After startup strange Finder window - what's up ??

After getting into trouble (structure of the files being corrupted acc to TechTool Pro) I had to re-install my backup.
This backup was still on 10.3.8 as I was testing whether all my apps were running smoothly on 10.3.9.
So I went thru the process of installing 10.3.9 and most of the recommanded installations via Software Update, except Security Update 2007-002 and 2007-005.
Before and after every software install, I ran Cocktail.
Being on 10.3.9 again, every time I login or after every reboot the system now comes up with a Finder window which shows the content of "LCDFactoryDefaultfiles".
Never seen this before I ran into trouble with my previously installed 10.3.9.
I noticed that in the upgrade to 10.3.9 several security updates where incorporated that on my previous installation I had to do myself.
Any thoughts ?
Thanks in advance!
cheers,
Remko
G5 1.8 GHZ DP, 2 GB memory Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Remko
Well it may not be to do with Cocktail, it is just that there are many changes it can make, it was worth a thought.
I haven't had a bad experience with Cocktail, but most of those operations are done by OS X as a matter of course when normal maintenance is allowed to run, other operations are more troubleshooting exercises not maintenance, and other things are negative, like deleting .DS_Store files which will just slow down your computer on start up and then they will be re-created next time you open a folder.
There may be some tweaks to Safari for example that it can do that are clever, but pre-binding the entire system is something that just does not need to be done.
I am not suggesting you don't use it, just that you don't need to. It is purely personal. The reason I bought a Mac was because I was fed up with all the needed maintenance to keep a windows machine running. In contrast Macs maintain themselves very well. It exceeded my expectation. Therefore I am loathe to make any alterations that may upset the status quo. But I do browse over my system looking at what caches are created where, and there are a couple of spots where I may manually drag those files to the trash but the rest of it is self regulating.
So back to your computer, and that window that opens each time, when you backed up the 10.3.8 were your using a different monitor, or have you changed monitor settings, as something seems to be wanting to establish a setting that is now different from the backup.
regards roam

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