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Well, I reinstalled 10.1 with no effect on shutdown, but, naturally, am back to no printer in X. Oh well. I read on the apple site that I am NOT to reinstall 10.1 if I have installed any updaters.Too late. My choice at this point is to zero out the drive or just use 9. My computer is such a mess...

I did it, but I still can't shut down, among other things. :(

Yep. It's blank. Up near the top it says Note: No startup disk is selected. Maybe that's why. It gives some other info about the machine, but lots of stuff is just blank. Anyway, the 9 boot disk says my firmware is current. Thanks again, Pam

The system profiler, under production, shows nothing. I guess I am supposed to select a HD somewhere but I don't see where. Anyway, I can't use the update. I was about to just reinstall 10.1 but my son took the disk (again) so I am waiting around for him to show up with it. Meanwhile, I can't...

Since I don't have a slot-loading CD (but do have the one that sounds like a helicopter taking off) I can't use any updaters. I guess I'm just SOL. Pam

I have read so many warnings about changing anything in the system folder, but I did indeed find NFS in my system startup folder. Can I boot in 9 and just throw them out??? I hate to sound like such a dolt, but I did a search for firmware and came up with nothing. I ran the Profiler and...

Thanks for one more thing to try. I really appreciate it. I had read that tip, and when I dismantled my computer a couple of months ago to add RAM (as you have to do to install RAM on my iMac 330) I looked for the CUDA but didn't see anything like it. I didn't look very hard because I didn't...

I zapped the PRAM with no effect. A positive sign was that when I unplugged it, this time it did not start automatically when I plugged it back in. Cold comfort. Anyway, I have not talked to Apple but I will talk to a top-tier one at church tomorrow and see what she says. I know a couple of...

Really? You CAN open them? I can't. I can when I am booted in 9, and I have thrown some away a couple of times, but when I rebooted in 9 it said I was missing control panels -- ones I don't use like Launcher -- and would I like to put them back and said something that I took mean that it...

Just wondering why Classic has these CPs that I can't even open. Pam in Austin

Sometimes when there is unexplained "weirdness" zapping the PRAM (parameter RAM) can help. You will need to use both hands to hold down Apple-Option-P-R at startup. Keep holding down these keys while your Mac chimes 3 or 4 times. _________________ Thanks for your suggestions. I was going...

Thank you all for your advice. I tried the fsck -y thing and it said everything was okay. (Nearly had a heart attack when it booted in Unix, though. Now I am a veteran.) I rebooted (actually shutdown, same thing) in 9.2 and tried to open the energy saver cp but it said it "wasn't installed" or...

You can download 10.1.2 from the Apple site, but you have to dl and install a couple of other things first. Security Update, then I think Installer Update. Then choose the combo 10.1.2 update. Of course, now my computer has turned into one of the undead, and will not shut down unless you take a...

After I updated to 10.1.2 I found that I could no longer shut down my iMac 330. I don't know if the update is related or not. The only way I can shut down this machine is to unplug it, and when I plug it back in, it starts right up. It won't even sleep if I tell it to -- the only way I can even...