Hi,
I have a PowerBook G4 887 running OSX 10.3.9 and I can not get my computer to restart - it hangs up on the box that says "Login Window starting" with the blue "loading" bar hung up at just below full...
Here is how the problem started:
1. I downloaded itunes 6.0.5 (first mistake)
2. After I downloaded 6.0.5 - itunes would not start. The icon would bounce a few times then I would get the "itunes has unexpectadly quit" - would you like to send a message??? - yes, but I don't want to offend anyone with the message I would LIKE to send.
3. I could not get itunes to run for any user, so I put my ilife 05 disc in the slot drive and was going to reinstall an old version - I am reading horror stories from other forums where people had issues after upgrading to 6.0.5 - but I did not read them soon eneough.
4. anyway - I put the ilife 05 disc in, restarted the computer - and that's where the hang up began at the login window.
What I have done so far:
1. Restarted with hand on the trackpad/clicker to eject the disc.
2. attempted a restart in safe mode (holding shift key) - it still hangs on the same screen.
3. Restarted holding "c" with my panther install disc, ran "repair permissions" and "repair discs" ( I got a message saying this was successful - and some of the items that were repaired ). I still hang on the same screen since this effort.
4. Restarted from a different startup disc I installed on one of my externaldrives a while back - went into my original startup disc - library/preferences/loginwindow/plist and deleted it. Tried the restart with the original disc - still no luck.
5. I am depressed.
Please help!?!?!?!?!
JS
I have a PowerBook G4 887 running OSX 10.3.9 and I can not get my computer to restart - it hangs up on the box that says "Login Window starting" with the blue "loading" bar hung up at just below full...
Here is how the problem started:
1. I downloaded itunes 6.0.5 (first mistake)
2. After I downloaded 6.0.5 - itunes would not start. The icon would bounce a few times then I would get the "itunes has unexpectadly quit" - would you like to send a message??? - yes, but I don't want to offend anyone with the message I would LIKE to send.
3. I could not get itunes to run for any user, so I put my ilife 05 disc in the slot drive and was going to reinstall an old version - I am reading horror stories from other forums where people had issues after upgrading to 6.0.5 - but I did not read them soon eneough.
4. anyway - I put the ilife 05 disc in, restarted the computer - and that's where the hang up began at the login window.
What I have done so far:
1. Restarted with hand on the trackpad/clicker to eject the disc.
2. attempted a restart in safe mode (holding shift key) - it still hangs on the same screen.
3. Restarted holding "c" with my panther install disc, ran "repair permissions" and "repair discs" ( I got a message saying this was successful - and some of the items that were repaired ). I still hang on the same screen since this effort.
4. Restarted from a different startup disc I installed on one of my externaldrives a while back - went into my original startup disc - library/preferences/loginwindow/plist and deleted it. Tried the restart with the original disc - still no luck.
5. I am depressed.
Please help!?!?!?!?!
JS
