On 09-Apr-24, at 10:28: 01, Paul Simpson wrote: > My wife got an older MAC from our daughter when she bought a new > one. She has been using it for a few years and recently got the > above mentioned message. I have used IBM PCs with windows all my > life and know very little about MACS. Need some help on how to deal > with this problem. Suspect its related to too many programs starting > when PC is turned on. > > She is running a 400mhz Power PC G3 with MAC OS Panther Ver 10.3.9, > 320mb SDRAM, 20gig HD. > > Any help would be appreciated. How much free space on the HD? That is essentially what the message is telling you about, that the HD is almost full. -- W. Lane OSX list 'List Cop'