Adobe CS2 Intall failed, now dead iMac!

Hi All,
Just got to the third disc of an install of Adobe CS2 on Intel Imac Core Duo 20". Second disc refused to come out of drive when the screen was saying to change the disc and now the iMac does not respond to anything. No key presses were registered. The cursor moves but does not click.
I tried turning off the mac (holding in power button to force off, only option) and restarting with mouse button held down to eject disc, but it still doesn't get to the desktop for more than a second before it jams. Even the time, bluetooth and volume icons do not appear before the imac freezes.
Recent switcher and not that Mac savvy. Outside of 3 month support period, which *****.
Help!
Rich
iMac 20" Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.6)

My first question is did you install the Security Update Apple released yesterday for iMac Intels? There is a startup item that CS2 places in HD>Library>StartupItems that conflicts with OS X after the Security Update install and prevents a complete system start.
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