ATS files in cache hang system at startup

We have this inconsistent problem happening on all our Mac's (10.4.10). The problem does not happen each day or consecutive days. Here is what happens. Start the Mac in the morning. When it get's past the startup screen and then starts the load the desktop and finder etc. It just hangs. What you see is the spotlight icon in top right but the rest of the menu bar does not show up. None of the desktop icons appear either. If you move the mouse towards spotlight you see it is the spinning ball. What we do then is hard shutdown the Mac then restart in safe boot mode. Once the Mac is running clean out the files in caches for ATS in library, then ATS caches in system/library. Restart the Mac and everything is normal.
Some how this hang up is related to the ATS cache files but not sure how it hangs the system?
Anyone else have this problem? It is causing us a growing frustration some of our operators are leaving the computer running overnight as to not have to deal with the issue when they turn on the Mac.
Thanks
Steve

Well, if it is working now...
You could check to see what the version of the Finder is as it is not reported in the crash log. The application is here:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder; the version should be 10.6.7. If you suspect a problem caused by updating to 10.6.6, then I suggest downloading and installing the Combo update.
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