Why does my MBA freeze at "running package scripts" when loading.en trying to load itunes 10.4

Can download the 92 mb of upgrade, but cannot get it to get beyond 2 mins and close itunes.

Thanks, Tom
you took me back to first principles (forced me out of laziness, i guess) and another half-day of trying again during which i incrementally reduced the upgrade back to the original condition - video, then ram, then processor - finally brought the machine to life again with new install on the new 120gb disc of 10.4.6 now upgraded to 10.4.10
i am now restarting the upgrade with additional increments learned through this affair, such as testing memory one item at a time to check the machine's view of its compatibility; proposing to start with the ram - on the grounds it should be simplest (after using memory checker), then video, finally then processor.
hope to discover the source of the gremlin and will report what i find, just in case others could benefit
again, thanks for taking an interest
best regards
crish
hope to uncover just what was the cause of the failures

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