I suspect you are wary about doing all the OSX updates, as I see you are not running 10.4.8. Updating might cure the problem. It could well be a java problem, and up-grading / reinstalling java might be what is needed, and something that often helps is to do a safe boot, repair permissions, and then reboot. (Hold down shift key whilst rebooting, The comp will take longer to start but will
Run Disk utility>First Aid>repair permissions, and then reboot normally.
Let us know which model Mac you are using. If it is an older one this might be an issue
For more help with Java look at the Tiger links in
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36377
Let us know how you get on.