Well safe starting got me farther but it still ended up having the error message window come up. As far as I can tell, no software or hardware has been install within the last 3 weeks -MS Office was the last program installed, and it's worked fine on several occasion's (MS Office) and no other issues running it, until this morning? Skip Phil Burk wrote: > On Feb 11, 2004, at 9:58 AM, filipp lepalaan wrote: > >> Hi, >> That's what's called a "Kernel Panic". >> Did you do any hardware upgrades just before >> this emerged? Or any software installs? >> >> -filipp >> >> CP wrote: > > >>> Hello folks. Well my first problem with OS X (10.2.6) >>> Upon starting it up today, I keep getting a window, telling me to >>> re-start? >>> Do I need to re-install something? >>> I've restarted it 10+ times so far, and I keep getting the same >>> message window (code on the bottom - 00 30 65 D4 C9 50 >>> HELP! >>> Skip >> > > Skip, > > To follow filipp's post, try restarting and holding down the shift key > at boot. This will put you into Safe Mode and any kernel extensions > will be disabled. If you have installed software recently try to > uninstall it or disable any kernel extensions that were added/tweaked. > > You may need to reinstall the OS if you can't get this fixed. Archive > and Install SHOULD work, unless there's a problem with your hardware. > > Phil Burk > _______________________________________________________ > Systems Support Technician > Wiley Publishing, Inc. > Indianapolis, IN 46256 > 317-572-3049 > >