Hi Stephen do you have two accounts on your mac?
If so start from the other account and see if that works, if not create one when it does start and restart from your new one Roger On 30/05/2010, at 7:40 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > Hello folks, > > I first encountered this problem about a month ago and was offered some very > sensible advice by other WAMUGERS. All of which I have exercised. > > Frequently (about 30% of the time) when I start my iMac 2.15, once the > desktop has appeared, the screen seems to freeze. The dock will not appear > and I cannot get the Apple pull down menu to appear. So I have to power off > using the power button and then boot up again. It nearly always starts > without a problem on the second try. > > I am using latest Mac OSX. > > I have deleted all applications in System Preferences/Accounts/Login Items > (except for iTunes Helper). > I have also uninstalled Virus Barrier X6. > But the problem still persists !! > > What will happen with iTunes if I delete iTunes Helper ? > I have never used "repair disk permissions". Could that be of any > significance ? > If I do "repair disk permissions" is there anything I need to know about > doing this ? > > > Can anyone suggest any other remedies that I can try ? > This is becoming quite frustrating. > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > -- 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]> -- 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]>
