As readers of this thread will remember, I've been having problems with my connection that only affect my laptop, none of the other laptops connecting to my wi-fi network, but the problem disappears when I go elsewhere and connect using another wi-fi network. I've tried to check all the settings on the laptop and there is one big problem. In Network settings, I get an error message that says "your network settings have been changed by another application" and I can't make any changes to Network settings, and have to force quit to close Network settings.
In the Geeks and Boffins thread, one poster (wight-boy) wrote:
So, I wonder if one of our regulars who knows about Macs can help me do this. The problem has become almost permanent: I can't access most sites (dr1 being a rare exception!). I no longer get the annoying and inexplicable "openDNS site blocked by Melmac networks" error message - it just times out on all attempts to connect to most news sites, search engines, hotmail, Gmail, yahoo, educational sites, photo-sharing, you name it.
Our service provider hasn't been able to help - they can't cope with anything to do with Macintosh, apparently, so I'm making this last-ditch desperate appeal for help.
In the Geeks and Boffins thread, one poster (wight-boy) wrote:
This was back in September. I've PMed him to ask him how to get rid of that security update to see if it gets rid of the Network settings looping error message, but have received no reply, probably because he is a very occasional poster.Are you running 10.4.11? There is a looping bug bug that is to do with security update 2008-006. It came out yesterday. This creates the "your network settings have been changed by another application message. Can you get rid of it?
So, I wonder if one of our regulars who knows about Macs can help me do this. The problem has become almost permanent: I can't access most sites (dr1 being a rare exception!). I no longer get the annoying and inexplicable "openDNS site blocked by Melmac networks" error message - it just times out on all attempts to connect to most news sites, search engines, hotmail, Gmail, yahoo, educational sites, photo-sharing, you name it.
Our service provider hasn't been able to help - they can't cope with anything to do with Macintosh, apparently, so I'm making this last-ditch desperate appeal for help.