Help with keychain error

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Help with keychain error

I am now getting really fed up , when ever i open internet I am ask to enter keychain password so i type in my login password and it goes into a while loop x 2 and throw up a error "There was a problem saving your keychain. Please try again or use keychain Access to verify your keychain. Error-128"

so i then went into keychain { also guys how can i post picture here like screen dump }

and then went into edit -->Keychain list and i remove via the - button login and system. but I still get this message

could someone please help this is really peeeee me off I am totally new to Imac and its my first imac machine version 10.5.7

imac, 24inch screen

Posted on Jun 21, 2009 9:12 AM

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Answer 1

waheedrafiq Author

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Jun 21, 2009 10:16 AM in response to waheedrafiq

you should be able to view the error message pic on this website http://profile.imageshack.us/user/infoseeker/images/detail/#181/picture2uvd.png

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Answer 2

Jun 21, 2009 12:09 PM in response to waheedrafiq

HI,

Repair Disk Permissions.
First, Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.

If that doesn't help... try deleting this file. com.apple.KeychainAccess.plist

/Users/YourName/Library/Preferences. Drag that plist file form the Preferences folder to the Trash, empty the Trash and restart your iMac.

See if that helps. It's ok to trash a .plist file as your Mac will create a new one for you the next time you use the Keychain application.

Also, Mac 101: Mac Essentials

Important information at this link including Keychain.

Mac 101 - Getting Started with a Mac

Mac Quick Assist

Carolyn 🙂

Message was edited by: Carolyn Samit

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Answer 3

Jun 23, 2009 10:50 PM in response to waheedrafiq

The easiest way to fix this is to delete this file: Users/home/Library/Keychains/login.keychain logout then log back in.

George

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Answer 4

biggo

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Jul 5, 2009 11:14 PM in response to George Peters

I am having a similar issue where the autofill doesn't seem to work anymore on some sites... and some sites that used to just show my username and password now don't show anything... and even sometimes when I enter my details and login the site takes me back to the original account login screen of the site as if I didn't enter my details the first time...
So I have tried to delete and reset keychains... I've tried deleting ~/Lib/keychain, Mac HD/Lib/Keychain... and recently I tried removing MacHD/System/Lib/Keychain but still for some reason the keychains are still stored somewhere... for example my facebook account still logs in automatically without any typing... just goes straight to my home screen instantly after I have turned my computer on... but because I have reset my keychain... there is no item in keychain access anymore for facebook.

What I really want to do is start over and enter my keychains all in again from scratch... So every site i go to will ask for my username and password and it will store each one in keychain access when I do that so If I change anything I can go to keych access and delete the appropriate file.

Please help... no-one seems to have this posted anywhere... just resets of keychains.
Thanks
O

ps... might be something to do with 10.5.7

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Answer 5

Jul 7, 2009 9:38 AM in response to biggo

What you have described does not sound like a keychain issue to me. It sounds more like the autofill and save password function within your web browser. Which browser are you using? Check the Privacy and Security settings.

George

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