I just installed the following updates to my system: "iMovie" (3.0.3) "Hard Disk Update" (1.0) "Safari" (1.0) "Java" (1.4.1) "QuickTime" (6.5) "iTunes" (4.2) "Mac OS X Update" (10.2.8) "iCal" (1.5.2) "QuickTime for Java Update" (v2.0) "iSync" (1.4) "Security Update 2003-12-05" (1.0) "Security Update 2004-01-26" (1.0) "Security Update 2004-02-23" (1.0) As you can tell, I haven't updated in a while. Anyway, now my OS won't start up unless I safe boot. I'm not sure if this will help, but I copied the following messages from my console log: - Mar 26 17:20:36 ry-bos-Computer /Applications/ TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit: (CSYNC DEBUG) : GetProfileBySpaceFromShmem returned NULL for '0000' : Calling Dispatcher. - 2004-03-26 17:20:53.028 loginwindow[341] Could not find image named `bang' - Mar 26 17:20:56 ry-bos-Computer /Applications/ Utilities/Apple System Profiler.app/Contents/ MacOS/Apple System Profiler: (CSYNC DEBUG) : GetProfileBySpaceFromShmem returned NULL for '0000' : Calling Dispatcher. Please help. Thanks, Ryan