System Preferences freezes while opening Sharing

System Specs :
Hardware :
iMac8,1
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Software :
Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Fully updates snow leopard
It was running smoothly till I checked "upgrade software" and upgraded the listed upgrades i.e. iTune, Aiprport utility, and JAVA. Just after the upgrade, other computers could not connect to my iMac through ssh (Remote Login). It syas connection refused.
My iMac connects to the network through Aitrport. The Airport versions (after upgrade is now given below)
Airport Base Station Agent : 1.5.5
Airport Utility : 5.6.1
I tried to look at the System Preferences Sharing tab, but when I click Sharing, System Preferences freezes. Otherwise System Preferences works but only when I click the Sharing preference, it freezes and I have to quit it through Force Quit.
I tried to delete the system preference plist from Library/Preferences and tried deleting library cache but nothing works. I am helpless now as my computer is being shared through the network all the time.
I don't know whether Airport is the culprit. But the problem happened just after the Airport upgrade. Otherwise I never changed anything in the network.
Please advise. Thanks for your suggestions.
Madhurjya

To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Accounts, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Does Sharing pane work in the new account?

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