Mr_Brightside_@ said:
ok, repairing disk permissions didn't work and neither did rebooting... help viewer will launch in some apps, but not finder where it's most important, except for the window pane of the viewer appearing for like two seconds then quitting or something... i made a new user that WILL launch help viewer and in calculaotr sez that "the currency cannot be updated at this time" - which is more than this user will do... please help me, this sucks
PS i think this may have something to do with my old ibook, where i had manyt problems with naming new users the same as old ones... is there some way i can compeltey eradicate an old user? - i copied via firewire. thanks
Well then; what you did was transfer the problem over.
Do what
mad jew suggested and if that doesn't resolve it, try backing your stuff up especially if you put important things on your HD. Hopefully, you haven't put a lot of (your) work you've done onto this new machine.
Get the disks out and do a clean format and install. Make sure you run software update from the Apple menu and repair permissions when you're done.
What I'm suggesting here is a last ditch effort if all else fails.
This will take some time, but it will be correct.
Don't transfer anything from your old computer via firewire or you'll be back to square one again.