No Finder or Menubar :(

[starbuck]

The server has been running fine for months until I applied the latest 10.2.8 Security Patch. I always apply my patches late in the evening at home via ssh but this time the server locked up. When I got in the next day the server had a blue screen with the spinning icon in the middle. After re setting the server the machine started up minus the finder and the menubar.

I’m able to launch Terminal and Retrospect (v5.0.238) once these are open I can get to the menubar but I’m unable to get to the finder. Once a app is launched I’m able to get to system preferences and about this mac they all work.

Applications like Safari, Workgroup Manager and Server Settings fail to open they bounce once in the dock.

I have tried moving the RetroRun into a folder called disabled within the Startupitems folder by remotely accessing the server via ssh. When I re booted the server retrospect placed a new RetroRun back into the folder.

Any ideas ?????????

Thanks

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