Classic Freezes in start up!!

I am running a 15 inch powerbook, and when i go to play games that used classic, the classic bar comes up that says "classic starting using systems folder" but the status bar just stays on and doesn't advance, it is not frozen, just keeps it there.
I have already turned off extensions under system preferences, so that isn't it. Any other suggestions?????

I just ran that Mac OS 9 support installer on my G5. I noticed that if a System Folder already exists on the target volume, it installs "on top of" the existing System Folder. It does not give a choice to do a "clean" installation. That means that if there was something wrong with it, the problem may have been retained.
So if you want to try it one more time, you can:
Delete the existing System Folder, if there is nothing special about it that you want to keep.
OR
Make a folder on the volume called anthing you want, like "Old System Folder," and drag the existing System Folder into that folder to keep until you decide to delete it.
Run the Mac OS 9 support installer again and another completely new System Folder should appear at the root (top) level of the target volume. Take a look in Finder to confirm.
Now, go back into System Preferences Classic panel and be sure to select THAT System Folder in the list box, not one that was previously installed. Click Start in that panel and see what happens.
If that still does not work, there is something else happening on the Mac OS X side. Since this is the forum for using Mac OS 9, you may want to go to the Mac OS X Tiger forum and ask the question again, or search for a similar situation to yours there.

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