Have you installed any new programs, esp. shareware or beta software? On 3/6/05 4:16 PM, "silvo conticello" <silvoc at tiscali.it> either wrote, forwarded or quoted: > I've recently noted an increase in system instability: > sometimes applications start crashing one after the other until I get > pissed off and restart the computer. > Once I ask the restart usually it just log-out and re log-in. > After a further restart command it finally restart. > > This has happened already 3-4 times in the past months. I haven't added > RAM at this time (I've added 1Gb 6 months ago, few weeks ago I've > re-tested it with the Apple Hardware Test CD). > It might be that the instability follows hard use of the computer > and/or a period with only 5Gb free on the HD (I don't remember if this > has been a constant). -- JEL