Macbook Pro can only start up in safe mode

Hi,
My Macbook Pro has recently been freezing on a blue screen when I try and start up. I seem to only be able to start up in safe mode.
I have followed some instructions found regarding the blue screen issue: deleting some files out of library/startupitems folder
and managed to start up normally once, then soon after I got a message saying I need to restart my computer by holding down the power button.
I am now back to having to log in using safe mode.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Macbook Pro
Intel core i5
2.53 GHz
8GB ram
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Thanks!
Mike

Here is another etre check:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
System Software:
          Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) - Uptime: 0 days 0:35:57
Disk Information:
          Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 disk0 : (465.76 GB)
                    (null) (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 200 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 465.44 GB (75.47 GB free)
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          HitachiGST SimpleDrive USB 2.0 931.51 GB
                    HITACHI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 931.51 GB
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
                   USB DISK 2.0 7.47 GB
                    USB2 (disk2s1) <not mounted>: 7.46 GB
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
          [failed] com.apple.suhelperd.plist
          [not loaded] org.samba.winbindd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
          [failed] com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist
Launch Daemons:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
          [not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
          [not loaded] com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager.plist
          [not loaded] com.extensis.FMCore.plist
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
          [not loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
          [not loaded] com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist
          [not loaded] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.adobe.ARM.df0ab5bbe6f698196fcc21e3c1e66dcb758bd911f4d637272d9d8109.plist
User Login Items:
          None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Growl
          Logitech Control Center
          WacomTablet
Internet Plug-ins:
          AdobePDFViewer.plugin
          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYDL.plugin
          CANONiMAGEGATEWAYLI.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
          WacomNetscape.plugin
          WacomTabletPlugin.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes by CPU:
               7%          EtreCheck
               6%          syslogd
               4%          WindowServer
               1%          fontd
               0%          WebProcess
               0%          usbmuxd
Top Processes by Memory:
          287 MB             WebProcess
          213 MB             Safari
          57 MB              EtreCheck
          57 MB              Finder
          33 MB              Dock
          33 MB              SystemUIServer
          33 MB              WindowServer
          25 MB              coreservicesd
          25 MB              System Events
          25 MB              SecurityAgent
Virtual Memory Statistics
          817 MB             Free RAM
          550 MB             Active RAM
          686 MB             Inactive RAM
          5.99 GB            Wired RAM
          610 MB             Page-ins
          25 MB              Page-outs
These two things failed. I have no idea what they are:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
[failed] com.apple.suhelperd.plist
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist

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