Updated Software, now Blue Screen of Death

Hi,

Having to post this from my work PC -- how embarrassing. I just ran Software Updater and it updated QuickTime, some of my iLife apps, there might have been a security update, and I remember a Firmware update. The Updater finished and when I told it to restart, I got a blue screen -- pretty close to Intel blue I think <shudder>. On several restarts I've only gotten as far as a log-in screen, but it hangs. What would be my best option at this point? Should I restart with my original installer disks, reinstall backwards (it's really only a few months old) and start updating from there? I'm assuming it would keep all my settings? Thanks. Jon

iMac Intel Duo Brand New, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 19, 2006 8:10 AM

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May 19, 2006 9:04 AM in response to Jon Lawry1

Ran into the same problem this morning also. I called Apple. The fix was: Install the OS again using an Archive and Install, not an erase and install. Apple is mum on this problem. I expect a fix should be posted by them soon. The multitude of updates thay had this morning (10 items) is now reduced to 4, so they must have pulled the culprit. It is a cache or a startup items conflict, I think. Disk Utility did not fix it. It is sad they have not owned up to the problem yet.

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