>John, >The crashing seemed to start shortly after I upgraded Tech Tool 3.0.3 >to 3.0.5 and the OS had a difficult time finding TT virus
I did a clean install of 8.1 onto the new-to-me powerbook 1400 a couple weeks ago; after I installed Norton Utils 5, Office98, and maybe Netscape 4.79, something got very corrupt somewhere- I could not boot with extensions enabled, without having the PB lock up after about 30 seconds to 1 min after bootup. Sometimes the finder would not load all the way- desktop backdrop would load, desktop icons would not. Hmm.. OK rebuilt desktop as seemed logical, didn't help. A force quit of Finder, then desktop would load, but lockup after 1 min or so still. Boot with extensions disabled everything seemed to run fine. So I turned off all the extraneous crap Norton and Netscape and Office had installed (Office Manager, disk light, file saver, AOL instant messenger, etc. etc.) but still issues. I had to trash many prefs (I just went to system/preferences folder and trashed finder prefs, general prefs, etc. etc. and all is now well. Maybe try something similar with your setup... In your case, I'd start by trashing the startup disk prefs :) Brian -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
