On Monday, March 15, 2004, at 09:01 AM, Ken Johnson wrote: > My computer will periodically go into a freeze and demand a restart. > When this happens, a text box shows up in the center of the screen, > everything else, behind it, is dimmed. Loosely quoted, the text, in 4 > or 5 languages, says "You must restart your computer now by holding > the power button, or pressing the restart key" > > It only happens (so far) when I'm on-line - but either e-mail (OSX > Mail) or browser (OSX Safari). > > Any thoughts on this one?? > > Ken > I have gotten that message exactly twice... Many months separated the two events... No cause/effect deduced... I too am curious as to what causes it... Pep