My Command + S always acts as a "Save As"

I checked the hotkey's and there doesn't seem to be a defined Command + S function. Should there be?

Not yet, it is on the list of things to try hopefully in a couple of hours. I got some other things I have to do first then I will do that. I will get back to you shortly. But thanks for the ideas

Thats the the big kicker. Any program (Microsoft Word, Any CS2 or CS3 app, General Text editor) I use that I can open a file, make changes and then do a command + S causes it to immediately do a Save As. I tried what the Glynn is recomending. It has shown quick results that seem to have resolved the issue, but by the point in the day I had already put in most of my work for the day, so I am going to test it out today and make sure it has resolved the issue.

Alright, I have tried it now with several different files, and seem to have resolved some of the issue, but the root problem still remains. So, I take a file, copy it to a new location, rename the file. I then open it to work on it, and when I go to save, the first time I do so it does a save as, after I save as the first time, I can do a command + S and it does a regular save. Any ideas? (lol, at least some of the pain is gone, I am a little happier)

Well the root problem is that when I copy a doc to a brand new location. Then rename the file. Then I open the file and make changes, when I go to save the document using command + S (It use to) always perform a "Save As" and I would have to browse all the way to the location (it wouldn't even remember where I opened the file from), and then save over the file.

Now. After I get all the way to the point of saving, the first time I save the file, it performs the "Save As", after I browse out to the file then its like it remembers it from that point on; so long as I leave the file open. If I close and reopen the file, the process starts all over again from the save aspect of it.

So my goal has always been to try and figure out, why the system is not retaining where the file is coming from, and why it keeps poping up with the "Save As" (which I think we all are suspecting this is partially due to the first problem).

The reason I feel there is something really rotten is because up until two months ago, I had a PPC G4 running 10.4.2, and this was never an issue. I did Command + S and it just saved the file to the correct location, regardless. So I am not sure what changed other than the physical aspects, or could be attributed to the person who set it up (not me, lol).

Trust me I appreciate what you have done for me so far, you have made my life ten times easier and you are a god among men for that alone. I am still unsure if the question has been ansered though because of this. Any ideas?

Version OSX 10.4.2. Unfortunately, to my knowledge no. I just received this machine two months ago from our IS department after a clean reload and reinstall of Tiger. I have checked for updates, but no I have not actually run any. Our IS department fully reloaded the system and did their usual. immediately after I received it, it started doing this. At first I asked them for help, but they had no clue why it did this, and I have not been able to get an answer out of them for some time, so I took it upon myself to reach out to the forums and see if this was something easily resolvable. That is why I know some of what you are talking about, but some of it, I am not playing, we will put it that way lol...

We are allowed to do updates, and thankfully I have no data on my machine, it is all stored on the network for just such a reason, lol. I will definetly try what both of you are recommending; however, I might have to wait a little while before it becomes available. I have some deadlines that need meet first before my superiors find out. Thanks though for all the help. I will get back as soon as I have accomplished this.