Hey Geddy!
I had a simliar problem a while ago with 1.5. It turned out one of my xml files was not well formed (somehow this happened...I still dont know..perhaps I did it).
Try getting the free edition of XMLSpy (
www.altova.com) and open each of your xml settings file and check if they are valid. My problem was that there carriage return where it shouldn't be.
Here's another wild possiblity, maybe your system doesnt shut down correctly?
Let us know.