How do I restore System Preferences to its default settings without reinstalling Lion?
Thanks in advance
Are you having problems with a given preference - if so which one?
I was playing around with the screen saver. Now I want it back to how it was when I first used the computer. But I do not want to restore Lion.
What exactly do you mean by "back to how it was when [you] first used it"? You mean back to the specific screen saver you were using or the settings (the time it takes for the screen saver to become active, for example) that were set by default?
I want to restore the System Preferences to the factory default settings.
go to users/your named user/preferences .com. apple system preferences.plist move to trash empty trash restart comp system prefs set to default just have to set them how you want.