Oh--there are a few more things you can try before paying the fee. After all, these are probably the steps they will require anyway.

1. Safe boot (hold down the shift key right after the startup tone). This will run a file system check and repair.

2. Reinstall the updates from the standalone combo installer, then apply the java fix linked above. here's the combo installer http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...pdate1039.html

3. Reinstall the system, then apply the combo installer and finally the java fix