Cs2 crashing I recently tried to install a new printer/scanner and the software for the scanner seems to have affected my photoshop. It keeps on crashing every time it tries to load the twain settings. Normally I would just reinstall the photoshop software but i no longer have the copy of the disk. Is there anything i can do to fix the problem? cheers, chris

Other things that could cause this are corrupt fonts and Adobefnt.lst files; and the TWAIN plug-in.

Disable the TWAIN plug-in by putting a Tilde in front of its name
~TWAIN plug-in.

Try these as well:

Make a new Admin account and see if you can launch CS2 from within that account Other things that could cause this are corrupt fonts and Adobefnt.lst files; and the TWAIN plug-in.

Disable the TWAIN plug-in by putting a Tilde in front of its name
~TWAIN plug-in.

Try these as well:

Make a new Admin account and see if you can launch CS2 from within that account

Norton is NASTY stuff in OS X. Stay away from anything with the Norton name if you're on any version of OS X, especially do NOT let anything with the Norton name (like Norton Anti Virus, File Saver) ever reside on your computer.

NAV (Norton Anti Virus) can lead to permanent file damage. Files damaged by NAV are not recoverable. NAV can also prevent many PostScript files from parsing, even if not damaged permanently.

Disk Doctor and Speed Disk are known to cause the kind of directory damage that can lead to kernel panics.

http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html

Another excellent reason to steer clear from all things Norton!


The kernel panic FAQ is divided by the order of most common occurrences of kernel panics:

Directory

Drivers

Permissions

RAM

1. A directory failure or user accidentally moving .kext files that should be left alone. The directory may fail, due to an accident caused by Norton Utilities or Systemworks, which may at random corrupt a directory even when trying to repair it. Norton Anti-Virus will not do this, but Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Speed Disk have a history of doing this.
Norton is NASTY stuff in OS X. Stay away from anything with the Norton name if you're on any version of OS X, especially do NOT let anything with the Norton name (like Norton Anti Virus, File Saver) ever reside on your computer.

NAV (Norton Anti Virus) can lead to permanent file damage. Files damaged by NAV are not recoverable. NAV can also prevent many PostScript files from parsing, even if not damaged permanently.

Disk Doctor and Speed Disk are known to cause the kind of directory damage that can lead to kernel panics.

http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html

Another excellent reason to steer clear from all things Norton!

The kernel panic FAQ is divided by the order of most common occurrences of kernel panics:


Directory
Drivers
Permissions
RAM

1. A directory failure or user accidentally moving .kext files that should be left alone. The directory may fail, due to an accident caused by Norton Utilities or Systemworks, which may at random corrupt a directory even when trying to repair it. Norton Anti-Virus will not do this, but Norton Disk Doctor and Norton Speed Disk have a history of doing this.