On or near 10/27/02 10:18 AM, Doug Brightwell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> On 10/26/02 11:22 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One thing to try is, restart and hold down Shift to prevent anything from >> launching, and see if the problem occurs. Or, even better, set up a new >> identity that is clean, with no add-ons, no 3rd party pref panes. This is >> akin to running without extensions in OS 9. If the problem goes away under >> those circumstances, the odds are there is some conflict with something else >> you are running. > > Thanks, Allan... Will try your suggestions. In the meantime, I've been > deleting freeware or demo shareware utilities that I am aware of, such as > Max Menus, Default Folder X and TinkerTool. > > What folder in OS X would I look in to see _all_ the extensions that are > loading at startup that might cause problems? No one folder; you have to look both at the system level (BootDrive/Library/...) and the user level (~/Library/...) where "~" represents your "Home" folder. Within both library folders, look in these folders: PreferencePanes StartupItems Finally, and really the main place, run System Preferences, select Login Items. I see you have already done that... > > Also I notice that there are five "Microsoft Database Daemons" listed in the > "Login Items" preferences pane. Some are of kind "unkown," others say > "application." A couple have what appear to be an Entourage icon, the rest > generic icons. > > Do I need all five of those there? What are they doing for me? > I strongly agree with Barry: DELETE THEM ALL. The next run of Entourage will replace the right one. This may be your problem. > ------------------------ > Doug Brightwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------ > -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/allenwatson@;thinkaccess.net/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:Entourage-Talk-Off@;lists.letterrip.com> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
