Friend's PB Unable to Complete Permission Repair

Hello all.
My friend has an identical 12" PowerBook as mine; She tries to Repair Permission but the process cannot be completed.
Booting from the OS Disc she can Repair the disk, no problem reported, and she still cannot Repair Permission using the OS Install Disc.
She said the problem began after she update to the latest iTunes and iPod updater.
I hope this info is enough, thanks and cheers

Before beginning the permission repair, open the /Library/Receipts/ folder and drag everything which has a name containing iTunes or iPod to the desktop. When the repair is done, put the receipts back.
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Cheers!

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This thread may be of interest if you have not already read it.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8354256&#8354256
Did you interrupt a backup at some stage or did you not eject the Time Capsule at the conclusion of a previous backup before shutting down your Mac?
Is there sufficient free space on Time Capsule to cater for your backups? The backup volume needs to be about 3 times the size of your Mac HD used space.
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