Hi everyone; I have a G3 300 / 9.1 that is having a problem. I installed a fresh system on an empty drive and then reset to make it the start up drive. On first startup, it unceremoniously hung and stopped at an empty desktop with no icons, no clock, no apple menu.... nothing but empty. Upon forcing shutdown and restarting holding shift key, I get a startup without extensions... so I do the same install on the opposite hard drive by moving the old system out of the way and reinstalling a fresh one there too. Upon restart, I get the same result. Any thoughts? Thanks Don You can't change the past. All you can do is use the present to try to fix the future. Macintosh and other mailing lists at http://mactomac.com/