IMac 24" C2D and Rosetta Not Launching PPC Apps

Question

This problem seems only to affect a few iMac 24" owners, but it is extremely annoying just the same. My iMac24 C2D 2.33, after some, yet undetermined time (sometimes after logging out, sometimes sleep), will fail to launch PPC applications with Rosetta.
The only workaround found so far (actually from this discussion list) is to force quit the root process "translated" in Activity Monitor, then log out and back in (sometimes PPC apps will launch without logging out, but not usually). And sometimes, one must force quit "WindowServer" the same way, which forces a logout, to get these PPC applications to launch on logging in (rebooting seems to resolve the issue too). BTW, these include small PPC applications, not necessarily just RAM hungry Adobe or MS apps. I have switched as many sharewares and applications to Universal as possible, but there are still a few useful PPC ones needed. The PPC apps run smoothly whenever Rosetta decides to launch them.
Any permanent solution would be greatly appreciated.
PGE

Answer 1

Curious -- did this solve the problem? I'm having the
same issue with 20" iMac C2D, and it seems to have
begun with the latest firmware update -- I had no
problems that I can remember up until then. What is
an APE Module, and how can I find out if I'm running
it?
APE, see <http://www.unsanity.com/haxies/ape>. It's a third-party "application enhancer" installed in your System Preferences to run certain sharewares. I've had email exchange with Unsanity about this (they were very responsive); sadly the only workaround for me was to temporarily disable APE. The "optimizer" button worked sometimes, other times not. If you don't have APE installed, you've got other problems. Sorry.
PGE