Tiger update 2008-004 screwed up iMac G5 screen resolution/desktop

I have an iMac G5. Installed the Tiger 2008-004 update (and Safari update). When the iMac boots up the screen resolution/desktop gets enlarged just as the spotlight icon appears. As I move the mouse around the screen the desktop moves with it. The desktop is about 5%-10% larger than the standard size. Tried display preferences with no effect. Zapped PRAM. Re-installed updates individually,nothing works.Help!

Hi,
You probably have 'Zoom' enabled in the Universal Access preferences. Have a play around in there to find the setting to turn it off (sorry for the vague directions but I'm on a Linux machine at the moment )

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Security Update 2008-004 (PPC) caused kernel panic

I installed the Security Update 2008-004 (PPC) and Safari Update 3.1.2 and now I can't access my main startup drive +(the problem started immediately after I restarted my G4 after installing the Security Update 2008-004 -- I got the gray screen with the Apple logo, but it froze there and never got to the login screen).+
My G4 PowerBook (laptop) is running the update just fine -- no kernel panics.
I have a 2nd internal HD on my G4 (desktop) that I use for just such emergencies. The only difference is the 2nd HD does NOT have the Security Update 2008-004 (PPC) and Safari 3.1.2 update. +(Last security update was Security Update 2008-003.)+
I did gain access to my main startup HD at one point and it worked fine until I shut it down +(I unplugged all peripherals (FireWire and USB) and, somehow, got it to startup correctly, then I plugged everything back in).+
*But, the next day, I was back to square 1 when I didn't unplug all my peripherals.*
If I have to unplug everything to startup every time, then I'm going to yank my hair out!
The Mac OS Update software is surely to blame for the kernel panic, 'cause I don't have to do it for the 2nd HD without the 2008-004 Security Update.
Plus, once my G4 is up and running on the 2nd HD, I have total access to my main startup HD. TechTool Pro (v.4.1.1) found no problems with any of the files on it, including the Volumes and Finder Info files, which all tested free of any errors.
According to the not-so-helpful advice from "experts," I'll need to reinstall the MAC OS 10.4.x.
HOWEVER, I want to know if I start from my original DVD 10.4.3 install disk, what happens when I start installing all the updates, including the Security Updates?
*Do I STOP at Security Update 2008-003 (PPC)?*
Because I DON'T want to reinstall the OS or my applications over again and AGAIN!
Apple, PLEASE, fix this Security Update!

Hi again!
I'd have been asleep maybe a few hours ago, if not for
the late fireworks (from 3 PM until about 12AM) - so,
I am awake and a bit peeved at the scofflaws blasting
many illegal fireworks near my second home in the city.
(Normally, I live in a mostly quiet and beautiful mountain
area that is very Alaska; the largest city is not so nice.)
Back to your inquiry; if you start up in SafeBoot (hold
shift key down until you get Login screen and it says
SafeBoot; then login) and repair disk permissions
before installing the Combo 10.4.11 update, as a
standalone download file with the package on the
desktop; it should work.
Whether or not it would actually resolve the issue is
yet another matter. There could be an underlying
problem which may be better resolved if you could
make a bootable complete computer drive clone
of the hard disk drive contents, and either see if
a third party utility can scan and fix the hard disk
drive (if it is the problem) or you could get a new
one; and then -either way- clone back the system
onto a new or repaired hard disk drive.
Bombich Software - Carbon Copy Cloner:
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
The issues in kernel panics and their resolutions
are generally and more specifically covered in a
few steps that involve troubleshooting; not any
one may be the 'answer' yet the issue may be
solved after trying several things. If the kernel
panic is the real problem and not a symptom.
Resolving Kernel Panics:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
Notes on 'Journal-related Kernel Panics' in Tiger:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/jnlrelatedpanictiger.html
(The odds of needing this are slim; and I am not
familiar with the process or need to do this.)
Something to read through & consider carefully:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=kernelpanic+after+security+update+Tiger+10.4&btnG=GoogleSearch
{There may be some other hardware or ?? cause
behind the kernel panics and so it would be a
good idea to have a clone of your drive's content
on a bootable external FireWire enclosed HDD.
-I like mine, it has its own power supply and is
not reliant on the USB or FireWire to get power
from the computer; which could be faulty...}
Good luck & happy computing!
edited to add CCC link.

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Hi there,
I'm experiencing vertical stripes and color issues on my PB G4 17 inch screen after the security update 2008-004.
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Phil

It's probably got nothing to do with the upgrade.
I guess your computer is about 15-20 months old and the serial number starts with W84 or W85.
This is obviously a common problem among these serial numbers, and it starts after about 15 months.
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This number series is assembled in Shanghai in 2005.
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Unfortunately, I can't sum this up in a snappy headline.
To get this started: the machine is an iMac 800MHz, which is running Mac OS X Server 10.4.11. It's not running Leopard, which might cure several issues, because it can't be installed on that machine.
The load is very light (low-traffic web site, DNS server for a low-traffic domain, mail server for essentially one user). I just mention this before I get the "you should not run this on an iMac" type of replies, which are not to the point. The computer ran Mac OS X Server ever since I got it years ago, and it can keep up with the load just fine. It can't keep up with the fragile nature of the Cyrus/postfix/whatever combination, which e.g. after a power outage, or worse, after a software update seems to leave the system semi-regularly in a state that's utterly undefined.
So the system was running very smoothly, for the first time in quite a while, until that security update 2008-004 came along. In installed it, rebooted the system, and now Mail service is down.
If I try to look at the settings for Mail with Server Admin, I get this error message:
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Thanks for your suggestions. I knew that a full rebuild of the database would likely get things going again, and I ended up doing just that, because there server was reaching the point of down-time where permanent delivery failures would result if I didn't bring it back up.
The problem with the mailbox rebuild approach is, that all flags and read/unread status are lost, with is a MAJOR problem. I wish Apple's Mail had a feature where you can push cached message status back to the server, overriding server side message attributes with those cached on the client. Unfortunately this isn't available.
So Mail is running again, but I can't really consider this problem "solved" because all my flagged messages are unflagged, and all messages, read or unread, are now marked unread. If you have a mail archive of several GB dating back to the early 90s, then losing the flagged status on messages is a major issue, as is trying to ge a few hundred thousand messages to get unread again...
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pterobyte wrote:
You shouldn't have to rebuild your database after a restart or update. If you have to something is wrong on your server. A power outage is a different issue. Any database in the world can get inconsistent because of a sudden power cut. This is what an UPS is for.
That is akin to saying, it's OK if a file system is in a messed up state when the power goes down. That's what atomic operations, transactions, journaling, etc. were invented for. This day and age, there's no excuse for a database to end up in a messed up state because power went down, or for that matter, the system crashes, because no UPS will protect from the latter.
Critical systems, and mail delivery belongs to these, must handle failure gracefully, and the technology to do so, does exist.
pterobyte wrote:
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I know that this is how things SHOULD be. Unfortunately, postfix will not start properly when mail services are started with server admin. It will stop properly when I stop mail services though.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=908174&tstart=0
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
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"OK, restart your computer, hold down Command-s and type in the following:
/sbin/fsck -y Enter
/sbin/mount -uaw Enter
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reboot Enter
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end of posted by: JoseAranda"
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Since installing Security Update 2008-004 (Intel) ProTools won't open

Hello,
I'm running Tiger 10.4.11 on my mac, and since I installed the Security Update 2008-004 (Intel) every time I try to open ProTools the ProTools icon jumps up and down a few times and then it stops, the program won't open. Are there any similar issues with this update and any other applications? I'm 100% sure the security update is what caused the problem, nothing else out of the ordinary has happened since with my mac.
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If you still have this problem, and you're using ProTools 7.3, try this Digidesign update here:
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After running the Software Update and being notified that Airport Extreme Update 2008-004 was available, I ran the install program and received the following error:
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How can Apple release something that would absolutely destroy my computer?
They can't, and didn't.
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Will Apple release a fix for this?
Speculation on this board is strictly prohibited. Please read the Terms of Use on the right. Your question requires speculation.
Is it worth the wait for the next security update.
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http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
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3. Run the combo update that brought you where you were before.
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5. Run the security update.
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Two locations, one wired, one wireless. 10.5.5. When switching from the wired to the wireless location, the airport radio activates, binds to a SSID in its list, gets a new IP address and everything is wonderful. This takes roughly 5 secs. to complete. The user can then disconnect their ethernet cable and take their laptop somewhere else in the building without losing their mounted servers, FileMaker session, etc. When they get back to their desk, they can plug their ethernet cable back in and switch back to the wired network - again, without losing their connected sessions.
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Last night I attempted to run the latest Security Update (2009-004) on my 2nd Gen iMac G5. The update did not reach completion and I received an error message saying it had been moved to the trash. I attempted to empty the trash and start again. At that point, the trash would not empty, the computer would not shut down, and finder would not relaunch. I had to use the power button to shut it down--have not been able to complete the start up again since. The computer begins to start up, i.e., a bong, and the Apple logo, and spinning wheel (which goes on forever and never progresses to startup login screen).
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What happens when you reinstalll from a disk that has an older version of OS? and how do you get the software back up to date afterward?
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