Resetting permissions to default state

I loaned my Macbook Pro to a friend and they somehow accidentally set the permissions to every folder to read/write/execute.
How can I get them back to their normal state without using Disk Utility? (It beachballs after about 30 minutes)
Tried running it after booting with startup disk, Snow Leopard DVD, and external drive.

Depends on whether they clicked on the Change All button. If not you can try this:
Open the Terminal application in your Utilities folder and enter or paste the following at the prompt:
sudo chown root:admin
Put a space after "admin" then drag the icon for your startup drive from the Desktop into the Terminal window. Press RETURN. You will be prompted for your admin password which will not be echoed.
You can reinstall over your existing system. The process is automatic, does not erase the drive, and retains your data.

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I've reset mozilla through the tools troubleshooting and reset fire fix to its default state. Now the webpages such as facebook, hotmail won't load or they won't load properly.
A window with this connection is untrusted appears. Even when I validate a security exception it won't load and it won't let me have an option of validating sometimes. Technical details says invalid security certificate. No issuer chain provided. Error code unknown issuer.

unfortunately the fiddler2 issuer in certificates might be a sign of unwanted software present on your pc that is intercepting secure network traffic. please go into the system control panel and uninstall programs like BrowserSafeguard, BrowserSafe, SafeGuard or other software that sounds suspicious and didn't get installed by you intentionally.
<br><sub>reference: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/982532#answer-520145</sub>
afterwards, run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free free version of malwarebytes] & [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ adwcleaner].
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]

This doesn't work - Reset Firefox to its default state "Click the menu button New Fx Menu and then click help Help-29 .

You say this will help and first sentence under your "Reset Firefox to its default state." is worthless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/reset-firefox-easily-fix-most-problems
If you don't see the '''Reset Firefox''' button on the Troubleshooting Information page in Firefox, you may not be using the ''default=1'' Profile as listed in the profiles.ini file.

How do I reset to default state when there is no icon to click?

Firefox is slow and crashes a lot. So I went to the Help menu that told me to reset to default state, but there is no icon in the upper right corner of the screen and all it keeps doing is telling me to reset and I can't reset it

Hi Odattbrett,
Sorry for the confusion! Does your device have a physical menu button below the screen? If it does, Firefox will automatically hide the 'three dots' menu icon that would normally be at the top of the screen - because pressing the menu button on your device should bring up the menu instead. This helpful article has more information:
[[Firefox menu icon is missing on Android - how to access the menu]]
Also, doubly sorry to hear that Firefox is running slowly! :(
A good way to try to fox this would be by uninstalling Firefox and then installing it again. Doing this would give you a completely fresh start (all your history, bookmarks, passwords and extensions would be removed). To uninstall and reinstall Firefox:
# Open your device's Settings screen (you might be able to find this by swiping down from the top of the screen, or look for the settings icon on your device's main menu)
# Press ''Apps'' and then swipe from right to left until you reach the ''All'' section
# Firefox should be near the top of the list. Press it and on the next screen press ''Uninstall''
# Go back to your device's main menu. Open ''Google Play'', search for and install Firefox.
I hope this helps. Reply to let us know if the problem is fixed!
Jayelbe

Attempt to use attachment uploader has frozen ability to create new e-mail as "TO" command respond and resetting Firefox to default does not solve the problem

Previously, selecting "attach" worked fine. How do I undo the so-called better way to make attachments??

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

The hard drive on my MacBookPro crashed. The Apple store replaced it. Since then I can't open iphoto. It asks to rebuild library; when I click yes, I get: "Aperture cannot access this library; reset permissions." I don't own Aperture!

The hard drive on my MacBookPro recently crashed. The Apple store replaced it. Since then I can't open iphoto. It asks to rebuild library; when I click yes, I get: "Aperture cannot access this library; reset permissions." I don't own Aperture! Any thoughts on how I can rebuild the iphoto library? Currently I can't even get into it.

Back up all data. Don't continue unless you're sure you can restore from a backup, even if you're unable to log in.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click the following line to select it. Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR.. ; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_ ; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_ ; chmod -R -N ~ $_ ; } 2> /dev/null
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command will take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

'the preferences file is corrupt and has been reset to the default settings' - cs4 Mac

greetings!
every time i start illustrator i encounter a new error.
"the preferences file is corrupt and has been reset to the default settings."
"the corrupt file will be backed up as Adobe illustrator Prefs.err"
this problem manifested after i added some more .ai and .ase files to my swatches directory. i do not believe anything else changed.
not sure how to diagnose the problem. is there a debug mode or something? perhaps an offending file.
an option would be to try remove each added swatch file or folder individually, but this would be a very very time consuming process for me.
i use cs4 on a Macbook pro running Snow Leopard - 10.6.2 and would appreciate your advice.
thank you
-s

s,
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Usually, preference corruption probably occurs randomly, caused by the OS, but if something in your files change the preferences to something that is not viable you will get an error like that.
You may press Cmd+Option+Shift during startup, which will replace the current preferences with the defaults, and probably you will get rid of the error message. It is probably not a cure, though.
If the error is persistent, the cure would be to get rid of the offending things in the files you work with.

IOS8 is too slow on iPad3! Can I restore to my 7.1.2 backup without resetting to factory defaults?

IOS8 is too slow on iPad3! Can I restore to my 7.1.2 backup without having to reset to factory defaults? I have both iCloud and iTunes backups....

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My Laptop is Kind Of Messed Up At The Minute And I Am Looking To Reset To Factory Defaults.
Can Anyone Tell Me How To Do This?
Thanks.

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So far I've installed the 1.0.02 (build 4) firmware and done the restart while holding the button. The new firmware has greatly improved my wireless performance but I have no idea what to do next.

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I have several web server configurations (single instance of each config, no additional virtual servers), and since each config belongs to a different client/user:group, the permissons on the config directory are set to reflect these ownerships, mostly user-only-accessible.
For admin purposes, I like to modify (loosen) these permissions to make them group-accessible (to the admin group). Whether or not this is a particularly good idea could be a discussion for another day :-)
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Is there any way to either:
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I'm probably onto a loser here, but I figured I ask in case anyone else has tripped over this and discovered a solution!
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I have several web server configurations (single instance of each config, no additional virtual servers), and since each config belongs to a different client/user:group, the permissons on the config directory are set to reflect these ownerships, mostly user-only-accessible.
For admin purposes, I like to modify (loosen) these permissions to make them group-accessible (to the admin group). Whether or not this is a particularly good idea could be a discussion for another day :-)
My problem is that each time I make changes to a configuration, the act of deploying the changes to the web server instance (using the GUI/Admin Console) resets the ownerships & permissions in the config directory to be user-accessible to the client user:group, i.e. as it was at creation.
This means I then have to change ownership/permissions to get back to (my idea of) a correct configuration.
Is there any way to either:
1. Prevent SJSWS from doing this in the first place, or
2. Trigger my script to reset permissions after deployment
I'm probably onto a loser here, but I figured I ask in case anyone else has tripped over this and discovered a solution!
Thanks for any input.

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