Palm Desktop File is busy error

Hi I have a powerbook and recentrly upgraded to Tiger, now everytime I restart I get an error message saying "Palm Desktop Background file is busy" I had Palm 4.0 and tried to upgrade to 4.2.1 but the installer said the installation was unsuccessfull. Nevertheless when I open the palm application everything seems to be fine (I haven't try to synch up yet).
Has anyone come across with either of this problems? Does anyone know how to fix them?
thanks

Palm Desktop and Tiger don't play nicely together. Make sure you're using Palm Desktop 4.2.1 Rev D.
Follow the links to download it:
http://kb.palmone.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,ts=Palm_Exter nal2001,case=obj(16456)

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