If it was the Finder relaunching the Finder should cure it. It doesn't. Something that's communicating with the Finder is allowing it to happen while the Finder doesn't allow any s…

Here's a messed up scenario...right now I start up a Win2K environment via Virtual PC for Mac so I can use Palm HotSync to sync my Tungsten E2 with my campus' Oracle Calendar setup…

I'm having some issues with Adobe Illustrator CS where my shortcuts do not seem to be working anymore. Some examples of what is not working: option+dragging to duplicateshift drag…

Do you have Entourage up and running when you are within Illustrator CS? If so, close it. Any better? More info here: http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/330664.html

No, its not running.

Quote: Originally Posted by shadybirdstan No, its not running. Okay, what other programs do you have open? Anything?

Here are the apps currently running: Quark PhotoShop Extensis Suitcase iChat Distiller

Here are the apps currently running: Quark PhotoShop Extensis Suitcase iChat Distiller

If you quit all of those, and then re-launch Illustrator CS, is the problem gone?

No its not and its strange when I option+drag the dual cursors do show up like its going to duplicate but once I release it does not.

Wild, sorry man...I've only seen this issue with some 3rd-party application running in the background.

Yea, I can't figure it out. Of course my co-worker caused it somehow because nothing on the machine has changed and I can't even think what to type into Google to fix it.

Can you log in as another user and see if the problem happens?

There are no other user accounts .

i want to remove all the bundled junk that came with my system... so i ran the install disc, and selected clean install.... but then the system installed all the bundled junk all…

When you do an OS install you have to do a custom installation and deselect the apps you do not want. The question is why would you want to get rid of those applications anyway? Mo…

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Mac When you do an OS install you have to do a custom installation and deselect the apps you do not want. The question is why would you want to g…

Not via the migration assistant, no.

Quote: Originally Posted by onlykaria i want to remove all the bundled junk that came with my system... so i ran the install disc, and selected clean install.... but then the …

Quote: Originally Posted by onlykaria speaking of data transfer the computer is asking for a firewire to firewire cable which i dont have... can i use usb to usb or ethernet cab…

People who embark upon well-intended projects like the one you are proposing (getting rid of junk) will usually end up later posting threads asking why they are having problems. I…

We never bothered to remove anything but the "try before buy" version of MS Office from my wife's iBook that came with a 30GB hard drive. After over two years she still has lots o…

Quote: Originally Posted by msuper69 People who embark upon well-intended projects like the one you are proposing (getting rid of junk) will usually end up later posting threads…

oooh . . . 5 GB yeah, I'm just being a jerk tonight. OK, actually I can help out here, try running delocalizer or something like that. That will remove all the foreign language f…

I agree with removing languages that you're not going to use. That saves a LOT of space. But the the apps that come with a (retail) install of OS X hardly take up that much space …