If you did have a kernel update...I suspect that is the problem...don't know...
Ultimate Edition has some programs that are just Ultimate Edition's....MakeGDM and MakeUpsplash is the creation of TheeMahn....so an update on your system may be the cause....TheeMahn is now working on 2.6...so he has been busy.....myself do like whats loading on my system I dont use a splash screen ...as a tester...sometime's I can see the problem....then i can ask one of the big boy's or girls for a fix...