Mac OSX Help 10.4 running problem!!1!

[-TeZ-]

One of my lil macs at home ( my G4 with upgrades ) that i just use for internet etc now,

Is playing silly bugger's, Basically i reinstalled its OSX ( 10.4 Tiger)

NOW it keep refreshing what seems to be the finder and brings up th window ( james computer , the window that shows the Harddrives and the Networks).Even with other programs running ( i.e Adium then it will hide the adium window to bring that one back to the front.)

WTF

Can somone give me some ideas as to Y it would keep doing this Every 5 mins.

Thanks


JAMES

 

[-TeZ-]

Any body?

i have been told by a freind to try,

First things first: Try trashing your finder preferences:

Home -> Library -> Preferences, then delete:
com.apple.finder.plist (Primary Finder preferences) and
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist (Secondary and sidebar preferences)
then restart (new default prefs will be created).

If that doesn't work, try creating another user and see if the problem persists (hardware vs software issue).

If it persists, first repair your disk permissions using Disk Utility (Apps -> Utilities) then boot the Mac from your OS disk and do a hardware test.

If it doesn't persist I'd do a fresh reinstall of the OS and be done with it.

Do you have Applecare?
If not, is this portable enough to be taken to an Apple store for a genius appointment?
Techtool's unnecessary IMO.


Thanks

 

[Walrus666]

Any body?

i have been told by a freind to try,

First things first: Try trashing your finder preferences:

Home -> Library -> Preferences, then delete:
com.apple.finder.plist (Primary Finder preferences) and
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist (Secondary and sidebar preferences)
then restart (new default prefs will be created).

If that doesn't work, try creating another user and see if the problem persists (hardware vs software issue).

If it persists, first repair your disk permissions using Disk Utility (Apps -> Utilities) then boot the Mac from your OS disk and do a hardware test.

If it doesn't persist I'd do a fresh reinstall of the OS and be done with it.

Do you have Applecare?
If not, is this portable enough to be taken to an Apple store for a genius appointment?
Techtool's unnecessary IMO.


Thanks

You don't by any chance have Stuffit 12, do you?