Finder, web browser & other apps freezes after updating to 10.6.6

as soon as i've updated from 10.6.4 to 10.6.6 my system has gone significantly slower...off & on finder, web browser etc freezes, although features like "expose" and "show desktop" still works. other than that nothing works which ultimately returns to normal after waiting for certain agonizing minutes.
If i downgrade back to 10.6.4 through time machine everything runs smooth again...
ANY GUESSES ??

For general speeds/unresponsive issues here's what you want to try:
PRAM/NVRAM Reset: Turn on the computer holding CMD-Option-P-R (Command-Option-P-R) and keep holding until you get a second start up chime (more are perfectly alright)
Clear the caches: Go to each users home folder by opening up finder. Go into the Library folder and find a folder called Caches. Drag that into the trash. Do it for all users, restart and empty trash (files are still active so you can't delete until restart)
Then you want to go into Safari on each User and click on the word Safari in the top right hand corner. Go down to Reset Safari and have everything checked but: Reset topsites, clear history, remove other autofill form text, remove passwords
Shut down your computer, on boot it may be a bit slower because of all the resets it's auto regenerating a bunch of files, but over all your system should be faster

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