. Rebooting helps for a few minutes, but the problem returns. All of the other fixes recommended on these forums did not help. I found out the hard way that disabling the SPI Firewall also closes all open ports ignoring your port forwarding settings. If you have SPI Firewall disabled, you will never be able to ping your IP from an external address. Turn your SPI Firewall back on and test your Ping.
John

User Settings in ALV - need to disable

Hi - I need to disable the user settings for ALV, I try from if_salv_wd_std_functions ~ set_dialog_settings_allowed( abap_false ) but is working fine for the screen, if I go to the column and do right click, the user settings are enable at the column level.
Is there any way I can disable the column user settings?
thanks!
Jason P-V

Hi Jason,
I simply set the WDDISABLEUSERPERSONALIZATION parameter of my component's apllication to 'X' and now i don't see the usersetting option when I right click even on the column of the ALV. You can try that.
To do so: double click on your application, go to the parameters tab, make it editable, in the parameters column get 'WDDISABLEUSERPERSONALIZATION' parameter and set its value as 'X'.
I hope it helps.
Regards
Arjun

Help, Lost User Settings

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for