Freezing when trying to select preferences and others

Hi,
Logic Express 7.0.1 will not allow me to select from the following menu items:
-preferences
-song settings
-audio hardware and drivers,
each inducing the spinning beach ball of misery and me having to force quit. I have only just noticed this problem and recall being able to access the preferences in the past.
At the moment I am calm but a seething rage is quietly developing in my breast.
I have:
-trashed preferences
-re-installed Logic
-ran Disk Warrior
-repaired permissions
-changed my Hard Disc name back to original name
I'm getting annoyed. Where should I go from here, what should I do?
Cheers,
johnbone

This update fixed the issue:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/proapplicationsupport31macosx104.html
Pro Application Support 3.1 (Mac OS X 10.4)
I wonder why I wasn't aware of the need to update and why Apple is no longer offering a crossgrade to LE 7.2. A bit sus if you ask me.

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