Oh yes, and I tried resetting the plugins folder, and I do not have Google Gears installed.
I have a very similar problem, but with Pages in addition to Posts. The Save Draft button used to show up before I upgraded to WordPress 2.9.2, now it only shows up for new Pages. Also when I click Preview Changes, it says “You do not have permission to preview drafts” for the pre-existing Pages, and a blank page for new Pages.
So basically now I can’t Save Drafts of existing Pages or Preview Changes to them. All my changes need to be published before I can see them. How did I lose this functionality?
I thought this might be related to plugins so I deactivated all of them, both in the Dashboard and via the instructions above. Nothing improved.
These problems are consistent across Mac and PC, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Additionally, when I use Firefox on a PC, I can’t even log in to my dashboard! (although it works on other browsers or platforms.)
Help.