[G4] OS 9.2 start up issue

JayB FromJay at joimail.com
Fri Feb 10 03:56:33 PST 2006


Brilliant Ron, thanks.

~Jay
On Feb 10, 2006, at 1:16 AM, Ronald Steinke wrote:

> There is a much easier and more complete method of isolating the 
> "trouble" extension----
>
> Use the Extension Manager control panel to disable one half of your 
> extensions and then reboot. If the problem has disappeared, the 
> trouble is in the other half of the extension.
>
> Whichever half has the trouble maker, disable one half of it and 
> reboot. Again, determine where the trouble lives - which half of the 
> half, or in other words, which quarter now.
>
> Again, divide in half and reboot. Which half has the trouble now? Keep 
> dividing in half and rebooting until you narrow the problem down to 
> ONE extension. Disable that extension by using Extension Manager 
> control panel and reboot. Remember to reactivate all the "good" 
> extensions at each step before rebooting.
>
> In a short time, you should have eliminated all the good extensions 
> from suspicion and have only the guilty extension in the disabled 
> extension folder. If that extension is vital to the operation of some 
> program or your system, remove it and reinstall a new copy from the 
> original software installation CD.



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