No sound on my standard account works ok on another account

I tried to burn a disk from a disk image i have previously created when I opened the image and it ran in DVD player there was no sound. I opened the DVD project that created the image and on the preview and motion there was no sound, so I went back to the imovie project and that too didn't play the sound.
I went to another account (Admin) and loaded the image again, sound was fine.
I've trashed iDVD, iMovie, iTunes, Quicktime preferences to see if that helped, it hasn't. I've repaired disk permissions and thats done nothing.
What else can I try?

The task completion sound still works, if I copy a folder from one location to another at the end of the copy I get the beep.
Can't see anything wrong with preferences

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Sound has stopped working on 1 account; works ok on another; how to reset?

The sound on my main account has stopped working ....
When I press the volume controls, I get a little "no go" sign and nothing happens
No sound-related applications are working
But when I log in as a different user, sound is working fine
How shoudl I start debugging this one? (it has been working until recently, and I do not think I've installed anything weird...)
Many thanks, Tony

Thinking doesn't help, knowing does. Try this. Create a new admin user account, log into it, set up the sound prefPane as desired, and test that sound works. Open that account's Preferences folder (it's in the account's Library folder), make a list of those preference (plist) files, including those in the ByHost subfolder, log out and back into the problematic account, open up its Preferences folder, and move those list plist files into an empty folder on the Desktop, log out and back in and see if the problem's fixed. If so, then slowly move the moved plists back, log out and back in, and eventually you'll figure out which ones are conflicting or are corrupted. Once that's sorted out, deleted any moved ones remaining on the Desktop.

After Every CLEAN Wipe my APP Store in a Standard Account Downloads Weird Software Automatically, EVERY TIME!!

Hello everyone,
I have a very weird situation that is going on that keeps happening to me and has caused many "Weird" situations on my Retina MBP and other Mac's that I own. I did have some of this in another thread, but most people simply don't think what I am describing is really happening, etc.
To date I have spoken with many Mac Genius's at multiple Apple Stores, I have spoken with many Level 2 Apple Care Rep and now have an Apple Certified IT person that visits my house once or twice a week trying to figure out what is going on.
Anyway....
I will give a quick example and if anyone can explain this to me or has had a similiar experience I would love to hear back!! .....
So I have about 6 macs for my current and past business. Plus I always love grabbing the newest technology. That said this "Problem" occurs with every Mac I own. Even to a brand new MBP Retina that no one has had access to. I keep Firmware PW's on, I only use Eithernet connections, I have a $600 Hardware Firewall configured to let nothing in (No VPN's, etc)... obviously have sharing off, **** I don't even use Bluetooth.
Anyway when I wipe the drive I do it like this...
1.) Take out both the MAC HD and Recovery Partion....
2.) I have 50 MBPS Download Speed so Internet Recovery is very quick. I go through the normal process.
3.) Once I have reached the new recovery partition from the Internet Recovery I partion the SSD a couple times in different formats and then go back to the normal Journaled that I will be using for my single partioned SSD
4.) Then I install and go through all the normal steps, expect I skip everything that I can. I don't add location services, I set time manually and I don't sign into iCloud as this will be my Admin Account. I normally just call the account Main or Admin.
5.) I check for updates and install any that might have not been included in the most recent Internet Recovery.
6). In the Admin Account I set a tough PW and then begin with all the security options. Again all sharing off, Firewall on, Wifi Off and requires Admin Access to Turn on, No Peer-to-Peer Networking without Admin Access, Bluetooth Off, Java and Extensions turned off in Safari, etc. You name it I have done it as far as the GUI goes. I am certainly no expert in Terminal, but can make my way around for some things.
7.) I create a Standard Account "The one in which I will conduct 99% of my business in." Again I create a strong PW for this account and confirm that the security settings that I setup in Admin match those of my Standard Account.
HERE IS WHERE THINGS GO WRONG...
8.) I go into options and login to icloud.
HERE IS WHERE IT IS ABSOULETLY WRONG...
911) I login to the apple store as I want to dowlonad some of the simple apps so I can go to work. IMMEDIATELY, it starts downloading a program called "Mountain" ... please don't confuse this with Mountain Lion (You can see it listed second in the APP Store search "Mountain")... when I look down at my Launchpad bar without hitting anything the 2.1MB file is downoading and then dissapears from my launchpad.
** Also as this is going on "storeagent" with the linux exec box icon next to it shows up saying "storeagent is attempting to install software to your computer" It does ask the for Admin User and PW, but no matter what I hit this "Mountain APP" downloads.
When I first noticed this I thought this was legit, well it certainly is not. I have never purchaed that "APP" however it does show up in my APP store Purchaes. The gateway is obviously not doing it's job and FURTHERMORE I don't have any of the options to "Automatically Download New Apps, etc." I simply just check for updates manually everyday as it is a 2 second process and Mounain Lion doesnt check automatically until every 7 days.
Here is a Screen Shot...
Sorry for the long post... Anyway experiencing the same thing? I can redo my drive over and over again... I have ever purchased a new Mac Book Air a year ago to see if it would happen and the problems eventually started and fairly quickly. The weird thing also is that I have done wipes and renistalls in all sorts of different locations.
So all this said... how could it not be in the EFI or on the machine some how?
Thanks guys... I hope someone has experienced a similiar experince!!! .... as the Mac Store and Apple Care have been of no help!! ... and with a problem like this I think it is way above a level 2 Mac specialist head

Hey etresoft,
I need that firewall for VPN Tunnels. These are not setup yet, but in order to work from home... outside our office, this is a requirement. Money is not really an issue and I do always back up kids / family photos. I have two Thunderbolt backups attached to the Monitors. So the 4TB with Raid 0, was cut down to 2TB and then I have another more movable / durable one that piggybacks off that.
I am considering the new Apple ID, the problem is I have a ton of Apps and a TON of Moview / TV Shows that have been downloaded over the past years.
The movies are easy enough, but it just ****** me off that I won't just be able to have them in the iClould and put on my Apple TV and have it right there with my Apple ID (My 2 year old loves Tom & Jerry )
It might come to the new Apple iD with minimal security, but being a partner in a business that runs the Internet Marketing team... we have very sensitive data that is stored. That said large email list and many other items that make us money and the ability to run a successful business is important to protect. Apple has these security mesaures in place for a reason and really the bottom line is I want to get to the bottom of what is causing this.
If you don't believe me, etc... that is fine. I did start a new forum as you said and I am simply looking for people to throw some feedback my way, if they have any.
When you say thing like "I suspect you aren't telling the Full Story." it is upsetting because I am trying to be as detailed as possible and why would I ever be typing on this forum unless I was just looking for some feedback.
I did start my own forum, but please don't acuse me of not telling the truth or the full story as others were in the last forum. That was a bad thread to jump in on, as it started out way more extreme than what I am trying to explain.
Anyway...
I have never posted on this forum until recently... and I promise you I am telling you the full story and I am simply looking for feedback. This is not fun for me. I would rather be running the business 100% and not have to worry about this and spend time on forums that eat into my day.
Thanks.

Is there a problem with itunes (11.1 latest version) on a windows 7 non-administrator (standard) account?

When I tried to update my dad's iphone 5 to iOS 7 on a windows 7 standard account an unknown error was encountered and he lost everything! It also doesn't recognise my mum's iphone 4s (already updated to iOS 7), it gets an error, but her phone works fine on my administrator account. Do non-administrator restrictions cause problems? Any support would be really valued. Thanks.

I think there is a problem. I dont get the noises on each song even though that happened to me on a previous update but rather than being a sporadic click it was a very loud hiss over every single track...
The latest problem with my copy is that the songs are only playing out of one speaker and its not even the centre speakers, its the left speaker.
The last time itunes didnt work properly it took apple around a week or so to correct so im not worried at the moment but i have to use windows media player in the mean time which I dont like to use.
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Apps do not open in new standard account

Hi all
i've a big problem with new standard accounts I create on my iMac: applications won't start. Their icons are shown like an anonymous icon and clicking on them does not open anything.
(Safari behaves differently: it says it cannot open since it "may missing important resources".)
Screen-shot: http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8324/picture1fr2.jpg
Repairing permissions did not work. Any idea on what should I do?
I cannot say if this is related to the recent upgrade to 10.5.4.
thanx!

Ok it was an error due to false permissions for the Applications folder. I solved it launching on the Terminal the following commands:
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My computer has NO Admin...only "Standard" account ..Help !!!!!

Hi.
Everything was fine...today I turn my computer on. I decide to download 10.5.1. The computer asks me for my "Admin" password. I type it in . And it is rejected.
Now I go to "system prefs" and checkout the "accounts" pane.
Here is what is weird........There is 1 user. Me. However I'm no longer a "Admin" account, I'm only a "Standard" account.....
HUH???
So in other words there is NO admin account anymore....So first of what happened to my admin priveleges? And if they got destroyed, how the heck should I know what the password is for an Admin that doesn't exist?
HELP
thanx,
SvK
Message was edited by: S v K
Message was edited by: S v K

One thing to try would be Apple's recommended procedure for promoting a "standard" account to "admin" when all "admin" users have been lost while upgrading to 10.5, which can be found in this link:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306876
If the problem is just that your account has lost "admin" privileges, there is no reason why it shouldn't work even if the loss of status isn't associated with upgrading.

Standard account user is able to search my files

Even after 5 years of using a mac I must ask a rookie question.
I've given a lend of my old PowerBook to my friend and set up a standard account for him. I've just noticed that when he searches for something in the finder and chooses to search mac, he can see my files coming up in the search results that are in my home folders behind my admin log in name.
Surely this isn't meant to work like that??

where exactly in your home folder are those files? by default everybody has read access to anything at the top level of your home directory. but things inside your Desktop and Documents folders should be only accessible to you. same with Pictures and Movies folders. of the other user can search there as well then the permissions on those folders are wrong. select, say, your Documents folder and enter command+i. at the bottom of the resulting popup it should list the permissions. what are they?

SL Upgrade - Standard Account Beach Ball Spinning on Right Menu Bar?

Just upgraded to SL from Leopard 10.5.8. Install went smoothly, went through typical verification of software, etc. Most things look good; I know the forums are flooded with folks having a terrible time, but the only buggy thing so far I've noticed is in one of my two standard accounts. My iMac is a family computer and I have 5 user accounts (1 admin, 2 standard (my wife and I), and 2 limited (one for each of my children). For my standard account only I've noticed that when I try and hover over the Time Machine, Bluetooth, Sound Level, or Time information icons on the right hand side of the top menu bar, I get the spinning beach ball no matter how long I hover. This anomaly happens ONLY in my account, not my wife's standard or the limited or admin accounts.
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3) Created a new account - no problems.
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Okay, that's fine I'll just use the account I just created. However, how do I associate this account with my other files under the corrupt "USER" directory? Can I just copy over the folders from there? If I do that, won't I be bringing the problem(s) from the old account over?
Again, I'm not really worried about my document files, I can always create new folders and bring them over one at a time. The Aperture 2 library is what I'm concerned about. I can ask over on the Aperture forum though.
Thanks for your help!

Unable to login as administrator after creating new standard account

Just got a nice new MBP form work today.
When logged in as the admin I created a new standard account for my personal use. I then shut down the laptop.
After booting up I am presented with a default icon, my standard use name, and a field to enter my password. I can login to this account fine. If I click on the arrow next to the username (this seems pretty poor UX - it annoyingly takes a while to appear, and how is a new user supposed to know what it is for? /vent), and then click on 'other' and enter my admin username and password, it is not accepted and the password field just shakes.
Am I missing something obvious?
Many thanks.

@Frank Caggianoy
Yep, the Display login window is set to List of users. The password that has been set up is the passwsord I've been using for several months at work, so that cannot be the issue.
@nbar
When I set up the standard user account, there was definately an administrator account in the user list. I also installed some work related applications which are not present when logged in to the standard account.
I've got to say that these forums are very helpful - thanks for the suggestions. I'll speak to the person who set up everything tomorrow, and post back what the problem/solution was.
Cheers.

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I recently created a separate admin account and switched the one I use for day to day tasks to a standard account. I have to enter the admin password and account name to join my Airport network every time I restart my computer along with using Disk Utility and with a few other things. I know you have to enter the admin password from time to time, but this seems kind of excessive, so my questions are, is it supposed to prompt me for that information after every startup, and if it is, is it possible to add these to my keychain so I don't have to re-enter them everyday?

My Airport network is password protected, but I only had to enter the pw once and it recognized it from then on, even after restarting. It sounds like the second user account needs to have Admin access as well, you should try it and see if it makes a difference.

Can't create new folder to Applications in standard account

Hi.
As I have two accounts one admin account and other standard account and last time it didn’t work in both.
So I just restored factory settings like described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3910
This fixed the problem.
Now again I can't create new folder to applications but this time it doesn’t work only in my standard account but it does work in admin account.
Previously I downloaded this program to open pdb files :http://www.loghound.com/pordible/
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I think either way should work OK - it's less of a security risk to use a standard account for "everything", including web browsing, but I confess I don't myself do this. You would again have to authenticate with an admin username/password if you do download and install from the standard account.
Whichever way you do it, this article may be relevant:
*About file quarantine in Mac OS X v10.5 and v10.6*
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3662
It includes the following:
If you have multiple user accounts on your Mac, the user account that downloaded the file is the only user account that can remove the quarantine attribute to the file. All other user accounts can open the quarantine file, but they will be presented with the quarantine dialog box asking "Are you sure you want to open it?" every time they open the file.
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I understand it will remember these, but that wouldn't change the fact that the office settings are probably still completely different to what was required for out of the office.
Saying that, you can however have different settings for the wireless and the ethernet port, within one location, which is one way around it. I don't like this feature, as it means the user can be connected to your secure network at the same time as being connected to a completely open wireless network, be it approved or otherwise.
I do still stand by my comment though (my example wasn't the greatest). If your user was using either both wired or wireless at home and at work, then you would need to change the location as they may require different dns's etc.
Otherwise, what is the point in locations?
Ideally, the locations would work such that the user can change the location, but the admin would have the options to choose which ports were active for any one location, meaning you could prevent them from using wireless and wired at the same time.
All of this is kind of there. The admin can set the ports limited by location, but then the user can't change the location, or you allow multiple ports in one location compromising your security, in the hope that your user will always remember to turn off the airport when connected at the office.
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After installing Leopard, I now have a standard account. What happened to my administrator account. I cant do anything, I cant even reinstall Leopard because it always asks for a password and administrator name. Please help me.

This worked for me on my G5 (I did not have this problem on my MacBook Pro)
Start with this article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306876.
Follow #'s 1 & 2...
BUT on #3 (Follow the onscreen instructions to reset the root password (the root account is not the same as your account).
Don't reset the 'root password' reset your 'user' password.
Quit Reset Password, Quit Installer and you will be given the choice of selecting the start up disk-
Choose your original disk.
Follow #4
But on #5 - (When the login window appears, select "Other..." and log in as the root user using the password that was created above.) Select your 'user' log in and use the new password you just created!
6. Go to Accounts in System Preferences and check your 'user' account (enable) "Allow user to administer this computer" for the affected user.
7- From the Apple menu, choose Log Out. (The 'root' part did not appear in my menu.) Log in as the user account that had this issue. (Your account should now have administrator access.)
8- Use Directory Utility to disable the root user via Directory Utility's Edit menu. You may need to click the lock icon first).
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redc

Solved by a very friendly Apple support guy !
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I apparently have a standard account and whenever I try to make an administrator change it tells me to connect a smart card and I don't know what it is.

Owenthec,
A smart card is a card that you can insert into a computer with a smart card reader that will allow you to log on to an account associated with that card.
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If this is a work computer that you’re using, then it appears that your systems administrator has it set so that you cannot make changes.
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