Network settings drop down box won't go away without force quit.

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Network settings drop down box won't go away without force quit.

When I click on network settings for any reason a drop down box appears that says "Your network settings have been changed by another application". The only option given is to click "OK". When I click "OK" the box goes up and immediately comes back down, over and over again. It will not go away until I force-quit system preferences. Any Ideas what's going on?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 1.83ghz Intel Core Duo, 512 MB 667 Mhz Ram,Airport Extreme, Buil

Posted on Jan 1, 2013 4:37 PM

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BDAqua

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Jan 1, 2013 6:47 PM in response to clyde108

Hi Clyde,

To stop the pop-up, Go to System Preferences: Security. Check the box next to "Require password to unlock each secure system preference." Then lock Security.

Try this cure for Security update...

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730909&tstart=0

The locations are actually...

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/preferences.plist

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist

/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.nat.plist

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clyde108 Author

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Jan 1, 2013 9:34 PM in response to BDAqua

Hi BDAqua,

Thanks for the info. I found the check box reference after I posted. I did that and it seems to have stopped the problem for now. I'll keep the other solution close at hand if it pops back up. Thanks again.

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BDAqua

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Jan 2, 2013 1:11 PM in response to clyde108

Great news, good work, thanks! 🙂

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