System preference button?

When I goto system preferences.. my print and fax button is all messed up. It's like a random image of a light switch, with half the word print and fax chopped off. How can i restore this icon? thanks

Quit System Preferences if it is open, and choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu. Enter ~/Library/Caches/ as the folder's location, throw away the item named com.apple.preferencepanes.cache inside, and then restart System Preferences.
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10/30/13 1:25:08.607 PM System Preferences[839]: -[NSRemoteView viewDidMoveToWindow] caught non-fatal NSInternalInconsistencyException 'unable to convert NSNamedColorSpace System controlColor to Device RGB colorspace' with backtrace (
          0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff864c141c __exceptionPreprocess + 172
          1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff90a47e75 objc_exception_throw + 43
          2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff864c11f8 +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 104
          3   Foundation                          0x00007fff8b5acc61 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 189
          4   ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a57a65c -[NSSecureColor initWithColor:] + 724
          5   ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a57a36f +[NSSecureColor secureColorWithColor:] + 48
          6   ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a59dcfb -[NSRemoteView sendFontSmoothingBackgroundColorToService:] + 40
          7   ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a59ebf5 -[NSRemoteView viewDidMoveToWindow] + 197
          8   AppKit                              0x00007fff8c6841d0 -[NSView _setWindow:] + 2899
          9   AppKit                              0x00007fff8c681804 -[NSView addSubview:] + 364
          10 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c695953 -[NSFrameView addSubview:] + 45
          11 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c6a3cb5 -[NSWindow setContentView:] + 511
          12 ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a5a4868 rendezvousPanel + 895
          13 ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a5a3f3f -[NSRemoteView beginSheet:modalForWindow:size:isCritical:styleMask:] + 420
          14 ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a5a4eea -[NSRemoteView beginDeferredSheet:] + 209
          15 ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a5a5098 -[NSRemoteView beginDeferredSheets] + 283
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          17 ViewBridge                          0x00007fff8a5ad892 __deferBlockOntoMainThread_block_invoke_3 + 441
          18 CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff863f27cc __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_BLOCK__ + 12
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          22 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff89ab1f0d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226
          23 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff89ab1cb7 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 479
          24 HIToolbox                           0x00007fff89ab1abc _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65
          25 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c66d28e _DPSNextEvent + 1434
          26 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c66c8db -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122
          27 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c6609cc -[NSApplication run] + 553
          28 AppKit                              0x00007fff8c64b803 NSApplicationMain + 940
          29 libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8f6d05fd start + 1
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code: line 607 of /SourceCache/ViewBridge/ViewBridge-46/ViewBridgeUtilities.m in logCaughtException
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I am trying to fill in a PDF online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button- what do I change in system preferences to resolve?

I am trying to fill in a PDF form online- there should be a submit button but it isn't showing. My partner has an identical Mac and can see the button when he opens the same page- what do I change in my systen system preferences to resolve this?

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After upgrading to Mountain Lion I am not able to access "security and privacy" button under "system preferences". I like to activate "find my mac" but cannot access privacy setting after upgrade. Kindly advice.

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iTBotB,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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