On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 12:06 PM, Peter Nacken wrote: > It happened now twice to me that I had that nice message "you have to > restart your machine" in 4 languages on the screen, for no apparent > reason, > and when I did so, after restart, my dock looked like fresh out of the > box > ... All customized stuff gone .. Icons I trashed are back .. I am > not even > daring to ask WHY .. But ... Is there a way I can save my dock layout > (not > only taking a screen shot) and re-activate it ? The important question is what were you doing when you received the message? The next question is how much have you loaded up your Mac with 3rd party shareware and extensions, etc. In the past it has always been the last appl you downloaded from the net that caused your problem. The solution was to get rid of it. The last question is whether or not you have run disk first aid, disk warrior, privilege fixer upper, etc. Sounds like you are in need of some of these. --- I noticed while listening to the Capital Gang on CNN rant on pro and con about UM's 20 points for Blacks that not one of the CG on CNN is Black. Jack Rodgers Email: jackrodgers at earthlink.net Web: www.jackrodgers.com iCal: coming soon iBlog: coming soon