Whenever I try to open Safari, it closes with the "quit unexpectedly" message, I get a kern protection error message when I go to report the problem, how can I fix my Safari application???
Go to the folder /YourHardDrive/Library/internet Plug-ins/ and see if you have an old plug-in causing the problem.
Also you and reset most any application by going to the folder /YourHardDrive/Users/YouUserName/Library/Preferences/ and find the applications preference file and delete it.
Lastly your Mac is talking to you but you are listening. Just go to the Application /Applications/Utilities/Console and launch the program to se all the logs OS X is making.