G4 quicksilver desktop keeps dissapearing

Hi all

Sorry for my first post to be a question but any help would be most appreciated.

I have a G4 quicksilver 876 running10.4.1 where desktop keeps dissapearing.

By disappearing I mean literally disappearing I got up this morning to find my monitor was just the standard apple blue with no icons whatsoever. I launched safari and after a min or two of browsing the icons appeared. Every min or two the desktop blinks and the icons disappear for a second or two then reappear.

Any ideas

Thanks in advance

Dave

Pop in your Tiger install DVD and run Repair Disk. if all is well then update to X.4.11 and run Repair Permissions. Keep us posted.

sorted

I found the fix on another forum if it helps anyone else this is it.


If you've upgraded to QuickTime 7.6, it has a known issue with the Finder relaunching every few seconds. It's usually a result of clashing with Stuffit - have you got Stuffit installed?

If so, go to System Preferences > Stuffit > Stuffit AVR and click the "Stop" button.

divoid said:

I found the fix on another forum if it helps anyone else this is it.


If you've upgraded to QuickTime 7.6, it has a known issue with the Finder relaunching every few seconds. It's usually a result of clashing with Stuffit - have you got Stuffit installed?

If so, go to System Preferences > Stuffit > Stuffit AVR and click the "Stop" button.

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Did this fix definitely work for you? Sometimes "weird" problems like you are/were experiencing are intermittent...and then they return.

Please let us know if everything stays stable after a few days.

Thanks,

- Nick

Just to let you know the fix still works no problems ;D

divoid said:

Just to let you know the fix still works no problems ;D

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Thanks for the update!