CONSTANT "RESTART COMPUTER REQUIRED" SYSTEM CRASH!

NEED HELP! I have never used this discussion - needing to get some help. Ever since I upgraded my PowerMac G4 from latest version of Tiger to OS X Leopard I've been having trouble. My most serious problem just krept up with a tinted window I have never before seen indicating a system crash with a window that says "Restart Required." I noticed this first about two weeks ago but it began to occur once every one or two days. This morning it is not even letting me do any computing. I booted the computer from the Install disk and ran Repair/Verify but it indicated that all was good. I tried resetting the PRAM to no effect. I don't have Dr. Symantec installed anymore and am at a loss on what to do. I did the recent upgrade to 10.5.3 thinking that might help but it did not. All my other Apple software applications updates are good. Can anyone help me with this?

nah, that doesn't sound too swell. i can't recall if when you upgrade from Tiger to Leopard, if it would create a Previous Systems folder and save your Tiger OS and old iLife apps. seems like it would since you have a folder named such - though that could've come from your Tiger days - if you've ever archive/installed. anyway, an upgrade or archive/install will never save user account files in the Previous Systems folders. so, if you can't turn those files up anywhere, they're likely long gone. i've never seen file loss during an install, so it's weird that you would've lost stuff - unless something went wonky during the installation, or if your hard drive has some intermittent issues. some folks are confused about how iPhoto and iTunes stores and/or copies files - perhaps they're just hiding out somewhere on your system.

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I am completely baffled by this sudden problem. I am having to type this from Google Chrome and thus I cannot supply troubleshooting information, sadly. I am sure it is not conflict with antiviruses because I have not installed any new firewalls or antiviruses before the problem started.
I tried downloading Firefox 8.0 and installing it (was previously on 7.0) but it didn't help at all. I also tried running FF with Windows on Safe Mode, but the freeze still happens.
Please help me, my life depends on ReminderFox reminding me of stuff and now I can't access it :,-(. I need FF back ASAP!
Thanks a whole lot!
'''Addendum:''' The freeze is also happening at random even without opening Firefox, it has a chance of happening when I click something. My computer has frozen when I: 1- clicked the "reveal desktop" button to minimize all windows; 2- Attempted to close a tab in Chrome; 3- Clicked "play" in a Youtube video that had been loaded and waiting for some time). It will also almost always freeze when I leave it idle for more than about 10 minutes.
But it will '''guaranteedly''' freeze when trying to open FF, which doesn't happen with any other program.
I think my computer is breaking down. :(

'''Addendum:''' The freeze is also happening at random even without opening Firefox, it has a chance of happening when I click something. My computer has frozen when I: 1- clicked the "reveal desktop" button to minimize all windows; 2- Attempted to close a tab in Chrome; 3- Clicked "play" in a Youtube video that had been loaded and waiting for some time). It will also almost always freeze when I leave it idle for more than about 10 minutes.
But it will '''guaranteedly''' freeze when trying to open FF, which doesn't happen with any other program.
I think my computer is breaking down. :(

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Taxi Mom,
Unfortunately, you've posted to the Tips & Tricks sub-forum. Maybe Steve will move it out to the main forum, where many more people will see your post, and help you.
In the meantime, it sounds like you've possibly got a few issues going on.
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This ARTICLE will give you some tips on getting a computer ready for an editing session.
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Thanks for the response. The application was crashing. A Windows message was displayed showing "Lightroom.exe has stopped working", "Windows can check online for a solution the problem.". Etc.
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We're sorry to hear that Firefox is crashing. In order to assist you better, please follow the steps below to provide us crash IDs to help us learn more about your crash.
#Enter ''about:crashes'' in the Firefox address bar and press Enter. A Submitted Crash Reports list will appear, similar to the one shown below.
#Copy the '''5''' most recent Report IDs that start with '''bp-''' and then go back to your forum question and paste that into the "Post a Reply" box. (Please don't take a screenshot of your crashes, just copy and paste the ID's. The below image is just an example of what your Firefox screen should look like)
[[Image:aboutcrashesFx29|width=520]]
<br><br>
Thank you for your help!
More information and further troubleshooting steps can be found in the [[Firefox crashes - Troubleshoot, prevent and get help fixing crashes]] article.

Constant system crashing

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