10.5.4 problem, Apple remote desktop - login window

Since the update to 10.5.4 I noticed two problems (probably not related):
1. in system.log, many lines about ARD
Jul 1 14:28:49 ekPB com.apple.launchd[376] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[1859]): Did not die after sending SIGKILL 2910 seconds ago...
etc. every 5 seconds
Finally ends with
Jul 1 14:30:08 ekPB ReportCrash[2050]: Formulating crash report for process ARDAgent[915]
Jul 1 14:30:09 ekPB com.apple.launchd[376] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[1859]): Exited abnormally: Bus error
Jul 1 14:30:09 ekPB com.apple.launchd[265] (com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[915]): Exited abnormally: Bus error
Jul 1 14:30:09 ekPB ARDAgent [2051]: ******ARDAgent Launched******
Jul 1 14:30:09 ekPB ReportCrash[2050]: Saved crashreport to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ARDAgent2008-07-01-143004ekPB.crash using uid: 0 gid: 0, euid: 0 egid: 0
Never had this before 10.5.4
ARD is of course activated...
2. The machine normally operating under my administrator account (and connected to a FireWire disk used by Time Machine), at two different moments, coming back, I find my machine showing the LOGIN window ...
in System.log:
Jul 1 11:16:12 ekPB loginwindow[407]: DEAD_PROCESS: 0 console
Jul 1 11:16:13 ekPB /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[1362]: Login Window Application Started
Jul 1 11:16:17 ekPB loginwindow[1362]: Login Window Started Security Agent
and
Jul 1 13:39:58 ekPB loginwindow[1362]: DEAD_PROCESS: 0 console
Jul 1 13:39:58 ekPB /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[1856]: Login Window Application Started
Jul 1 13:39:59 ekPB loginwindow[1856]: Login Window Started Security Agent
New login is normal and I don't find any reason to justify the end of the sessions of the connected user.
Any Ideas ? Thanks !
MacBook Pro core 2 Duo 2,33 GHZ 3 GB, 160 MB disk, Leopard 10.5.4 connected to ADSL by modem and Airport Extreme (last update 5.3.2 done)

Greetings...
Haven't found a similar thread yet, but if there is, my apologies. I have the same problem with the login, and I can't seem to fix it with a reboot. I have ran disk utilities as well as trying to get in through a remote computer. Any ideas/fixes besides reinstalling to 10.5.3 would be of a huge assistance.
~nathaniel

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