System Preferences problem

having new iMac 27 with Mavericks
I can not open several system preferences,
message "You can’t open Sharing preferences because it doesn’t work on an Intel-based Mac."

Mine did the same thing a couple of times but it simply stopped after I installed the updates. Haven't had any issues since then.
Regards.

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  • System Preference Problem

    Hey everyone. I noticed upon opening my System Preference panel that the "Sharing" icon has been replaced by what appears to be a background. The following link will show this.
    http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5923/grab4ej9is.png
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    If you purchased an iLife Disk, then iPhoto is on it.
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