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possible reason for the problem
Authored by: hayne on Apr 19, '05 01:20:03PM
  1. It seems that what might have caused the problems is having a Java application running while you did the 10.3.9 update.
    While in theory you should be able to continue to use your Mac while an update is being applied, it is certainly safer to quit other programs when doing an update.
    I note that one common Java application that many people have running is Limewire. Acquisition also uses Java behind the scenes.

  2. As others have noted, Apple has put up a document explaining how to diagnose and fix the problem: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301380


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java problem and prevention methods
Authored by: jfaughnan on Apr 20, '05 09:48:32AM

That's what I'd suspected when I heard of it. For what it's worth I routinely run as a non-admin user. For system updates I do the following:

1. log in on my "virgin" admin account (very plain, no odd configuration, no startup items, etc). Run PCC (or similar) to flush caches.
2. shut down, restart and login again to admin
3. run the update
4. shut down and restart

I eventually do repair privileges, though I've never seen it make any difference.

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