Mac Mini only displays magnifying glass after login

The computer will boot up properly in Safe Mode. I have ran Disk Utility and have reset the permissions. That didn't work. I am trying to get away from doing a re-install. Does anyone have any suggestions?

It sounds like there is a start-up item in your account that is interfering with normal booting. See if this procedure outlined by Apple helps the situation.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/21210.html

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