Problems installing software and updates on 10.6

Hi all, I've been having a few problems with Snow Leopard 10.6. I have tried to look at different posts which might offer answers but could not to my specific question.
I recently bought and installed Snow Leopard 10.6, but after its installation, I cant seem to install any updates (Mac OSX update combo ) or any third party programmes. It goes to the installer screen, after I press [agree] on the license screen. But when I press [install] nothing happens. I read some posts and have tried repairing disk permissions and even re-installed Snow Leopard as some have suggested in previous posts but this does not seem to solve the problem.
I did not have any such problems prior to installing 10.6, would appreciate if anyone could shed some light into whats going on, and how I might be able to fix it.
Regards

greetings Juan !
this tip by donv has helped some users:
+Try the following:+
+Go to ~/Library/preferences/ByHost/ and delete all com.apple.HIToolbox files.+
+Restart your Mac.+
+Go to your user account preference pane.+
+Unlock the lock+
+Type your password.+
+Lock the lock.+
+Try installing whatever you are having the problem with again.+
does that work for you ?

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