Hi Stephen, Ok, something is preventing a complete startup / login. In System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items, do you have any non-apple 'helpers' or apps opening automatically when you log in … hidden (tick in box) or showing (no tick in box)?
Try starting up in Safe Boot/ Safe Mode/ Safe Login: 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. Safe Boot occurs when the system is starting up; Safe Mode is when the system is actually running; and Safe Login is when the system starts up the user session. During Safe Boot, the system will more carefully test startup procedures and limit automatically launched processes during each stage. Cheers, Ronni On 27/04/2010, at 7:59 AM, Stephen Chape wrote: > I spoke too soon. > > Despite deleting that startup file yesterday, I got the freeze again this > morning just after start up. > Full screen appeared along with the complete top menu. > The dock would not appear and the top menu functions would not work. > However I noticed that the hard drive was ticking over for quite a long time. > I waited till I could not hear it any more (several minutes) but nothing > changed. > So I re-started using the power button and it is OK again !!! (for now). > > I feel I must get to the bottom of this before it escalates, but I don't know > where to go next ? > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Stephen Chape <ch...@westnet.com.au> >> Date: 26 Apr 2010 10:13:21 PM AWST >> To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au> >> Subject: Re: Freeze just after starting ?? >> >> Thank you Ronda, >> I am pretty sure I did use the "uninstall" function. >> Anyway I have now deleted it. >> >> On 26/04/2010, at 1:59 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> Did you uninstall Intego Antispam by using the 'Uninstall' function on the >>> Intego Installer, when you "dumped Intego Antispam"? >>> Sounds like it has left this if you did. >>> >>> You need it out of your Login Items if you are no longing using the >>> software. >>> In System Prefs > Accounts > Your Account > Login Items. >>> >>> Control Click on Antispam Engine to "Reveal In Finder" (to show you where >>> it is located). >>> You can then trash it from there, & restart your Mac. >>> >>> If it still shows in your Login Items, click on it (to highlight it) then >>> click on the minus (-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 26/04/2010, at 1:15 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Paul, >>>> >>>> The only application at that location that is checked is "Antispam Engine". >>>> Do you know if that is an Apple app or third party ? >>>> Could it be part of the Intego Antispam app that I dumped a while ago ? >>>> >>>> On 26/04/2010, at 8:47 AM, Paul K wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dodgy log in item? >>>>> >>>>> System Prefs> Accounts> Your Account> Login Items >>>>> >>>>> wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
