Hey Thanks for the suggestion Chewy.
I have used disc utility to repair permissions but as you say that may not be enough. Trouble is this is a corporate owned machine and while I’ve asked IT to do as little to it as possible they are very protective of their IP and so they definitely have some processes running that I can’t change.
I fear I may “brick” this machine by attempting to adjust any low level permissions or account settings. That happened to me at a previous Development studio where I setup a Nuendo 5.5 system and it required wiping the drive and a complete install as the IT system thought someone was trying to hack the computer.
So at this point I’m using Reaper and Pro Tools because- well they work and Nuendo 6 is not as I described. I may wait to see if 6.0.4 helps at all but that means I’ve got $2k software sitting idle for a fix that may or may not work.
Thanks again for replying though Chewy- I appreciate your time and effort offering up some help.