system settings don't finishl updating

After downloading two software updates 6/24 (one was a 3 MB security update and the other was a 21 MB system update), a gray question mark appears over each icon in the dock when I try to open that appl. In the Mac OSX Software pulldown menu, there's a message reading, "Your system settings are being updated. Unable to open your preferred Web browser. Try again in a few minutes."

That was last night. Still no change today. I've restarted but the problem persists. The non-flashing gray question marks disappear over dock icons, but they reappear when I try to open that appl.

Is it time to reinstall Tiger and never again download software updates, or is there something else that I can do to fix the problem?

G4 (AGP Graphics), 500Mhz DP, 384SDRAM,80GB HD,DVD ROM, Mac OS 9.2.x, Apple 23" Cinema HD Display with Radeon 9000 ProMac AGP 64MB video card

Posted on Jun 25, 2007 5:37 AM

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