| 5 James, on Oct 29, 2008 2:51:35 pm GMTI found some alternate info elsewhere. The issue is with a security patch Apple released. They changed the way PPP and PPPoE passwords are maintained on your system. To fix it you first need to make that lame "Your network settings have been changed by another application" dialog stop popping up. To do this open "System Preferences" and go to "Security". Tick off "Require password to unlock each secure system preference". Now click "show all" at the top. I had to quit "System Preferences" to make the change take effect. Open "System Preferences" again and choose "Network". You will probably get the annoying pop up once, but this time when you click "OK" it won't loop. Notice that the padlock in the bottom left corner is now locked. Click it to unlock. Enter your password (assuming you are the administrator on the Mac). Now click back on the show all button. The Mac will think you made a change and ask if you want to " Apply configuration changes" click "Apply". Once it saves the changes your problem should be fixed. You can go back to the "Security" pane and untick the option you enabled earlier.
There is one catch to this fix that had me stumped for a good while. If you have ever used an external modem on your system there could be PPP settings that you can't get to without having the modem attached. What a pain! I could see "External Modem" in the port configurations, but it was grayed out and I couldn't make any changes. The only way to edit the PPP password was to find a modem and plug it in. "External Modem" became an available option and I could now edit the settings. Such a stupid problem! Hope that nugget helps anyone stuck in a similar situation. | 6 lunapod, on Oct 29, 2008 5:24:46 pm GMTAwesome!!! thank yo soo much. the little window did stop popping up, but i still have problems with having to reset my network settings every time i get online. THis is great for future references as well. Much appreciated.
Jean | 7 James, on Oct 29, 2008 6:59:47 pm GMTJean, I'm not sure I understand which settings need to be reset. Is it the user name and password provided by your service provider, the TCP/IP configuration, the port connections? Perhaps if I knew what exactly is being reset I may have an idea. |
|
| 8 Fred, on Oct 30, 2008 5:43:00 am GMTPerfect! This resolved the problem completely! Thank you! |
| 10 Lb, on Nov 14, 2008 3:03:36 pm GMTHello JAmes,
I did what you say several times but the bug is still there. I can go through it by clicking on the OK with the return key and rapidly close the network window with the mouse on the red button, but....
Thanks for any suggestion |
| 11 Mac User Mc, on Nov 20, 2008 1:49:07 pm GMTThanks for the advice --- I've been having the problem for a couple of months and had thought that i had somehow picked up some malware; I'll have to watch those "porn" sites!!!!!!
I used your instructions and --- at first --- they seemed to solve the problem, but it reappeared next time I tried "network preferences".
Does 10.5 fix the problem? If so, I'll defer trying to fix it until I install Leopard. If not, what other possible solutions exist?
Thanks again for the help --- at least I am more certain that there is not a critical underlying problem.
Mc |
| 13 ka, on Dec 1, 2008 3:36:50 pm GMTJames, you are a lifesaver!!! I have dinked w this for two days including some tech support, to no avail. It all started when I was not able to print or use internet on my windows side via parallels. I did the fix you suggested, reconfigured my network sites, and voila....everything now working perfectly. If only I had seen your fix first. Thank you so much. |
| 14 northshore mike, on Dec 9, 2008 5:49:52 pm GMTBrillant.... worked a treat... I am getting
warry of downloading any of Apple's updates.
Last month their update deabled my HP printer
links!!!
Thanks,Mike |
| 15 Rick, on Dec 9, 2008 9:23:47 pm GMTThanks for the info James. This problem had been bugging me. Your fix worked perfectly, very lucid instructions by the way. |
| 17 tunggal, on Dec 31, 2008 10:43:29 pm GMTThank you so much for your solution James .... I had faced this problem for 2 months. Now is clear !!!! |
| 18 Erika, on Jan 2, 2009 2:33:37 am GMTThank you so much! That was driving me nuts! |
| 19 Holly, on Jan 4, 2009 1:28:26 pm GMTThank you soooo sooo much.... I am not the administator of my FAMILY computer, (I'm not an (responsible) adult either....)but I have a rep for tinkering, and I was trying to connect my NDS(Nintendo DS)to my mac as it won't let me wifi(long story)...to cut it short I had 1 hour until my mother hit the roof and killed me ...almost literally.the pop-up had me close to tears...so I will forever be in your debt. Thankyou!
p.s how do you get you find the DNS server on your Mac?
One Happy Customer |
| 20 happynow, on Jan 6, 2009 11:56:48 am GMTLegend, thank you! that was driving me nuts, but all good now!
Cheers! |
| 22 Dougie Boot, on Jan 7, 2009 12:49:16 pm GMTThanks James
I've had this annoying pop up for ages. Can't believe I've fixed it so simply with your information.
Doug |
| 36 Robin Forever, on Apr 23, 2009 3:24:00 pm BSTThe solution works, but only if I leave the security setting on. When I un-checked it, the problem returned. This isn't a serious problem, true, and I hope Apple fix it with the next o/s update. |
| 40 scrap, on May 11, 2009 2:10:06 am BSTJames
I want to thank you so much for helping me resolve that annoying issue. It is great to know that a genius such as yourself does not mind sharing a fix with others. accolades to you. |
| 41 blossom, on May 20, 2009 1:43:28 am BSTJames, I think I love you! I have been going round the bend with this one. |
| 46 MrTimewise, on Sep 18, 2009 1:35:46 pm BSTThanks, James! I, too, have had the annoying repeating pop up. Now it's gone. |
|
Bsnl change router settings dna a211