Photoshop CS2 freezes on initializing (solved)

So, I just spent a lot of heartache (read: reinstalling Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger multiple times) to try and solve this error:
Photoshop CS to will show the splash screen (splashscreen ?) when I click the executable, but the splash scren just sits at Initializing .
After searching this forum and finding nothing, I found the answer at macosxhints.com : http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=77648 .
The answer: repair disk permissions, reboot, and start up photoshop again ( Applications > Utilities > Disk Utilitiy > Select Disk > Repair Permissions).
Anyhow, I thought I'd post the answer here for the next lost soul who can't seem to find the answer.
Thanks!
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