Privilege issues in Discoverer 10g

Hi All,
For some weired reason, I am encountering these problems using discoverer 10g:
1) two identically set up/privileged users one working (can see business areas) and one not (cannot see business areas) ?
2) BA viewable in web client but not desktop?
Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Thanks.

Thx for the response Tamir. Yes the security and the privileges have been set up as expected using Tool -> options.
We use db users since its a stand alone set up. The BA's have been shared to both the users the same way but for some reason they dont work the same manner.
The second issue is even weired. I was wondering if other users may have come across similar issue. Just wondering.
Thanks.

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