Next message: Dan Schwartz: "RE: [WinMac] Bronze PB freezing"
1) Run, don't walk and get Disk Warrior. Nothing else can touch it, and
it's *safe*. In the 2+ years since it came out, I've never had a disk killed
because of it, (Unlike Norton and Tech Tool), and they have excellent tech
support.
2) You don't need Conflict Catcher, Extensions manager works fine, and CC
has been known to react oddly with certain extensions. It has some neat
features, but would just add to the variables.
3) Try to shift boot. If it shift-boots, then the basic system is okay. I'd
delete the System Preferences file and the Finder Preferences file. These
can go bad, and cause odd problems.
Also, *do* install the 9.0.4 update
Then, in extensions manager, set it to Mac OS 9.0.4 Base, and reboot. Does
the problem exist here? If so, then do a clean install of the OS.
If not, the set EM to Mac OS 9.0.4 All, and reboot. Does the problem exist
here? If so, in the 'View' menu, set the view to 'as packages', and then
disable extensions one at a time, as packages, rebooting each time, until
the problem goes away. Once it's gone, you've most likely found your
conflict.
If the problem *doesn't* exist here, then the problem is with one of the
third party extensions that are left. Enable each extension, or package at a
time, and reboot each time until you find the problem again.
Conflict catcher will help automate this somewhat, but again, if you don't
already have it, and you install it into a problematical system, you are
going to change the equation quite a bit, and that will make accurate
troubleshooting more difficult.
john
On 10/9/00 11:23 AM, "Dan Schwartz" <Dan@BrakeAndGo.com> wrote:
>
> Make sure you run Disk First Aid to repair any file system corruption. When
> you get a crash, it wants to corrupt the file system. Then, when the file
> system starts to get corrupt the Finder wants to crash... It's a downward
> death
> spiral!
>
> Also, buy yourself a copy of Casady & Greene's Conflict Catcher: Apple's
> Extension Manager is a cheap knock-off; but Conflict Catcher automates the
> process of finding the troublemaker Extensions & Control Panels.
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