System Preferences glitch

Hey guys, when i got my macbook back for RSD i had to run system updater, when i did that everything was perfect. THe only downside that i noticed was that in my system preferences, the picture or Print&Fax is glitched to a picture of a light switch and ininteigible letters underneath it.
Is there anyone out there that can post a link to that graphic and tell me how to replace the glitch one?
Thank you in advance!!!

Trash the file: User->Library->Caches->com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
Make sure to quit System Preferences before trashing the file. Put the file in the trash, empty and relaunch System Preferences.

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I used the new screen capture in Quicktime and uploaded a video to show what's going wrong... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzTKcO2aaM
Apple, please fix this?

LOL! Cute vid! Have you tried going to /Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist and drag that file to your desktop and relaunch System Preferences and test?
-mj

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FYI... among other things, "reset-nvram" resets the startup disk to the internal hard drive; "reset-all" forces the system to rediscover all of the hardware that's attached (it's handy when, for example, your firewire port or Airport card "disappears").

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Hi there, first time MAC Forums poster, but I've used your savvy help looking up answers to my previous questions, so thanks a bunch in advance.
I've just erased and reinstalled OSX on my Macbook, and downloaded all the updates available through Software Update, and now am operating OSX 10.4.11. I haven't yet downloaded any new applications or programs, except for a wallpaper zip file from apple.com, but since then (or perhaps that single download didn't have an effect), every time I open System Preferences, it lags in loading, then opens, and when I click on an option (e.g. dashboard), it crashes and I'm left with the window that asks whether or not I'd like to report the problem, reopen application, etc.
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USA: 1-800-APL-CARE (1-800-275-2273)
Canada: 1-800-263-3394
World: http://www.apple.com/support/contact/phone_contacts.html

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Thomas A Reed wrote:
If someone had hacked your machine, that little lock - and those preferences, for that matter - would be of little interest or consequence. The fact that it wouldn't lock (+Why wouldn't it lock? What happened when you tried?) but worked fine after a restart suggests to me you had a glitch of some kind. Not sure what, exactly.
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Please can someone on how to solve the problem of the missing Page
Action 1 click on System preference
2 Click on Expose & Spaces
3 Blank Page comes up With only the header
Also my F7 Key don't work, The Icon will give me Spaces
I Have completed a system repair which did not help me
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your dock preferences are likely corrupt.
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Hi folks.
Just got my Touch today. Very well done.
On my G5 (10.4.11), in System Preferences:Network, the little window keeps popping down, indicating something has changed my network. Over and over and over and over again. This started happening after I installed my Touch.
I can't make it stop. Driving me crazy, and I have to force quit system preferences.
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I have saved this solution from BobP1776 here from the forums - but can't identify it right now - have you tried this?
""I now have a procedure which appears to fix it, but I'm not sure it is the minimal procedure. Folks who try this may find they can eliminate one or more steps and still get the good result.
Symptom: Airport won't reconnect to a known network, and turning Airport off and then back on again does NOT make the connection to the known network happen.
Solution: Do the following steps in order
Turn off Airport
Go to System Preferences / Network. Click on the lock and authenticate with an administrator password if necessary.
Select Airport in the column on the left.
CLEAR the check box for "Ask to join new networks"
Click on Advanced.
CLEAR the check box for "Remember any network this computer has joined"
Click on the known network in the list if it is already in there. Click on "-" to delete it from the list.
Click OK to exit the Advanced pane. Click Apply in the main Network pane to make these changes take effect.
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Click on "Join Other Network". Do this EVEN IF the network you wish to join is not "closed, i.e., is already showing in the list.
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Return to the System Preferences / Network pane. Click on Advanced again and confirm that this network is once again in the list. Click on Cancel to return back to the main Network pane without making any changes.
Click on Assist Me. Click on Diagnostics.
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