Hi guys, hope somebody can help me out here. I'm a Macbook Pro user and recently encountered this problem. When I go to Systems Preferences and click on Network, I get this message: "Your network settings have been changed by another application." When I click the "OK" button, the message just keeps on popping up. I then have to Force Quit to leave Systems Preferences. What can I do to correct this problem?
Do you have any other apps running when you get that error message? How do you connect to your network (wired or wireless)?
Hi there, what you going thru is normal. It happens because the location on the network pane is set to automatic. Let me give you an example. Take a look in your system preferences then go to network. The location should say automatic? If yes it means that the computer's network setting will home in at any type of network connection like airport, ethernet, firewire and bluetooth. Since your computer might be using ethernet at your home and it is set as your default connection, when you go out or go to a hot spot, your computer will try to find a port which it can get online, since a wifi network is available, the computer will say network change detected because it is using a new port.
Good Morning everyone, this happens to me just now after editing DNS settings in my router, and when i try to also reset my DNS setting in my Macbook thru network preference, cant even get thru the network pane as as describe by malacson, anyone encounter this? need help here. Actions already taken: 1. restarted the unit 2. repaired permission 3. Has internet connection though will be stuck with the setting 3. am using wireless connection am editing my DNS because OpenDNS now blocked my three practical shooting sports related forums am subscribed to
Ok guys, got it working, and want to share these work around to those who will encounter this in the future, courtesy of Tonza from apple discussion 1. configure your account as a Standard Account (rather than as an Administrator Account). This prevents you from making changes without authenticating for it first by clicking on the gold padlock in the System Preferences window. You can then go about editing your network settings, which will be accepted and force NetworkConfig to stop asking for the network settings again (until you close System Preferences). or, 2. go to the Security preferences, and enable the option "Require password to unlock each secure system preference". This will do what will happen in the previous quasi-solution, requiring that you authenticate to System Preferences before changes can be made. No 2 works for me. btw apple has not resolve this issue yet with their latest SU on 10.4.11
