>2) Shut down or otherwise disable the file sharing on the remote machine > >3) Double click on the (now unavailable) volume on your desktop Yes, it sucks that the finder becomes unresponsive to such situations, but it will recover on its own eventually or by force-quitting the finder. Still no restart required and in the true-protected memory world of OSX, relaunching the finder DOES NOT affect other apps... -- <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Mike Bigley Maineville, Ohio http://www.norbertrunning.com Please support an American Indian Elder & Medicine Man by visiting the above link. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>