I'm curious why you guys think moving files would do anything? At best it would reset the position IF the coords of the alert were held in the files, but none of them hold it from what I've found. And then if you found that file, why not just change the coords?
Nice blog by the way Dennis - I've started my rants/raves as well, but didn't dedicate a single blog too it, yet...
Not sure I know what you mean by combo (retail package?) - I just downloaded the latest update! lol
If you create a new account and test alerts on that, it will show us if this is a user-level problem, or systemwide (bug?) problem. Are you both using a 12" screen?
Combo updates are downloaded from Apple.com manually - you'd know if you have it..
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