System Preferences Doesn't Close

I'm not sure if this is a bug or it's normal behavior, so if anyone is experiencing something similar, this may be bug related.
Leopard was installed using the archive and install method, completed without errors. MBP is only 2 months old.
The problem occurs when utilizing System Preferences to change my wireless security from WPA to WPA2, which doesn't allow the change, no matter what user tries. The bug lies when you go to close the System Preferences app, it does not close, it remains active in the Dock, clicking the dock icon does not bring it forward and neither do any of the menu items. CMD-Q will quit the app. If I launch it, and make no preference changes, it will close, but trying to change something within the network pane keeps it open indefinitely. The only error in my console log says: "No Command"
Make sense to anyone?

The bug lies when you go to close the System Preferences app, it does not close, it remains active in the Dock, clicking the dock icon does not bring it forward and neither do any of the menu items. CMD-Q will quit the app...
---which will then open normally if called upon...
This happens to me, annoying thing. I don't know how or why, but it happens, and it shouldn't.
It's erratic behavior, I can't predict it, nor can I make it happen at will... or at least I haven't managed to notice/reproduce exactly what triggers it.
It is definitely not normal.
A fix would be welcomed
Glad to see I'm not alone Scott.

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Don't change your story now. You did not say through Apple, you first gave a link to this site,
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You said, "Go there and download the latest version of Java"
that plainly says,
"Mac OS X Version 10.6 and below
Use Software Update available on the Apple menu to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java 6 for your Mac."
This corroborates me saying that Java for Mac OS 10.6 is done through Software Update, no where else.
If any Mac OS 10.6 user does not have Java on their Mac, they get it from Apple just as the link you provided shows it is from Apple. Not Oracle. You have provided the evidence that plainly contradicts yourself.
This is your second link that is to Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1573
Just to go over this again. Software Update not only updates Java to the latest, but if Java does not exist at all, SU will install it from scratch. And in doing so will be the latest version.
Providing a link to Oracle's site is useless information that does not get Java installed on a Mac running 10.6.
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I have an Epson AcuLaser CX11NF networked by ethernet with a couple of other devices and my Mac Pro, and a wireless LAN connected to BT Infinity for broadband access. The various MacBooks and remote desktop Macs rely on the wireless network for access to the Epson. Print access through printer sharing works fine, but I can't establish scanner sharing. In System Preferences > Sharing, Scanner Sharing is ticked, but no scanner appears in the window (I was expecting something analogous to the Printer Sharing pair, Printers: and Users:, but there is just one window). In System Preferences > Print & Fax, with the Epson and the Scan tab selected, if I tick the box for "Share this scanner on the network", it doesn't stay ticked. If I navigate to another preference pane and return, it is unticked.
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No, it's located in a different room from the router; neither can be changed. It's not plugged directly into a Mac, but into an ethernet switch into which the Mac is also plugged.
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well if you absolutly need to shut it off just hold the power button down. that will force shut down the laptop. that should make it stop. but a simpler way can you force quit iCloud. press "command" "option" and "escape" at the same time and choose iCloud from the pop up box to force it to close
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Mind following these instructions?
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Copy and paste those into a post here. Just the relevant ones, not hundreds others.
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Here is the fix that was suggested on another board and fixed the problem.
remove the followinf files and restart you mac
Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
That should at least reset the system preferences to default
For the desktop/screensaver remove
Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
After a restart all should be back to default settings.

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Obviously, I know it has to do with my computer.
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Apparently, such relevance is lost on you, although I'm not sure how it could be;-)
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I've got a Mac Book Pro early 2011 with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2.
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Quit the application if it's running. In the Finder, hold down the option key and select Go > Library from the menu bar. From the Library folder, delete the following item(s), if they exist:
Caches/com.apple.systempreferences
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Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
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