My system preferences will not load

hi please help my system preferences will not load when i use my account how ever when i load my partners account it works fine i have updated the software and still nothing the imac is brand new and i have loaded all of my old files on it and now after all the hours i have spent getting to this stage the last thing i want to do is have to take it back to apple and reset it please help?????

Quite alright. Once you sort out this issue, see these:
Switching from Windows to Mac OS X,
Basic Tutorials on using a Mac,
Mac 101: Mac Essentials,
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts,
Anatomy of a Mac,
MacTips,
Switching to Mac Superguide, and
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual,
Snow Leopard Edition.&
Additionally, *Texas Mac Man* recommends:
Quick Assist,
Welcome to the Switch To A Mac Guides,
Take Control E-books, and
A guide for switching to a Mac.

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"/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences: launch failed with error code -2857 (cfragCFragRsrcErr) for application /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences\n"
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It's a mystery to me why you'd be getting that kind of an error on an application that's not CFM. It would help if you ran the two commands I gave earlier and post the output you get. you can copy and paste one line at a time into the Terminal application and hit return.
<pre>
ls -la "/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences"
file "/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences"</pre>
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-rwxrwxr-x 1 root wheel 250884 Apr 25 04:05 /Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences
MacBookPro:~ mdouma46$ file "/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences"
/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
/Applications/System Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/System Preferences (for architecture ppc): Mach-O executable ppc

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After having some amusing issues with 10.10.1, one issue being that System Prefs wouldn't open, I decided to restore the system back to 10.10. Though I can't say yet that this has fixed all my problems, one glaring issue persists: System Preferences will not open. The icon in the dock will bounce for a good minute and "System Preferences" will show up in the upper menu bar, but the actual panel will never load up and the icon (upon right clicking on it) will eventually say "app not responding."
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Start time: 16:29:30 12/19/14
Model Identifier: MacPro4,1
System Version: OS X 10.10 (14A389)
Kernel Version: Darwin 14.0.0
Time since boot: 3 minutes
SATA
   Hitachi HDE721010SLA330
USB
   FCR-HS215/1 (ATECH FLASH TECHNOLOGY)
   USB Receiver (Logitech Inc.)
   EPSON Scanner (Seiko Epson Corp.)
Diagnostic reports
   2014-12-19 Adobe Photoshop CS5 crash x2
   2014-12-19 Finder crash x3
   2014-12-19 System Preferences hang x3
   2014-12-19 Terminal hang x2
   2014-12-19 garcon crash x4
Log
   Dec 19 16:11:34 REQUIRE_NO_ERR failure: 0x10 - file: /SourceCache/IOBluetoothFamily_kexts/IOBluetoothFamily-4300.4.10/Core/Family/HC I/IOBluetoothFamily.cpp:26682
   Dec 19 16:11:34 **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SetupBroadcomHardware] -- disableHIDEmulation() failed -- result = 0xE00002BC (kIOReturnError) -- retry 1 time(s) -- 0xe800 ****
   Dec 19 16:11:34 [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][ReEnumerateOrReset] -- exit; error = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess)
   Dec 19 16:11:58 com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-EMAIL-SharedServices: Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
   Dec 19 16:15:32 com.valvesoftware.steam.19060: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
   Dec 19 16:22:36 com.wacom.Wacom_TouchDriver.52856: Service exited with abnormal code: 1
   Dec 19 16:26:51 Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleAHCI/PRT2 @2/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDri ver/Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
   Dec 19 16:26:51 jnl: b(1, 2): replay_journal: from: 29366272 to: 41797120 (joffset 0x1d18000)
   Dec 19 16:26:51 jnl: b(1, 2): journal replay done.
   Dec 19 16:26:57 ** Device in slot: SLOT-1 **
   Dec 19 16:27:06 0x1face001, 0x00000000 Intel82574L::timeoutOccurred - no link - reset the chipset once
   Dec 19 16:27:07 **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SetupBroadcomHardware] -- disableHIDEmulation() failed -- result = 0x0010 (kBluetoothHCIErrorHostTimeout) -- retry 1 time(s) -- 0x9800 ****
   Dec 19 16:27:13 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.200: Caller specified a plist with bad ownership/permissions: path = /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist, caller = softwareupdated.155
   Dec 19 16:27:13 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.200: Failed to bootstrap path: path = /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist, error = 122: Path had bad ownership/permissions
   Dec 19 16:27:14 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.66.4294967295: Could not import service from caller: caller = WacomTabletDriv.171, service = com.wacom.Wacom_TouchDriver.86936, error = 134: Service cannot load in requested session
   Dec 19 16:27:14 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.loginwindow.66.4294967295: Could not import service from caller: caller = WacomTabletDriv.171, service = com.wacom.TabletDriver.169296, error = 134: Service cannot load in requested session
   Dec 19 16:27:16 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.55: Caller specified a plist with bad ownership/permissions: path = /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist, caller = appleeventsd.24
   Dec 19 16:27:16 com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.user.55: Failed to bootstrap path: path = /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist, error = 122: Path had bad ownership/permissions
   Dec 19 16:27:17 **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SetupBroadcomHardware] -- disableHIDEmulation() failed -- result = 0x0010 (kBluetoothHCIErrorHostTimeout) -- retry 2 time(s) -- 0x9800 ****
   Dec 19 16:27:27 [IOBluetoothHCIController][hardwareSetupComplete] Failed setup: 0x0010 (kBluetoothHCIErrorHostTimeout)
   Dec 19 16:27:27 REQUIRE_NO_ERR failure: 0x10 - file: /SourceCache/IOBluetoothFamily_kexts/IOBluetoothFamily-4300.4.10/Core/Family/HC I/IOBluetoothFamily.cpp:26682
   Dec 19 16:27:27 **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][SetupBroadcomHardware] -- disableHIDEmulation() failed -- result = 0xE00002BC (kIOReturnError) -- retry 1 time(s) -- 0x9800 ****
   Dec 19 16:27:27 [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][ReEnumerateOrReset] -- exit; error = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess)
   Dec 19 16:27:50 com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-EMAIL-SharedServices: Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
   Dec 19 16:27:54 com.valvesoftware.steam.19060: Service exited with abnormal code: 7
Daemons
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   com.mice.360Daemon
   com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing
   com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
   com.adobe.SwitchBoard
   com.adobe.fpsaud
Agents
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   com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-EMAIL-SharedServices
   com.wacom.wacomtablet
   com.valvesoftware.steamclean
   com.valvesoftware.steam.ipctool
   com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager
   com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
   com.adobe.ARM.UUID
   com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent
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   - com.jmicron.JMicronATA
   /System/Library/Extensions/TabletDriverCFPlugin.bundle
   - N/A
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   - com.mice.driver.WirelessGamingReceiver
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   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
   - N/A
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
   - net.telestream.wmv.plugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
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   - com.microsoft.SilverlightPlugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Unity Web Player.plugin
   - com.unity.UnityWebPlayer
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WacomNetscape.plugin
   - com.wacom.tabletplugin
   /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
   - com.WacomTabletPluginLib.WacomTabletPlugin
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flash Player.prefPane
   - com.adobe.flashplayerpreferences
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
   - net.telestream.wmv.prefpane
   /Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane
   - com.growl.prefpanel
   /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane
   - com.oracle.java.JavaControlPanel
   /Library/PreferencePanes/VersionCueCS3.prefPane
   - com.adobe.versioncueCS3.VCPrefPane
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
   - net.telestream.wmv.advanced
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
   - net.telestream.wmv.export
   /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
   - net.telestream.wmv.import
   /Library/QuickTime/FLV.component
   - com.macromedia.FLVExporter
   /Library/QuickTime/FLV.component/Contents/Resources
   - com.macromedia.FLVExporter
   /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax
   - N/A
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABDialer.bundle
   - com.skype.skypeabdialer
   Library/Address Book Plug-Ins/SkypeABSMS.bundle
   - com.skype.skypeabsms
   Library/Widgets/HP Ink Widget.wdgt
   - com.hp.widget.inkwidget
   Library/Widgets/iStat Pro.wdgt
   - com.iSlayer.iStatpro4.widget
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   - com.adobe.ape
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   - com.adobe.adobelm_service_installer.framework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.0.0/VersionCue.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncue
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.0.0/VersionCueSDK.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncuesdk
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.0.0/VersionCueUI.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncueui
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.1.0/VersionCue.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncue
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.1.0/VersionCueSDK.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncuesdk
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Client/3.1.0/VersionCueUI.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncueui
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Server/plugins/com.adobe.versioncue.nativecomm_3.1.0/native/macosx/VCNative Comm.framework
   - com.adobe.versioncue.VCNativeComm
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Bridge CS5 Extensions/Adobe Output Module/contactsheet/resources/plugins/PDFGenerator.framework
   - com.apple.carbonframeworktemplate
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/HIL Help Search/Frameworks/ahclient.framework
   - com.adobe.ahclientframework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/DWA/resources/libraries/UpdaterInventory.framework
   - com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterInventoryFramework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/LWA/amtservices.framework
   - com.adobe.amt.services
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/LWA/asneu.framework
   - com.adobe.asneu.framework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/LogSession.framework
   - com.adobe.headlights.LogSessionFramework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterCore.framework
   - com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterCoreFramework
   /Library/Application Support/Adobe/OOBE/PDApp/UWA/UpdaterInventory.framework
   - com.adobe.AAM.AdobeUpdaterInventoryFramework
   /Library/Frameworks/Adobe AIR.framework
   - com.adobe.AIR
   /Library/Frameworks/Snapfish.framework
   - com.hp.snapfishframework
   /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework
   - net.telestream.license
   /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/Resources/EWSMac-GC.framewor k
   - com.eSellerate.EWSMac67108872
   /Library/Frameworks/WacomMultiTouch.framework
   - com.wacom.WacomMultiTouch
   /Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard/Frameworks/HPScanControl.framework
   - com.hp.scan.framework.control
   /Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard/Frameworks/HPScanProfiles.framework
   - com.hp.scan.framework.profile
   /Library/Image Capture/Support/Hewlett-Packard/Frameworks/HPUIExt.framework
   - com.hp.scan.HPUIExt
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/CIOSupport/PBMSupport.framework
   - com.epson.print.framework.PBMSupport
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/EPSON PIC Folder/PIC.framework
   - com.epson.pic.framework
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Halftone/CHalftoneVIA.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.CHalftoneVIA
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/ABWPPreview.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.ABWPPreview
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/CSupport.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.CSupport
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/CTools2.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.CTools2
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/EPPolice.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.EPPolice
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/IJPCFoundation.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.IJPCFoundation
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/PMSupport.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.PMSupport
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/PMX15Support.framework
   - com.epson.ijprinter.PMX15Support
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/UtilityCore2.framework
   - com.epson.ijprint.UTCore2
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/InkjetPrinter/Libraries/UtilitySub.framework
   - com.epson.ijprint.UtilitySub
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/Libraries/EPTools2.framework
   - com.epson.printer.EPTools2
   /Library/Printers/EPSON/Libraries/SupportX20.framework
   - com.epson.printer.SupportX20
   /Library/Printers/hp/Frameworks/HPWorkflowsManager.framework
   - com.hp.WorkflowsManager
App extensions
   com.getdropbox.dropbox.garcon
Apps
   /Applications/Dropbox.app
Contents of /etc/mach_init_per_user.d/com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor.plist (checksum 3469280363)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
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    <string>/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/SwitchBoard/SwitchBoard.app/Contents/MacOS/switchboard.sh</string >
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ServiceName</key>
    <string>com.adobe.SwitchBoard.monitor</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (checksum 3708734740)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.oracle.java.Java-Updater</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/Java Updater.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Updater</string>
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    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/dev/null</string>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
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    <integer>12</integer>
    <key>Minute</key>
    <integer>29</integer>
    <key>Weekday</key>
    <integer>2</integer>
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   </dict>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchAgents/com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist (checksum 2972905917)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
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    <dict>
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    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <dict>
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    <key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
    <array>
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    <string>LoginWindow</string>
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    <key>Program</key>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/Tablet/WacomTabletSpringboard</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
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Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.versioncueCS3.plist (checksum 714202969)
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   <dict>
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    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.adobe.versioncueCS3</string>
    <key>OnDemand</key>
    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Version Cue CS3/Server/bin/VersionCueCS3d</string>
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    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <false/>
    <key>ServiceDescription</key>
    <string>Adobe Version Cue CS3</string>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>root</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>
Contents of /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mice.360Daemon.plist (checksum 2243272199)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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   <dict>
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    <true/>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
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Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.ARM.UUID.plist (checksum 10744905)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.adobe.ARM.UUID</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
    <string>/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Adobe Acrobat Professional.app/Contents/MacOS/Updater/Adobe Acrobat Updater Helper.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Acrobat Updater Helper</string>
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    <true/>
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Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-EMAIL-SharedServices.Agent.pl ist (checksum 719951107)
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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    <string>EMAIL</string>
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Contents of Library/LaunchAgents/com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist (checksum 52074330)
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