Thanks again Ronni, I tried your suggestions without success but I tracked the problem down to duplicated fonts, having deleted them via the Font Book the problen has gone away.
Regards, Adrian [email protected] On 20/09/2010, at 6:13 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 20/09/2010, at 3:59 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> >> Good afternoon all, >> >> iMac i7 (27') OS 10.6.4, this problem seems to have started while using >> Microsoft Office 2008 and I think PowerPoint. >> >> When any item in the main menu bar is selected a blank page with the word >> Characters in the header bar and the little rotating wheel (not the coloured >> ball) in its centre momentarily appears on the screen, there is a delay of a >> few seconds before the selected item responds. If an application (any >> application) is opened it appease several time in rapid succession before it >> opens. Office has been removed with the Office uninstaller but the problem >> persists. >> >> Does anyone have a clue as to what is causing this please? > > Hi Adrian, > > I would imagine it's something left over from Microsoft Office 2008 has > caused this, but you uninstalled Office 2008 using the Uninstaller? > > You could try this: > Go to ~/Library/Preferences then move the com.apple.systemuiserver.plist file > to the Trash. > > ~ (Tilde) represents your Home Folder. > > Restart your iMac. > > If that doesn't solve it: > > Try booting in Safe Mode: > > 1. Be sure the computer is shut down. > 2. Press the power button. > 3. Immediately after you hear the startup tone, press and hold the Shift > key. > Tip: The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone > but not before. > 4. Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple and progress indicator > (looks like a spinning gear). > > You will see "Safe Boot" on the login window. > 5. Then login and wait till everything is loaded, then select restart from > Apple (at top left corner) drop-down menu. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 > 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm > > OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > -- 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]>
