David Noel wrote:
I've got a problem in restarting on my 450 Mhz iMac running system 9.2.
Restarting is normal up to the stage where the Desktop and menu bar appear, with the Desktop showing devices and file icons correctly. However in the last month
or so, folders in use do not open, and the system appears frozen and
unresponsive. After waiting for about 2 minutes, however, in-use folders do
appear, and I can proceed.

Most of the macs at work do this. As far as I can tell it's related to network access - mostly, I think, connecting to the servers they're set to use on boot, and so on. I haven't found a workaround yet, which is very annoying when you need to reboot five times a day.

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Craig Ringer