Permissions do not repair after snow leopard upgrade

Taking advice from this forum, upgraded my 2006 imac with snow leopard. Loving it. One concern is that every time I run repair permissions it makes a whole slew of repairs, takes 13 minutes. However if I run it again it makes all the same repairs again. Have done this numerous times with no change. Any advice? Here is the most serious looking one the last one:
Warning: SUID file "System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/ARDAg ent" has been modified and will not be repaired.
Thank you for any input.

this is normal, and you can take a look at the following link about SUID
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448
There always seems to be some list of repairs, relax and enjoy SL
Mike

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You have a five year old computer, so a failing hard drive at this point is not so strange. You have a couple of options you can try. Start with this one, but if it does not work you will have to erase the hard drive. I hope you have a backup of all your files.
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1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
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You have a five year old computer, so a failing hard drive at this point is not so strange. You have a couple of options you can try. Start with this one, but if it does not work you will have to erase the hard drive. I hope you have a backup of all your files.
Reinstall OS X without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
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I have followed the instructions to go back in the time machine, get the file, restore it back into the library/quicktime file
Done all that, rebooted etc....still nothing
I have also found the quicktimeMPEG2 components installer and that doesn't work either
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Cheers
Paul

What error message do you get with the dmg installer? I have just tried an MPEG2 file, after upgrading to SL, QT reported it required the meg2 component. I found the original dmg file I purchased and it installed OK and works with QT 10.
Before trying to install again it may be worth repairing permissions on you disk.

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Exactly what happens? Do you get a message? If so, what?
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In Leopard there was an App called iSight Update app that was in Hard Drive/System/Library/Core Services
This does not seem to be there in Snow Leopard.
An issue with some computers with the camera was that in System Preferences > Displays the Colours needed to be set to Millions.
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HP Photosmart C6300 printer/scanner not working after Snow Leopard install

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Keith,
I got a C6280 and the scanner does not work anymore. I am for 6 days in contact with HP. The last printer driver install form the apple web site does not open the image of HewlettPackardPrinterDrivers.dmg because of an invalid checksum. The skipping of the validation gives and error in the install.

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Ok, I have the fix!! After several frustrating days it finally just works.
The process:
Upgrade your Macs to 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Powercycle your modem AND time capsule / airport TWICE
Reset your time capsule with a pin or paperclip on the back
Follow the prompts to setup your time capsule / airport access
-- On your Macs
Go to System Preferences > Network > Airport > Advanced > TCP/IP
Click "Renew DHCP Lease" then click "Ok"
Click Apply
Turn off Airport
Turn Airport on
IT WORKS!!!
One of the magical people at tech support walked me through it earlier today. The whole process took about 1.5 hrs because Show Leopard takes about an hour to install on one machine.
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Cannot Scan after Snow Leopard Upgrade

After I upgraded to Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro & Mac Pro, I have not been able to scan from my HP Photosmart 8180 All-In-One printer. The printer works fine and I can connect to the HP for a scan; but, when I try to scan I get the same error during the scan on both computers. I have reloaded the original HP software drivers and made sure they were current prior to the above, so I need some direction on how to proceed.

Here - this might fix it:
* Cause *
This issue might have occurred if you are trying to scan using the previous version HP Software and Drivers or due to the device driver/ software conflicts.
This issue may also occur if the previous version HP Software and Drivers are conflicting with the Generic built-in Drivers that are available in Mac OS X 10.6 or due to the communication error between the Printer and the Mac Computer.
* Information *
The latest HP printer drivers, scan software, and utility for most of HP All-in-One Printers are included in Mac OS X 10.6 by default. So, no need to reinstall or download any HP software for full print, scan and utility functionality.
Scanning: The Scanning interface is now built into Snow Leopard and supported with the Apple Image Capture application. Instructions follow.
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NOTE: Scan support from pushing the Scan button on the printer is not supported with this version of the scan interface built into Snow Leopard. Scan functionality is supported by scanning directly from the computer.
* HP Full Feature Software and Drivers for Mac OS X v10.6
However, in checking the Software and Drivers downloads page for your HP All-in-One Printer, I am glad to see that the latest version (10.3) HP Full Feature Software and Drivers are available to work with Mac OS X 10.6 Operating System for full Print and Scan Features.
Once you install the latest version HP Full Feature Software and Drivers, you can scan using the HP Scan.App application from your Mac Computer running Mac OS X 10.6.
* Resolution *
In order to resolve this issue, I would request you to follow the steps provided below as they are mentioned and let us know the status of this issue.
* Step 1: Uninstall the previous version HP Software and Drivers *
Please follow the steps provided below to uninstall the previous version HP Software and Drivers using the HP Uninstaller:
1. Click on Go > Applications > Hewlett-Packard.
2. Double-click the HP Uninstaller, and then click Continue.
3. Select the product to uninstall, and then click Uninstall.
4. When prompted, enter the Administrator name and Password, and then click OK.
5. Drag any HP series related icons from the desktop to the Trash.
* Step 2: Verify Disk Permissions *
To Verify Disk Permissions, please follow these steps:
1. Click on Go tab from the menu bar at the top.
2. Select Utilities tab.
3. Click on Disk utility.
4. Once the disk utility pops up please select the hard drive and click on Verify Permissions tab.
5. This may take some time to complete as the Mac will try to verify all the permissions for the hard drive.
6. Once the Verify Disk Permission is complete, restart the Mac.
* Step 3: Repair Disk Permissions *
Please follow the steps provided below to repair disk permissions.
1. Click Hard Drive.
2. Click Applications.
3. Click Utilities.
4. Double-click Disk Utility.app.
5. Select the volume or hard drive where the operating system is located.
6. Click the First Aid tab.
7. Click Repair Disk Permissions to run the Disk Permissions Repair utility.
* Step 4: Download and install the HP Full Feature Software and Drivers *
Please visit the following web link and follow the installation instructions to download and install the latest version HP Full Feature Software and Drivers for your HP Printer.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=al-75095-1 &lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3739150&os=219&lang=en
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* Installation Instructions *
1. Click the Download Only button.
2. When a new pop-up window appears, click on the Save button.
3. Save the file in a desired location.
Note: Make sure the printer is not connected to the computer before running the file.
4. At the end of saving the file, go to the directory where the file was saved and execute it.
Note: File is compressed and may take time to expand and run.
5. Follow any on-screen instructions.
* Scan using the HP Scan.app Software in Mac OS X v10.6
After you install the latest version HP Photosmart Full Feature Software and Drivers successfully, please follow the steps provided below to scan using the HP Scan Software.
1. Click on Go from the top menu bar.
2. Click on Applications.
3. Click on Hewlett Packard Folder.
4. Double-click on HP Scan.App.
5. Click on the Documents and then click on Scan.
6. The scanned output will appear in Scan window and prompts you to scan another page.
7. If there is any other page to scan, then please click on yes otherwise, click on No.
8. In Scan Window, please click on Send option.
9. Select the appropriate destination under the “Choose a Destination, or Task, for Scanned items” to send the scanned output and then click on Send to send the scanned output to the appropriate destination.
* Scanning using the inbuilt Scan Interface
There are three ways to perform scanning using the generic built-in Software and Drivers from your HP All-in-One Printer:
Ø Preview program
Ø Image Capture program
Ø System Preferences > Print & Fax
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Method one: Scan from the Preview application
1. Click the Apple Preview icon in the dock to open the Preview application.
2. From the Preview File pull-down menu, choose Import from Scanner.
3. Choose the HP Photosmart, Officejet, or Deskjet All-in-One.
The scan interface opens. Click Show Details to view settings and options.
Method two: Scan from the Image Capture application
1. In the Applications folder, select and open Image Capture.
2. In the list of devices on the left, click your HP All-in-One.
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The scan interface opens. Click Show Details to view settings and options.
Method three: Scan from Print & Fax > Printer browser
1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
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3. In the list of printers on the left side of the dialog, select the HP All-in-One to view the options in the Print & Fax window.
4. Click the Scan tab, and then click Open Scanner.
The Printer Browser window appears.
5. Click the Scan icon at top right of the toolbar to launch scanning.
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Important Gotcha: If the Scan or Print icons do not appear in the Printer Browser window toolbar, you need to delete the current HP printer queue and add a new one, as follows:
1. Close the Printer Browser window to return to the Print & Fax preference pane. Or, go directly to the System Preferences > Print & Fax pane.
2. Select your HP printer in the list on the left.
3. Click the - sign at the bottom of the list to delete the product from the list.
4. Click the + sign at the bottom of the list to add the product back to the list.
5. Select your HP printer, and then click Add to create a new print queue.
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Finder search "aliases" missing after Snow Leopard upgrade

I'm dealing with a crazy annoyance after upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard - currently running 10.6.2
I have 2 duplicate, external, 1TB WestDig Drives. I have no problems accessing these drives from the Finder, but if I use Finder search or Smart Folders, the corresponding folders on the external drives never open on the first try. I always receive the message:
+The alias “…” can’t be opened because the original item can’t be found.+
On the second try, search result folders open fine and I don't seem to have any further problems with a folder once it has been opened successfully from within search.
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FWIW I've found others having similar problems on the Apple forums HERE and HERE. I've tried their suggested PathFinder workaround without success.
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HI,
Try repairing disk permissions...
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
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Permissions do not repair after snow leopard upgrade

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