I now get the blue screen after apple update

Hi,
After spending the last 2 hours searching im still no better off!
OK so today my system update thing pops up and says i should download and install itunes 7.1.1 and and apple update which i belive was 10.4.9 but i could be mistaken on that.
Anyway after install all i get is the blue loading screen with the apple logo and the spinning bar. Ive tried holding c to boot from tiger install disk...nothing happens. Ive tried holding shift key for safe mode...nothing happens!
Im really getting p'eed off now. When apple give me an update i would expect to improve things not ruin them!
Anyway if anyone has any ideas please please let me know.
Thanks
Wayne

Hi, we all understand the frustrations..OK, 1st I would TURN OFF your mac.
Then unlug ALL peripherals except K/B & M. Then I would Restart. If it restarts OK I would Repair Permissions & reboot again. Then if ALL was well I would d/load OnyX (free) and do a FULL maintenance etc...After that I would go for doing the updates One at a Time & Repairing Permission before & after rebooting...L

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