Unable to complete reports, grey screen and freezing

I was wondering if anyone else is having the problem of getting a grey screen and unable to continue in Oracle when trying the run either financial reports or MPR reports. We have researched the differences in computer hardware and software loaded and basically all is the same. The strange thing is that the reports were working on 2 computers and all of a sudden they are freezing with the grey screen. No new programs were added to either the server or the user.

Well, an Invalid Node Structure is usually not repairable using Disk Utility. But I see you ran it from the disk (the best result doing this in Tiger). Now it's Invalid Key Length, a little better then the 1st report, but still leaves her down. I would try the Disk Repair several more times. That is what is suggested if DU does not succeed the 1st time.
This is pretty serious directory damage. Perhaps if Disk Utility repairs were done once a month, it wouldn't have gotten this far. Doing an Archive and install, with the directory having this much damage, is not what I would recommend. If she has nothing to lose, important data, music, pictures then it's worth a try but more then likely it will be problematic.
But you say no volume showed; not good. Have here try a PMU reset to see if we can get the volume to show.
I will try to help further if you can tell me if her data is important!
DALE

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