Menu bar mayhem after upgrade to 10.6

I have just gone from 10.5.8 to 10.6.4 via the upgrade path.
General OS and Application behaviors are A-OK.
All software updates installed OK but a problem persists.
The menu bar at the top of the screen is all wacked out.
Spotlight icon appears and disappears, spotlight not working.
AirPort icon will not appear.
Smart Reporter icon remains visible and is working.
DropBox icon remains visible and is working.
iStat Menus are invisible but working !! ??
System Preferences crashes when I attempt to turn on or off any Menu Bar items.
Thank you in advance for any and all help.

Barney-15E wrote:
Apple does not provide a method to add status menu items, so all the ones you have there are a hack in some way. They will often break when an update happens because there is no "correct" way to write them.
Actually, adding third party *status items* to the menubar is supported. It is third party *menu extras* that are not. They look the same but the difference is that all status items always appear to the left of all menu extras & unlike menu extras cannot be rearranged or removed from the menu bar by command clicking & dragging them.
Third party menu extras always require some sort of hack (modification) of the OS & can compromise its security or stability (because they run in system space), while status items run in user space so at worst they can affect a user but not the entire system.
However, either one can cause problems if they are not up-to-date and compatible with Snow Leopard.

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