Unable to shutdown/restart

Using a Flat Panel iMac with 10.4.11 installed (can't install Leopard) and now am unable to Shut down or restart. Desktop clears, dock goes away but the background image stays, and the unit never shuts down. The pointer is movable during all this.
On another Topic list someone suggested deleting Bezelservices.plist from Prefs for the same issue. Tried that, didn't help.
After the unit is hard shut down and restarted, the startup takes a long time but eventually comes up and the OS seems to work OK. I've tried repairing permissions, using DiskWarrior to rebuild the directory. Still can't shut down. The problem persists regardless of the account I am in (admin or other).
Any ideas?
Rob

Try this.
Do a Find/Search using "loginwindow". The following files should appear:
com.apple.loginwindowlist.plist
loginwindowlist.plist
Trash the com.apple.loginwindowlist.plist file(s) (there may be more than one file with this name) & Shutdown using the Power button. Then startup & see if Shutdown or Restart works.
 Cheers, Tom

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