Concorde1993
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After reviving my IIfx and ThinkPad 600E, it's now time to revive my B&W G3, which actually houses a 400MHz G4 board (w. PCI graphics).
In the 10+ years that I've owned this computer, it's always had two problems - the Zip drive does nothing (it isn't even recognized by the system), and the system will not allow me access to certain control panels (Energy Saver, Memory, Startup Disk to name a few). When I attempt to open these control panels, I get the "Do not have enough access privileges" error. I've tried to counter this error by clicking "Get Info" for the HD and changing the privileges for all users to "Read/Write." When I do this, I'm greeted with a "Type -50" error message.
I know I can always clear the drive and reinstall the OS, but since I have about 2GB worth of programs on it, I'd like to see if I can resolve this privileges error problem before completely starting fresh. The drive itself (a Quantum Fireball 4GB) is in good shape and the OS otherwise runs fine with 1GB of RAM.
In the 10+ years that I've owned this computer, it's always had two problems - the Zip drive does nothing (it isn't even recognized by the system), and the system will not allow me access to certain control panels (Energy Saver, Memory, Startup Disk to name a few). When I attempt to open these control panels, I get the "Do not have enough access privileges" error. I've tried to counter this error by clicking "Get Info" for the HD and changing the privileges for all users to "Read/Write." When I do this, I'm greeted with a "Type -50" error message.
I know I can always clear the drive and reinstall the OS, but since I have about 2GB worth of programs on it, I'd like to see if I can resolve this privileges error problem before completely starting fresh. The drive itself (a Quantum Fireball 4GB) is in good shape and the OS otherwise runs fine with 1GB of RAM.