HELP... WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?? Did I loose all my pictures??  The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it.

Everytime I click on my Iphoto icon this is what pops up
The iPhoto Library is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have permission to make changes to it.
I can't get into my library.
I thought I did a back up onto a TAB and I can't unlock it from there either... HELP!! I'm not computer savy enough to figure this out!!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... HELP ME!!
I've gotten frustrated and I've cried and I'm hoping there is help out there!
Thanks!

re-post in the iPhoto forum where all the people that are very familiar with that software hang out.  You are much more likely to get a quicker answer there.  Good luck.

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