Using Prefential Treatment - Preference errors

I used preferential treatment (http://www.jonn8.com/html/pt.html) to check my preferences for errors. I could check my user preferences just fine and there were no problems. However when I checked my system preferences I got an error pop up that said:
CPF2: (5c) /Library/Preferences/.com.system.framework.59151317419264.plist: Conversion of string failed. The string is empty.
This was not a usual error that the program listed as an error. It actually could not scan the system preferences because of this. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this?
Thanks!

I emailed the author and he explained to me how to search for the file and delete it. Basically go to the folder that the file is located; in this case it is in "Users/Daniola/Library/Preferences". I'm not sure if the file in your case is hidden or not (because hidden files usually start with ".", so ".com.apple..." instead of "com.apple") but if you can't find it then you need to go to "File--->Find" (or press "cmd+F"). On the list of search attributes (i.e. Kind, Last Modified, etc.) click other and find "File Visibility". Use that as a search modifier and look for invisible and visible files. You should then be able to find the file that is causing problems if you couldn't before (make sure you are only searching in the current "Preferences" folder). Go ahead and delete the file or just move it somewhere else and restart your computer. When it restarts you can check to see if the file was recreated or not. If it wasn't recreated then you probably don't need it. If it was recreated then you should still be able to scan it with preferential treatment (although some of your preferences may have been reset). At least that is my understanding of the preference folder.
Hope it works.
Message was edited by: dontlookdown

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The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
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iMac - model: iMac8,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
4 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM1
2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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System Software: ℹ️
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Apple Inc. iPhone
Newer Tech miniStack Classic 320.07 GB
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Jane's Old Brain (disk1s2) /Volumes/Jane's Old Brain : 319.73 GB (13.24 GB free)
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FinderPop [Support]
Flash Player [Support]
Flip4Mac WMV [Support]
GPGPreferences [Support]
Growl [Support]
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MagicPrefs [Support]
NuFile [Support]
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PathSnagger [Support]
Perian [Support]
SharePoints [Support]
TechTool Protection [Support]
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      9% iTunes
      3% WindowServer
      1% coreaudiod
      1% Steam Helper
      0% Boom
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129 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
120 MB mds_stores
112 MB Finder
103 MB Folder Actions Dispatcher
77 MB Spotlight
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72 MB Free RAM
1.02 GB Active RAM
942 MB Inactive RAM
648 MB Wired RAM
9.41 GB Page-ins
1.30 GB Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
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or..... if you need to rename MKV files, just rename them within Winrar/Winzip with Explorer not running.
I change the MKV extension to AVI (in Winrar with Explorer killed) in order to avoid Explorer issues, if I ever want to move the files in the future without needing to kill Explorer all the time to do so .
Using WinRAR works for me. Using the cmd function becomes complicated when I cannot rename my file with the rename command".

I am getting a error IO when trying to upload multiple images within wordpress using the flash uploader. I do not get the error when uploading using explorer. The error only appears if I try uploading using firefox....any ideas?

I am getting a error IO when trying to upload multiple images within wordpress using the flash uploader. I do not get the error when uploading using explorer. The error only appears if I try uploading using firefox....any ideas?

Logged the call with SAP who directed me to 'Define settings for attachments' in IMG and setting the 'Deactivate Java Applet' & 'Deactivate Attachment versioning' checkboxes - problem solved.

Preference Error: Could not load sharing preference pane

For some reason my second computer (iMac 27) is no longer showing up on the left pane of any finder window on my MBP. The iMac is running Yosemite and the MBP is running Mavericks. So I open System preferences to see if there is a problem with "Sharing" on the MBP. I'm getting a Preference Error: Could not load sharing preference pane. Do I need to install the update to fix this? I'm not ready to commit to Yosemite completely. I build apps for iOS and Mac and really need to test in both OS environments.

Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library. Then go to Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Restart the computer, open the application and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the application is the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer one.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

Preferences Errors and Lots of software crashes...

Heys,
I am very new to this forum, so if this is in the wrong place I apologize!
I have a White MacBook (plastic cover, not aluminum or pro) that I bought in 2008, stupidly, I never got time machine up and running on it. I recently switched to a newer macbook, but realized it's not actually as good as this older one, so I did a Migration Assistant of all my settings and applications from my newer mac over to my older one.
Annoyingly though, now I'm back over here, I'm having issues.
Applications keep crashing (iPhoto in particular, especially when I plug in my iPhone), and whenever I try to change my desktop background I get this come up; "Preferences Error; Could not load Desktop & Screen Saver preference pane."
Does anyone know what's going on here? Any help is very much appreciated!

Thanks for your help but I just can't figure it out. Maybe the Pismo 500 really can't handle the extra memory. But somehow that doesn't seem right. I tried all the fixes and looked at the websites, Dr. Smoke etc., that were suggested but nothing helped.
I can't figure out how to read the ram card to make sure it is the exactly right kind but I got it from a reliable dealer who only deals with Powerbooks. The sticker on the chip reads:
Samsung
KOREA 0215
PC133S - 333 - 542
M464S6453CKS - L7A
And printed on the chip it says:
SAMSUNG 214
K4S510832C-KL75
Whatever.
I brought the cards back to the dealer once already and got new ones and had the same problem with aps quitting.
I tried running the disk permissions program, removed bad fonts, completely zero'd my machine and put os 10.3 back on to see if maybe it was 10.4 that it wouldn't work with. I ran the Apple Hardware test. No luck!
I then tried one old 128mb card in the bottom and one of the new 512mb cards on top and same problem.
Finally tonight I just left in the one original 128mb card and there is no problem at all!
So I guess it's the ram cards, right?
But the question remains: Why is it quitting aps with 1GB memory installed?
Oh well, I'll check and see if the cards are maybe not exactly the right ones but I think the fellow I'm working with knows his stuff. He's been really good about helping me so the next step, he said, was to take back the second set of 512mb cards and get actual "Apple cards" (whatever that means) and see if they work. Does that sound good?
Thanks for your help and if you have any additional comments I would love to hear 'em.
Steve

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