Every time I start up my MacPro, I get repeated "Are You Sure You Want to Shut Down Now" messages. It goes away after 15 - 20 Cancels, but obviously shouldn't be happening at all.

I'm using OSX 10.6.7, though cannot swear that the issue is new to the latest update. This popup message occurs so frequently, immediately after startup, that it almost seems that every mouse click triggers it, although again I can't be sure of that. I see that there are others with similar problems but they seem to be Macbook users for the most part -- I am not in contact with the power button when this happens, nor have I spilled beer on any component!

Try resetting the SMC by shutting down and disconnecting the power cable for at least 15 seconds.

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Gave up on the GUI. This script derived from http://blog.netnerds.net/2012/07/os-x-how-to-setup-nat-on-lion-and-mountain-lion / seems to work for me:
gwdev=en0 # This is my WiFi connection (has Internet connection)
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/sbin/ifconfig $targetdev down
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Do this:
Reinstall Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks
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     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and
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     Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
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Cheers

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See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unresponsive_Script_Warning
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i have tried holding down the shift key and that doesn't work
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That's it. Stupid, uninformative and useless.
I ALWAYS check "do not warn me again" but it ALWAYS warns me next time I open itunes.
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Try uninstalling and reinstalling:
Removing iTunes For Windows
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n93698
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Microsoft's Windows Installer CleanUp Utility:
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thank you.
-wendy-

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