Yes, 10.3 gives a nice "Disconnect from no longer accessible server?" box, and no longer chokes (this used to happen all the time with my PowerBook when I moved from work to home. -rob. -----Original Message----- From: Mac OS X Newbies [mailto:X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Paul Korntheuer Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 10:49 AM To: Mac OS X Newbies Subject: [X Newbies] OSX chokes after disconnect from another computer Is this a known bug in OSX? If I connect to another computer (via SMB) running XP or Win2kPro and one of those computer(s) that's on my desktop shuts down without notice, if I click on its icon after its shut down, OSX chokes with the pizza wheel of death and then goes blank with a grey screen (am I allowed run-on sentences?). Not a graceful way for OSX to state - hey, I thought that computer was still active! Does OS 10.3 fix this problem?