Pixelated Ghosts and Shadows following security update 10.4.6

After making yesterdays security update and restarting, the desktop has pixel shadows, the icons have shadows and leave pixel ghost trails.
I have no third party software installed and no peripherals. Very stock powerbook.
Everything was running perfect until the update?

Repairing disk permissions rarely if even fixes anything. It is probably the most over used and the least needed of all advice given here. I personally rarely do it and never do it before and after a software update. I consider it a huge waste of time. If I was having issues I may try it.
Most people that have issues with an update had them before they did it and think the update will solve their problem. That rarely , if ever, works. After every update people start posting about how the update broke their Mac, broke up their marriage and made the dog run away.
I have no reason not to update. If we go by the logic that "if it ain't broke don't fix it then we would all be at 10.3.9, which works just fine.
The enhancements made with the updates are to give you additional stability and perhaps solve some knows issues. I have yet to read a compelling argument from anyone that would convince me not to update.
That being said. As usual 5 Macs updated, 0 issues. I have NEVER had a problem with a software update since 10.0 came out.

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Have seen. uphclean. It is no need for novell or zenworks to block registry.
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Tony Pedretti wrote:
> A combination of the MS04-024 security update and the Novell Application Launcher service
> (NALNTSERVICE) from ZFD 3.2 SP2 or SP3 (even with the post-SP3 NAL update) appears to
> cause a Windows 2000 SP4 Pro workstation to hang at the "Saving your settings..." window
> during shutdown. In Event Viewer, the Application Log shows the following event at each
> shutdown...
>
> Event Type: Error
> Event Source: Userenv
> Event User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Event ID: 1000
> Event Computer: %Local_Computer_Name%
> Description:
> Windows cannot unload your registry class file. If you have a roaming profile, your
> settings are not replicated. Contact your administrator.
> DETAIL Access is denied. , Build number ((2195)).
>
> Removing the security update or disabling/stopping the NALNTSERVICE prevents the hang.
>
> Microsoft's User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (uphclean) reports that nalntsrv.exe is
> causing the profile to hang.
>
> Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-024
> Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Execution (839645)
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms04-024.mspx
>
> Has anyone else seen this or can offer any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Tony Pedretti
> TransUnion LLC

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"Try Disk Utility
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
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Rod - Thanks for the suggestion - I ended up not trying it.
I reverted Airport Extreme (via my AU through the hard-wired iMac) to 7.4.2 from 7.5.2.
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