HT4848 Gray start up screen and can't get around it.

Hello ...
Been trying to find a solution.
Have a few year old iMac with OS 10.6.8.
Just installed LaserSoft scanner software and rebooted.
Now I cannot get around the start up gray screen.
I tried every keyboard combo on start up, and command line prompts I can find, but with no luck.
Found an error of "/etc/suduers is mode 0664, should be 0440" but have no idea how to set it to what it's supposed to be.
I can't seem to locate the recovery discs, so what is one to do?
Going to the mac store will be my very last resort. It will just hog up my time more than this already has.
Any suggestions at all, and please with details if you can.

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