Please help.

My wife did a routine upgrade of the airport extreme software through
Apple, and the machine (iBookG4 with OSX 10.3) rebooted, then hung at
"loading signin window".

I have tried all the things described at Apple.com with no success.
Does anyone have an idea what caused this, or how to recover without
having to reinstall everything, thereby losing all the files?

We run a wireless home network (I also have an iBookG4) with an Airport
(the one that looks like a little flying saucer) and a PC running WinXP
connected to the Airport with ethernet cable. There has been no problem
at all until running the upgrade.

....Ron

Zuben el Genubi wrote:

> Please help.
>
> My wife did a routine upgrade of the airport extreme software through
> Apple, and the machine (iBookG4 with OSX 10.3) rebooted, then hung at
> "loading signin window".
>
> I have tried all the things described at Apple.com with no success.
> Does anyone have an idea what caused this, or how to recover without
> having to reinstall everything, thereby losing all the files?

You don't lose any files when you reinstall software or OS.
GW
(still have every file from OS8.6 on my now OS10.3.6 machine)

In article <zuben-BD1FD1.08173719112004@news.isp.giganews.com>,
Zuben el Genubi <zuben@not.rogers.com> wrote:

> Please help.
>
> My wife did a routine upgrade of the airport extreme software through
> Apple, and the machine (iBookG4 with OSX 10.3) rebooted, then hung at
> "loading signin window".
>
> I have tried all the things described at Apple.com with no success.
> Does anyone have an idea what caused this, or how to recover without
> having to reinstall everything, thereby losing all the files?
>
> We run a wireless home network (I also have an iBookG4) with an Airport
> (the one that looks like a little flying saucer) and a PC running WinXP
> connected to the Airport with ethernet cable. There has been no problem
> at all until running the upgrade.
>
> ...Ron

Have you tried booting from the repair CD or the OS install CD? (Put in CD,
hold C key during boot.) If you get to the Finder, try repairing your hard
drive with the Disc Utility (found in the menus within the OS installer
application.)

--
Walt Sellers
Macintosh Programming and Support in Central Florida
www.VirtualOutpost.com
ws_usenet@virtualoutpost.com - include the keyPhrase "WhoYaGonnaCall?"
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