On Nov 15, 2004, at 9:57 AM, Jim Robertson wrote: > Here's an example of the UNIX underpinnings of OS-X at work. Just now > the > Finder began quitting repetitively. > Any ideas what I should do at this point? I don't have a good feeling > about > this. > Does it happen immediately after login? Does a different user exhibit this? If so, perhaps a login item is the culprit? After logging in, hold down the sift key and see if that solves the problem. HTH, Peter A little computer haiku: I can't remember the last time I restarted I love OS X This message sent with Mail.app 1.3.9 on Mac OS X 10.3.6