I had a similar issue with the 10.3.6 update, only It would crassh on all the Apple iApps. I used firefox to go to the Apple page and downloaded the "Combined" update 96Meg. After I installed, everything worked great. John Belen On Dec 19, 2004, at 7:28 PM, Michael Elliott wrote: <sigh> I applied the update, and now I can't launch System Preferences, despite repairing the volumes ahead of time, running permissions, rebooting, etc. I get a crash-on-launch of System Preferences every time now. Michael _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u