This may seem trivial and not-relative to your problem but you can try installing the Combo-update of Panther.7 (http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...te_10_3_7.html). That's not the version that System update suggested you dld and install.

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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