Photoshop CS2 in Leopard

I just set up my new IMac and reinstalled CS 2 and the updates but bridge and photoshop keep crashing....i didn't have this problem on my old g4...what should I do!!!

thank you for your speedy answer, I was just hoping that my cs2 would work ok....

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