Need advice on Repair Disc Permissions

I've noticed a few minor bugs with some of my software programs, until Dreamweaver blew up in my face. Suddenly, it took forever to start and often took forever to process certain functions.
I haven't figured out the problem yet, but it occurred to me that I haven't repaired my disk permissions in ages. So I restarted my computer, opened Utilities and clicked Repair Disk Permissions.
I wasn't surprised to see a list of three or four dozen problems. Nine of them begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/CoreServices/FrontRow.app/Contents
Another fifteen begin with...
Permissions differ on Systems/Library/PrivateFrameworks/iPhotoAccess.Framework/Versions/A
I repaired my disk permissions three or four times, but the same list of errors keeps appearing. So I need some advice on what to do next. Do I keep repairing disk permissions over and over, hoping some of these errors eventually get fixed?
I clicked Verify Disk, and it said there were no apparent errors. So I guess I just need to find a way to zap these disk permissions errors.
On the positive side, Dreamweaver is now starting properly, so maybe repairing my disk permissions fixed something after all.
Thanks for any tips.

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    Yes, those are to be expected. They are merely notifactions.
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