Hi Ronni, Yes it first appeared on first boot after upgrading. But it also appeared after I rebooted again after a "safe boot". But I have now taken out some of the login in items and so far the message has not re-appeared. Here's hoping.
Lloyd > Hi Lloyd, > > Did you receive this message the first time you booted up after "Initially" > installing Snow Leopard? > Some of the older macs received this message, newer ones didn't. > > If you receive it again on boot-up click the browse button and locate the > "System Events.app" in /System/Library/CoreServices/ folder. > Once it is pointed to the System Events application you could possibly notice > then Spotlight indexing your whole Drive. > If it does, let it complete indexing. > You might not have allowed Spotlight to complete this initial indexing when > you first installed Snow Leopard. > > System Events is an application which looks after, guess what, ... system > events ... > > Snow Leopard should be running fast. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 05/12/2009, at 10:06 AM, Lloyd White wrote: > >> >> Thanks Ronni, >> >> Now I know where it is I can find it if requested next time. I don't have >> any Antivirus installed but I was able to trash some items from the Login >> items that might be the problem. >> >> For some reason - since Snow Leopard - my iMac is now running VERY slowly >> but I don't think the two things are related. >> >> Thanks >> >> Lloyd >> >> >> >> >>> >>> Sorry Lloyd, >>> >>> I didn't answer this part of your question: >>>> >>>>>> What is this and should I have it? How can I install it? >>> >>> Look for System Events in /System/Library/CoreServices/ folder. The app is >>> there. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 05/12/2009, at 9:26 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 05/12/2009, at 8:24 AM, Lloyd White wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On re-booting I keep getting the message "Where is System Events" and it >>>>> asks me to browse to find it. >>>>> I can't find it and neither can Spotlight. I click on cancel and it >>>>> resumes >>>>> the boot. >>>>> What is this and should I have it? How can I install it? >>>>> OS 10.6.2 >>>> >>>> Hi Lloyd, >>>> >>>> Do you have Antivirus installed? >>>> This has been known to cause this message to appear at startup. >>>> >>>> It will be something starting on boot-up that is causes the message. >>>> Check in your System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items >>>> >>>> It can also be caused when there are applescript applications included in >>>> the >>>> login items. >>>> >>>> If you click the "Cancel" button, the next time you startup if you don't >>>> receive the message again, assume that it's found/associated the file after >>>> start-up and should no longer be an issue. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
