diff -up wicd-1.7.0/curses/wicd-curses.py.orig wicd-1.7.0/curses/wicd-curses.py
--- wicd-1.7.0/curses/wicd-curses.py.orig	2011-08-11 17:01:29.969340068 -0400
+++ wicd-1.7.0/curses/wicd-curses.py	2011-08-11 17:01:30.159340092 -0400
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         parser = OptionParser(version="wicd-curses-%s (using wicd %s)" % (CURSES_REV,daemon.Hello()))
     except Exception, e:
         if "DBus.Error.AccessDenied" in e.get_dbus_name():
-            print language['access_denied_wc'].replace('$A','\033[1;34m'+wpath.wicd_group+'\033[0m')
+            print language['access_denied_wc']
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
             raise
diff -up wicd-1.7.0/wicd/translations.py.orig wicd-1.7.0/wicd/translations.py
--- wicd-1.7.0/wicd/translations.py.orig	2010-01-14 23:49:23.000000000 -0500
+++ wicd-1.7.0/wicd/translations.py	2011-08-11 17:01:30.179340042 -0400
@@ -214,9 +214,9 @@ language['connection_established'] = _('
 language['disconnected'] = _('''Disconnected''')
 language['establishing_connection'] = _('''Establishing connection...''')
 language['association_failed'] = _('''Connection failed: Could not contact the wireless access point.''')
-language['access_denied'] = _('''Unable to contact the Wicd daemon due to an access denied error from DBus. Please check that your user is in the $A group.''')
+language['access_denied'] = _('''Unable to contact the Wicd daemon due to an access denied error from DBus. Please check your D-Bus policy configuration.''')
 language['disconnecting_active'] = _('''Disconnecting active connections...''')
-language['access_denied_wc'] = _('''ERROR: wicd-curses was denied access to the wicd daemon: please check that your user is in the "$A" group.''')
+language['access_denied_wc'] = _('''ERROR: wicd-curses was denied access to the wicd daemon: please check your D-Bus policy configuration.''')
 language['post_disconnect_script'] = _('''Run post-disconnect script''')
 language['resume_script'] = _('''Resume script''')
 language['suspend_script'] = _('''Suspend script''')