Help on User account?
Hi hi,
im having problems with my office system thats running on Tiger.
what happened was i start-up one morning and realised that my desktop
items, including wallpaper are all gone. like a brand new installed system.
but then i go to my HD->Users i found my user folder there and all my files and folders
are inside. I have no idea what went wrong and how do i set it back to default, starting up with
that account of mine. *note that i checked under system pref-> accounts, but theres only 1
account...
Need help urgently. Hope to get help soon.
Thank you. =(
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