OS 10.4 - System Preferences won't open

Austin Sands · Austin Sands #1 (**permalink**)

08-24-2007, 10:12 AM

I am on a Mac Mini running OS X Tiger. When I try to bring up system preferences from either an ordinary account or an administrative one, nothing happens. We've had service provider changes, and I need to fix my DNS servers and subnet mask. I went to the help menu under system preferences, and clicked on an "open this for me" link for System Preferences. I get a dialog back that states "The item cannot be opened. It may be disabled or not installed.

Any help will be appreciated.

Austin Sands · Austin Sands #2 (**permalink**)

08-24-2007, 10:25 AM

Sorry I put the previous post on this forum. I will move it to the OS X one. But if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate ...

Austin Sands · Austin Sands #3 (**permalink**)

08-24-2007, 10:36 AM

I am on a Mac Mini running OS X Tiger. When I try to bring up system preferences from either an ordinary account or an administrative one, nothing happens. We've had service provider changes, and I need to fix my DNS servers and subnet mask. I went to the help menu and found an entry for "Changing your computer's settings", and clicked on an "open this for me" link for System Preferences. I get a dialog back that states "The item cannot be opened. It may be disabled or not installed."

Any help will be appreciated.

fearlessfreap24 · fearlessfreap24 #4 (**permalink**)

08-24-2007, 05:02 PM

open a finder window and go to applications and try to open it from there. if it is not there then do a spotlight search for system preferences.

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Austin Sands #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 3	08-24-2007, 10:12 AM I am on a Mac Mini running OS X Tiger. When I try to bring up system preferences from either an ordinary account or an administrative one, nothing happens. We've had service provider changes, and I need to fix my DNS servers and subnet mask. I went to the help menu under system preferences, and clicked on an "open this for me" link for System Preferences. I get a dialog back that states "The item cannot be opened. It may be disabled or not installed. Any help will be appreciated.
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Austin Sands #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 3	08-24-2007, 10:25 AM Sorry I put the previous post on this forum. I will move it to the OS X one. But if you have any suggestions, please don't hesitate ...
	QUOTE Thanks

fearlessfreap24 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 09, 2005 Location: Near San Diego, CA Posts: 2,339 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro 13" \| MacBook Pro 13" \| Mac Mini 2GHz C2D	08-24-2007, 05:02 PM open a finder window and go to applications and try to open it from there. if it is not there then do a spotlight search for system preferences.
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