Console.app Question . . .

I know my way around a Mac but not when it comes to stuff "under the hood" . . . I was recently uninstalling an app when it gave me an error message and suggested I check my console to see what went wrong. I checked it and was able to fix the problem but in doing so noticed a bunch of strange messages . . . at least they look strange to me. They may be perfectly normal but wanted to ask some of you pro's anyways. Here's what I'm getting a bunch of:
8/4/08 11:46:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.423[910]) PID 396 "lsregister" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 423/423/423
8/4/08 11:46:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.423[910]) PID 295 "OpenBase" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 0/423/423
8/4/08 11:46:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.423[910]) PID 110 "openinfo" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 0/423/423
8/4/08 11:46:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.423[910]) PID 109 "openexec" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 0/423/423
8/4/08 11:46:28 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.launchd.peruser.423[910]) PID 51 "openmonitor" has no account to back it! Real/effective/saved UIDs: 0/423/423
This keeps repeating every minute. Is this an error message I should be concerned with or am I just being over cautious? Thanks in advance to everyone who comments.
TB

Hey VK - Thanks for the reply.
Yes, I used the installer to install and the uninstaller to uninstall. The App I'm referring to is Hazel. BUT, I also uninstalled Little Snitch the same way moments before. I would think the uninstallers should have safely removed everything but I know that's not always the case.
Library/LaunchAgents only has two plist files in it, one for an AJA app I have and the other for HP
Library/LaunchDaemons had 3 for Final Cut Server, 1 for istatmenu, 1 for openbase and 1 for DNSupdate.
~Library/LaunchAgents only had 2 plist files in it, both related to folder actions.
Should I delete the openbase plist in my system library? Thanks
TB

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