I keep getting an error message that my computer needs to be shut down.  It is like a dark screen comes down and I have to hold the on button until it shuts down.  Why is this happening?

I keep getting an error message that my cmputer needs to be shut down.  A dark screen comes down and it says to restart.  I have to hold the ON button until the computer shuts down.  Then I can restart and it says it is sending a report to Apple.  This seens to be happening a lot lately.  Has anyone else had this problem?

Hi Carol...
error message that my computer needs to be shut down. It is like a dark screen comes down
That is referred to as a kernel panic.
Help here >  Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics | MacFixIt - CNETReviews

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