Activity monitor bug

Along with others (refer this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7147587&tstart=0) I find that activity monitor stops updating. The quoted thread is showing that the problem is answered but it is not. Removing the activity monitor plist pref does not solve the issue. Anyone else getting this problem?

here are some more log strings for activity monitor crashes ...
5/05/08 9:58:03 PM Activity Monitor[2275] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (27) beyond bounds (27)
6/05/08 8:05:21 PM Activity Monitor556 * -NSCFArray objectAtIndex:: index (20) beyond bounds (20)
6/05/08 11:58:15 PM Activity Monitor[683] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (26) beyond bounds (26)
7/05/08 8:25:58 AM Activity Monitor[1267] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (22) beyond bounds (22)
7/05/08 9:53:51 AM Activity Monitor[1312] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (22) beyond bounds (22)
7/05/08 9:54:32 AM Activity Monitor[1315] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (23) beyond bounds (22)
7/05/08 9:56:42 AM Activity Monitor[1324] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (21) beyond bounds (21)
7/05/08 9:57:33 AM Activity Monitor[1328] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (23) beyond bounds (22)
7/05/08 9:59:43 AM Activity Monitor[1331] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (21) beyond bounds (21)
7/05/08 10:08:39 AM Activity Monitor[1345] * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (22) beyond bounds (22)

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Well, I think those apps and utilities are probably not designed well then. It goes against UI expectations if you aren't allowed to make a subfolder in Applications or Utilities folders.
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