According to Ray M: > > I would trash all Finder and SystemPrefs, and try again. Do a fsck -y >> boot [Cmd-S] and if there was any repair by the internal file check, >> run fsck -y again, until XXXX Appears to be okay" shows up. > >Where do you find those files you are talking about? (Finder and >systemPrefs) here too the finder takes so much time to load! >Thanx > >ray Hi Ray, In your home library preferences folder: Users/<yourname>/Library/Preferences/<filename> the 'real' correct/shorthand address is: ~/Library /Preferences look for: com.apple.systempreferences.plist and com.apple.finder.plist Drag to trash and empty, or log out and log in again and empty. ~flipper