Slow shutdowns and hangs since upgrading tio 10.4.9

I upgraded Macbook to 10.4.9 and all is OK except for when I shutdown (as opposed to sleping the Macbook) I sometimes get hangs of=r very long delays and Inhave to manually swithc off by pressing and holding down the power switch - restart is OK
This is a bit like the RSD only it is when I actually switch off that computer hangs and the spinning circke golf ball keeps on spinning - I tried reseting PRAM and the Disk Utility but neither made any difference anyone else affected and what to do other than leave in standby all the time

Problems arising right after installing a system update are usually the result of some filesystem corruption that should have been fixed first, or not having installed the update properly (e.g. applications running while installing it), or having ignored Apple’s "Important: Please read before installing" warnings, etc.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
After having fixed all filesystem issues, if any, reinstall the update using the combo installer for the type of computer and the version of Mac OS X you’re using:
About the Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update
Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update for PowerPC
Mac OS X 10.4.9 Combo Update for Intel
After installing the Combo Update, the computer may restart twice and the first restart may take several minutes. This is normal.
Take a look at the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
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The above may not solve the problem, but should allow us to at least troubleshoot it properly. If the problem persists, proceed as follows:
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Try launching Mail under the following conditions (you may need to force quit it first if it’s running) and post back with your observations:
1. Holding the Shift key down until the main window appears. This tells Mail to not select any mailboxes or load any messages upon start up.
2. With no Internet connection.

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