InDesign CS3 freezes in startup on "SING Gaiji"

Hi,
I can't find and easy solution to this. I am running InDesign no problem on my User account. I set up another User for someone else and InDesign will freeze on startup on the "Initializing SING Gaiji" something or other.
I go back to my profile and it's works still. Solutions?
Thanks
R

The problem permissions are on the folder (and its contents) in /Library/Application Support/Adobe/SING/
The easiest (though possibly not most secure) solution is to set the permissions to Read/Write for everyone on the entire folder /Library/Application Support/Adobe/ and its contents.

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