On 11/5/04 10:47 AM, "David Lambourn" <David.Lambourn at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > I have had three 'kernel panics' since installing OSX, and Word has > been open on all three ocassions, and to the best of my memory , was > the top window each time. So, I suppose my question, for the time > being, would be: Has anyone had a kernel panic when Word wasn't open? Don't know if this is relevant, but I have Word X open and in heavy use for up to 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, on my 600 Mghz iBook (2 1/2 years, Jaguar) and my new PowerBook (about 3 months, Panther) and have never had a single kernel panic. Brian