System Prefs Notifications EMPTY

Hey,
I don't get any notifications and I am pretty sure it is because I don't have a single App in my Notifications Systempreferences. It looks like this:
I've installed Mountain Lion clean on a new SSD and then importerted my old LION-user from the HDD while sill using the old user-Folder remaining on the HDD.
How do I get the applications to be listed in the notification center?

/Library/Preferences - trash the com.apple.systempreferences.plist file, repair permissions, restart your computer. When you reach the desktop empty the trash.
If you have already tried the above, try the following -
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.
Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer. System Preferences still empty?

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SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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SecurityAgent[3818]
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3/7/13 7:52:58.827 PM
WindowServer[3177]
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CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
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CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1318260
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CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
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CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
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CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
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SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:caldav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:caldav" xmlns:cs="http://calendarserver.org/ns/" xmlns:ical="http://apple.com/ns/ical/">
<D:response xmlns:carddav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:carddav">
<D:href>/calendar/dav/</D:href>
<D:propstat>
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</D:propstat>
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</D:multistatus>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fe2dff032f0 {AccountName=Google, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fe2dff0f6d0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 10,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Content-Type-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0e960 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "nosniff"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f100 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml; charset=UTF-8"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f510 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "GSE"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x7fff719196f8 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Identity"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f150 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
          7 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Frame-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f480 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "SAMEORIGIN"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: X-XSS-Protection = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f4f0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "1; mode=block"}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0efd0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "basic realm="Google APIs""}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f1b0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "private, max-age=0"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Expires = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f180 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
3/7/13 7:50:47.566 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 200 (OK)]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Age: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Allow: MKCOL, REPORT, MOVE, COPY, HEAD, POST, GET, DELETE, ACL, MKCALENDAR, PROPFIND, LOCK, OPTIONS, PUT, PROPPATCH, UNLOCK]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: private]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: keep-alive]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:47 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [DAV: 1, 2, 3, access-control, calendar-access, version-control, addressbook, extended-mkcol, calendar-proxy, calendarserver-principal-property-search]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Transfer-Encoding: Identity]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Vary: Accept-Encoding]
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3/7/13 7:50:47.576 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation :: calendar home path is empty, not refreshing calendars]
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3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Brief: t]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 130]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/xml]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Depth: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [User-Agent: Mac OS X/10.8.2 (12C60) CalendarAgent/55]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<A:propfind xmlns:A="DAV:">
<A:prop>
    <A:group-membership/>
</A:prop>
</A:propfind>]
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3/7/13 7:50:48.101 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 401 (Unauthorized)]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: no-store]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: close]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Language: en]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 1]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/html]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:48 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Via: HTTP/1.1 calgate009.cal.sp2.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c s f ])]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Www-Authenticate: Basic realm="Zimbra"]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
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3/7/13 7:50:49.202 PM          MacPilot[4054]          A regular control size progress indicator <RBXProgressWheel: 0x212bf20> with the frame size for small control size detected. Please use -setControlSize: to explicitly specify NSSmallControlSize
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
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Mar 7 20:51:07 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[3177]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 57091
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Mar 7 20:53:14 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] (B,0)
Mar 7 20:53:44 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar 7 20:58:25 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local CVMServer[114]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
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Mar 7 20:59:04 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
Mar 7 21:03:05 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
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Non admin user - changes not saved (Safari settings, system prefs, etc.)

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If an administrator logs in (local or domain), they can log in but get a black desktop with two error messages. The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable. The second error message is a popup
balloon. It states "Failed to Connect to a Windows service. Windows couldn't connect to the System Event Notification Service service."
When a standard user attempts to log in, event viewer records three warnings. They are listed in order from oldest to newest
The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> was unavailable to handle a critical notification event. -Logged 9:14:44
The winlogon notification subscriber <GPClient> failed a critical notification event. - Logged 9:14:44
The winlogon notification subscriber <Profiles> was unavailable to handle a notification event. - Logged 9:14:49
After a reboot, users still have the issue. I noticed that the user profile services and system event notification service are not running though their startup type is automatic. They start after a minute or two.

Hi Joseph__Moody,
Based on your description ,I assume it is a domain environment .First of all ,I would suggest you to try to update all the machine .
"I have an issue that has been bothering me for a while on new 8.1 computers"
Do you mean all the Windows 8.1 machine share the same symptom or just a specific one ?Did the machine work correctly before ?When did the issue start to occur ?Have you installed any third party software before ?Can we operate the machine when we login with
an administrator account ?
If the issue occurred with the specific machine :
"The first is Location is Not available - C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\Desktop is unavailable."
Please try the following suggestions if we can operate the machine when we login with the administrator account :
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile and verify if it has the Desktop folder there.If the folder doesn`t exit, we can copy from C:\users\Default\Desktop location(This folder is hidden by default).
We also can try the following suggestions to have a troubleshoot :
1.Run "sfc /scannow"or "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth" to check the health of the system files.
2.Perform a full scan with an antivirus software.
3."They start after a minute or two."
I suspect there is a third party service confilct here. Please perform a clean boot to verify whether there is a third party conflict here .
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135
If the issue occurred with multiple machines in the domian ,I would suggest you to check whether you have configured any logon scripts and logon group policy .We can remove the machine from the domain to have a troubleshoot .
If the issue occurred recently ,we can perform a system restore to recover the machine to a previous normal point.
Best regards
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the TV: LG Smart tv

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