Spinning out of control

Hi,
The JSpinner keeps firing if one of the buttons is pushed down and held down. Is there a way to just receive a single event. So that the mouse button needs to be released and pushed again before the next event is generated?
Rene'

Safe Mode should not prevent your Mac from connecting to the Internet. It will be generally a pain to use and graphics will be jerky but the problems you describe should not occur.
I'm beginning to suspect your Mac's operating system has been corrupted for reasons unknown, and the next logical action before suspecting a hardware problem would be to reinstall OS X from its original installation discs.
Before you do that please perform an SMC reset according to the following. It is justified for certain performance problems that can't be explained any other way, and is completely harmless to your Mac.
Read and follow all the steps. After that, restart your Mac normally. If it still misbehaves, locate the original, grey System Install DVD that came with your iMac because you will need it to reinstall Snow Leopard. That will not erase your data.
Before Resetting the SMC
Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.
Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.
Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
Resetting the SMC for Mac Pro, Intel-based iMac, Intel-based Mac mini, or Intel-based Xserve
Shut down the computer.
Unplug the computer's power cord.
Wait fifteen seconds.
Attach the computer's power cord.
Wait five seconds, then press the power button to turn on the computer.
Test: Streaming... streaming. "Streaming". Hmmm...

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