Xquartz and X11 wont boot on second admin account

Hello all,
I have had an ongoing issue with X11 not booting on a second admin account on my mac mini (Snow Leopard) , for a hoot I tried to install Xquartz to see what would happen and it is the same deal, that is, it will open on the first admin account, like X11 without a hitch but neither will open up on the second one where I do all of my work, any help at this point would be excellent.
I have tried resetting the permissions on both of these to rad/write and it does not seem to make a difference which makes me think it might be something to do with the way my second admin account is configured. As far as I can tell they are both installed in the correct location(s)- (Macintosh HD>Applications>Utilities)
Thanking you all in advance

Phil please see Troubleshoot unexpected behavior | User account-specific | Adobe software | Mac OS - http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/troubleshoot-unexpected-behavior-user-account.ht ml for information on how to resolve the errors you are receiving under your current User account.

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