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Name: Cam
Date: March 20, 2002 at 03:51:54 Pacific
Subject: New G4 problems re sharing and printing
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I have a new G4 dual 1Gig and I am just learning the OS X. When I am in the System Pref area and click on 'sharing' and 'printing' System Prefs closes down unexpectedly. I have rebooted etc but I still can't open these two things. Any suggestions please.


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Name: johnzarp
Date: March 23, 2002 at 20:26:19 Pacific
Subject: New G4 problems re sharing and printing
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three areas I would look into:

1). no network/bad network setup, you cant do sharing if your not connected to a valid network.

2). corrupted drive, run norton etc.

3). corrupted System Prefs, ouch, uninstall/reinstall system software, pain in the butt...


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Response Number 2
Name: the pickle
Date: March 26, 2002 at 02:00:01 Pacific
Subject: New G4 problems re sharing and printing
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What kind of crack are you smoking, Johnzarp? Corrupted system prefs just mean you toss the Prefs folder and restart. Not a pain at all - very very easy, rather...

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