CS2 Photoshop Keeps shutting down! Adobe Tech. Supp. said to come here!

Question

I know I'm using an older version of the Creative Suite Package...Adobe Tech Support said they won't support CS2 on the phone & that the best I can hope for is to come here soooo....
I've been using Photoshop for the better part of 3 years with little to no incident & last night I installed the Microsoft Office 2011 Package on my Macbook Pro & now, my Photoshop literally is shutting down every 30 seconds. It started when I tried to open a PDF file (which I've done a thousand times before) while having the Photoshop program open at the same time...
I removed CS & the CS2 Upgrade & reinstalled everything & now it's even WORSE...None of the Adobe Updates (especially the Photoshop 9.0 updater) are updating properly & Photoshop is shutting down even WITHOUT trying to open a PDF file- it stays open about 30 seconds & then disappears & asks if I want to report the problem to Apple or to ignore it or relaunch it....
HELP!!!  I'm going to remove the Office 2011 Package next in hopes of fixing it but how could the 2 not work together??  I've been trying to get this fixed for over 5 hours now & am getting a little frustrated  
I need to get this fixed asap too because i use Photoshop about 60 hours a week for my business & need to be able to use it this weekend & next week!  I don't have the $$ to get the upgrade to CS5 right now...
Thanks for any help or info you can give so I can get this resolved!
Jeepgirl

Answer 1

Here's My Computer Info:
Model Name: MacBook Pro (Mac OS X Version 10.5.8)
  Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
  Number Of Processors: 1
  Total Number Of Cores: 2
  L2 Cache: 6 MB
  Memory: 4 GB
  Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
  Sudden Motion Sensor:
  State: Enabled
My Computer has Capacity of 595 GB & has 372 GB available
& RAM of 4 GB
  Type: DDR3
  Speed: 1067 MHz  (not much I know! lol)
I tried uninstalling it with an uninstaller but it didn't work/remove all of the components so i drug it to the trash & deleted it that way  Same with the MS Office package- i just drug it to the trash...
I didn't trash the Adobe preferences first...where should i do that?  Maybe that would fix it??
Photoshop didn't shut down all day & then I tried to open a PDF file with it (which i have done ALOT before with no problems) & it shut down today, repeatedly...now it shuts down when I'm not doing anything it- I just open it, & it just sits open for a few seconds & shuts down & gives me the Apple error that is "OS X Photoshop shut down unexpectedly ignore, report, relaunch?"  When I click Report & ask for details- here is what it gave me like 5 minutes ago:
Process:         Adobe Photoshop CS2 [1893]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2
Identifier:      com.adobe.Photoshop
Version:         9.0.2 (9.0.2x312 [20060822.902x312 02:00:00 cutoff]9.0.2x311) (9.0.2)
Code Type:       PPC (Translated)
Parent Process:  launchd [91]
Interval Since Last Report:          5678 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  108 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   1
Date/Time:       2011-06-25 01:03:48.603 -0400
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version:  6
Anonymous UUID:  413044D3-39B9-420C-85E3-4019B6DF939D
Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x000000002f80004b
Crashed Thread:  0
Thread 0 Crashed:
0   ???                           0x813f00c9 0 + 2168389833
Thread 1:
0   ???                           0x800bc266 0 + 2148254310
1   ???                           0x800c3a5c 0 + 2148285020
2   translate                     0xb818b6ea CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 202886
3   ???                           0x800ed155 0 + 2148454741
4   ???                           0x800ed012 0 + 2148454418
Thread 2:
0   translate                     0xb81529ef spin_lock_wrapper + 90931
1   translate                     0xb8183633 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 169935
2   translate                     0xb81861e2 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 181118
3   translate                     0xb80bdb8b 0xb8000000 + 777099
4   translate                     0xb80b7007 0xb8000000 + 749575
5   translate                     0xb80d49c0 0xb8000000 + 870848
6   translate                     0xb813ce79 spin_lock_wrapper + 1981
7   translate                     0xb8011b64 0xb8000000 + 72548
Thread 3:
0   translate                     0xb8152863 spin_lock_wrapper + 90535
1   translate                     0xb816e79d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 84281
2   translate                     0xb80dfb0b 0xb8000000 + 916235
3   ???                           0x81d9ae86 0 + 2178526854
Thread 4:
0   translate                     0xb8152863 spin_lock_wrapper + 90535
1   translate                     0xb816e79d CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 84281
2   translate                     0xb80dfb0b 0xb8000000 + 916235
3   ???                           0x81d9ae86 0 + 2178526854
Thread 5:
0   translate                     0xb815289e spin_lock_wrapper + 90594
1   translate                     0xb816e8a7 CallPPCFunctionAtAddressInt + 84547
2   translate                     0xb80dfb0b 0xb8000000 + 916235
3   ???                           0x81f66666 0 + 2180408934
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
  eax: 0x2f80003b  ebx: 0x40b3ffbf  ecx: 0x00000001  edx: 0x00000004
  edi: 0x74fd5797  esi: 0x00000002  ebp: 0x8080d180  esp: 0xb7fffacc
   ss: 0x0000001f  efl: 0x00010213  eip: 0x813f00c9   cs: 0x00000017
   ds: 0x0000001f   es: 0x0000001f   fs: 0x00000000   gs: 0x00000037
  cr2: 0x2f80004b
Binary Images:
0xb8000000 - 0xb81d7fe7  translate ??? (???) /usr/libexec/oah/translate
Translated Code Information:
Rosetta Version:  21.03
Args:  /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 -psn_0_417894
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Thread 0: (0xb011ce24, 0xb8152863)
0x923a979c: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _MPWaitOnSemaphore + 40
0x19844428: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Plug-Ins/Extensions/MultiProcessor Support.plugin/Contents/MacOS/MultiProcessor Support : ThreadFunction(void*) + 64
0x92395388: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x96b961d4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 :  + 0
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000              vrsave: 0x00000000
cr:  0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x923a97e0 ctr: 0x96b05240
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0101da0 r02: 0x18b397a0 r03: 0x00005507
r04: 0x7fffffff r05: 0x00000000 r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x30c54017 r09: 0x2f33dc70 r10: 0x30c5400f r11: 0xa0aaca78
r12: 0x96b05240 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x198443fc
r28: 0x80000000 r29: 0x7fffffff r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x923a9780
Thread 1: (0xb0220e20, 0xb815289e)
0x96b48338: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_cond_wait + 1260
0x92375944: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 244
0x92375718: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 432
0x923753dc: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : AsyncFileThread(void*) + 68
0x96b961d4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 :  + 0
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000              vrsave: 0x00000000
cr:  0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x96b48378 ctr: 0x96b05250
r00: 0xffffffd9 r01: 0xf0203cb0 r02: 0xa0aa753c r03: 0x00006203
r04: 0x00006303 r05: 0x0000003c r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x00012c00 r09: 0x00000001 r10: 0xf0203e68 r11: 0xa0aaca74
r12: 0x96b05250 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x92455570 r22: 0x92455570 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000001 r26: 0xf0203e68 r27: 0xa0aa7e60
r28: 0xa041ba4c r29: 0xa0aa753c r30: 0xa041ba80 r31: 0x96b47e60
Thread 2: (0xb019ee24, 0xb8152863)
0x923a979c: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _MPWaitOnSemaphore + 40
0x018ecf90: @executable_path/../Frameworks/AdobeACE.framework/Versions/A/AdobeACE : ACESemaphoreList::Wait(unsigned long) + 36
0x018ed1dc: @executable_path/../Frameworks/AdobeACE.framework/Versions/A/AdobeACE : ACEMPThread::Task() + 76
0x018ecba0: @executable_path/../Frameworks/AdobeACE.framework/Versions/A/AdobeACE : _TaskGlue + 28
0x92395388: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _PrivateMPEntryPoint + 80
0x96b961d4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
0x00000000: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 :  + 0
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000              vrsave: 0x00000000
cr:  0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x923a97e0 ctr: 0x96b05240
r00: 0xffffffda r01: 0xf0182d20 r02: 0x1f0c0530 r03: 0x00005b03
r04: 0x7fffffff r05: 0x00000000 r06: 0x00000000 r07: 0x00000000
r08: 0x00004783 r09: 0x2f33dc70 r10: 0x00000000 r11: 0xa0aaca78
r12: 0x96b05240 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x00000000 r26: 0x00000000 r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x7fffffff r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x923a9780
Thread 3: Crashed (0xb7fffacc, 0x813f00c9)
0x1f0066a1: No symbol
0x935370c8: /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib : _objc_msgSend + 264
0x9757fe9c: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation : ___CFDictionaryDeallocate + 308
0x975b05ec: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation : __CFRelease + 272
0x975b05ec: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation : __CFRelease + 272
0x90d13938: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CoreText.f ramework/Versions/A/CoreText : TLine::~TLine() + 48
0x975b05ec: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreFoundation.framework/Versions/A/CoreFoundation : __CFRelease + 272
0x92110f3c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : TCoreTextLineInfo::~TCoreTextLineInfo() + 60
0x92027604: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : TLayoutInfo::Clear() + 84
0x92027594: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : TCoreTextEngine::InvalidateLayout() + 28
0x91fd9cc4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : TCoreTextEngine::Init(void const*, THIThemeTextInfo const*) + 76
0x91fd99d4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : TThemeTextCache::Create(void const*, THIThemeTextInfo const*) + 208
0x91fd9578: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : DataEngine::GetTextDimensions(void const*, float, HIThemeTextInfo*, float*, float*, float*) + 308
0x91fd93f8: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _HIThemeGetTextDimensions + 192
0x92019954: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIStandardMenuView::MeasureItemTextWidth(__CFString const*, TextLayout*, __CTFont const*) + 140
0x92197648: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIStandardMenuView::GetItemWidth(float, TextLayout*, unsigned char*) + 1196
0x92016fd8: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIStandardMenuView::GetOptimalSizeSelf(CGSize*, float*) + 652
0x92016be0: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIView::SendGetOptimalBounds(CGRect*, float*) + 184
0x92016aec: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIView::GetOptimalSize(CGSize*, float*) + 48
0x9201674c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HandleCalculateMenuSize(OpaqueEventRef*) + 160
0x91fbf2d8: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : MenuData::EventHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 340
0x91fbac4c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1488
0x91fb9de4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 468
0x91fb9c00: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 56
0x92016558: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _CalcMenuSizeOnDevice(MenuData*, unsigned short, unsigned int, CGRect const*, unsigned long) + 748
0x92106508: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIPopupButton::GetMenuWidthSmartRecalc(OpaqueMenuRef*) + 44
0x92105c1c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIPopupButton::GetOptimalSizeInternal(CGSize*, float*) + 784
0x921055e4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIPopupButton::LayoutIfNecessary() + 120
0x92105390: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIPopupButton::DoCalc(OpaqueRgnHandle*, __HIShape const**) + 40
0x92105278: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIPopupButton::GetPartRegionOrShapeSelf(short, OpaqueRgnHandle*, __HIShape const**) + 232
0x91fd2238: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIView::SendGetPartRegionOrShape(short, OpaqueRgnHandle*, __HIShape const**) + 276
0x9208f570: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIView::RecursiveDrawNonComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, OpaqueRgnHandle*, unsigned char, unsigned char, unsigned char) + 300
0x9208f40c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : HIView::DrawNonComposited(short, OpaqueGrafPtr*, OpaqueRgnHandle*, unsigned long) + 284
0x9212b6a4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _DrawControlInCurrentPort + 84
0x003e9610: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : SubViewContainingPoint(TView*, VPoint const&) + 12684
0x00074cc0: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 302596
0x00074ebc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303104
0x00074ebc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303104
0x00a08df8: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : PercentageWindowVisible(TWindow*) + 1907984
0x008218d0: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : XPEPLaunch::IsRunning(unsigned short const*) + 32420
0x008213fc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : XPEPLaunch::IsRunning(unsigned short const*) + 31184
0x00075054: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303512
0x00074ca0: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 302564
0x00074ebc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303104
0x00074ebc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303104
0x00074ebc: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 303104
0x005f4d04: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : SubViewContainingPoint(TView*, VPoint const&) + 2156672
0x0096c110: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : PercentageWindowVisible(TWindow*) + 1265704
0x000648b0: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : LookupErrString(short, short, ZString&) + 236020
0x0032d390: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : NewObjectBySignature(unsigned long, CStr255 const&) + 2720
0x91fbac4c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1488
0x91fb9de4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 468
0x91fb9c00: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 56
0x91fe9b8c: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 312
0x91fbb0a0: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2596
0x91fb9de4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 468
0x91fd6d08: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _SendEventToEventTarget + 56
0x920454ac: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _ToolboxEventDispatcher + 88
0x920984f4: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _GetOrPeekEvent + 388
0x920981c0: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _GetNextEventMatchingMask + 152
0x92097fec: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _WNEInternal + 176
0x92097f28: /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.framework/Ver sions/A/HIToolbox : _WaitNextEvent + 76
0x007ea8f0: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 : InitUPrinting() + 363508
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000              vrsave: 0x00000000
cr:  0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x93525000 ctr: 0x93536fc0
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r20: 0xbfffbc70 r21: 0xbfffb8c0 r22: 0xa0bccdb0 r23: 0x2f399b24
r24: 0x2f3940b0 r25: 0x00000004 r26: 0x9001005c r27: 0x2f399af0
r28: 0x935d40d0 r29: 0x00000004 r30: 0xa018879c r31: 0x93524fb8
Thread 4: (0xb009a77c, 0xb81529ef)
0x00000000: /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS2/Adobe Photoshop CS2.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CS2 :  + 0
0x92372fe4: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonCore.framew ork/Versions/A/CarbonCore : _TS_exception_listener_thread + 112
0x96b961d4: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib : __pthread_body + 40
PPC Thread State
srr0: 0x00000000 srr1: 0x00000000              vrsave: 0x00000000
cr:  0xXXXXXXXX xer: 0x20000000 lr: 0x96b0c100 ctr: 0x96b051d0
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r04: 0x00000002 r05: 0x00000000 r06: 0x00000054 r07: 0x0000522b
r08: 0x00000000 r09: 0x00000000 r10: 0x00000000 r11: 0xa0aac68c
r12: 0x96b051d0 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x00000000 r17: 0x00000000 r18: 0x00000000 r19: 0x00000000
r20: 0x00000000 r21: 0x00000000 r22: 0x00000000 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x03952600 r25: 0x00000054 r26: 0x0000522b r27: 0x00000000
r28: 0x00000000 r29: 0x00000002 r30: 0x00000002 r31: 0x92372f7c
I'm pretty computer savvy- but still learning a lot on MAC stuff & I don't have good answers to your last 4 questions...I MIGHT have a TWAIN enabled?  I do have a scanner/printer/combo that i've used with this laptop & I know it picks up remote ones when i go to clients offices...
I couldn't tell if there was a font conflict today when i was working in Photoshop- but that could be the situation- where would i go to check this out?  I can't keep photoshop open long enough to check & i've removed MS2011 now...
I don't know about haxies or photoshop plugins? & I don't know enough about this stuff to try testing anything or do much system maintenance (unfortunately) :-(  I guess I might after this huh? lol
Thanks SO MUCH for any additional direction or insight you can offer!!  :-)