Mountain Lion restarts

Question

I installed ML on my late model 2008 Mac and have had restart problems ever since.  The HDD was completely erased, SL was installed then ML.  RAM was also upgraded.
Here is the latest crash report:
1/5/13 8:36:36.013 AM ReportCrash[259]: com.apple.message.domain: com.apple.crashreporter.writereport.crash
com.apple.message.signature: WindowServer
com.apple.message.signature2: UNBUNDLED ||| 324.6
com.apple.message.signature3: 5A5654B8AC16660C02A5C04E3AC953C9
com.apple.message.result: NO
com.apple.message.summarize: YES
I don't see anything labeled "panic report".
Also, Safari quits unexpectantly but that'll be a different post.
Thanks in advance.
Roger

Answer 1

The card or its driver is causing the panics. Whether the other items are contributing, I can't say, because you haven't removed them all. The TAP kernel extension may be left over from something you installed and failed to remove cleanly.
Any third-party software that doesn't install by drag-and-drop into the Applications folder, and uninstall by drag-and-drop to the Trash, is a system modification.
Whenever you remove system modifications, they must be removed completely, and the only way to do that is to use the uninstallation tool, if any, provided by the developers, or to follow their instructions. If the software has been incompletely removed, you may have to re-download or even reinstall it in order to finish the job.
Here are some general guidelines. Suppose you want to remove something called “BrickYourMac.” First, consult the product's Help menu, if there is one, for instructions. Finding none there, look on the developer's website, say www.brickyourmac.com. (That may not be the actual name of the site; if necessary, search the Web for the product name.) If you don’t find anything on the website or in your search, email the developer. While you're waiting for a response, download BrickYourMac.dmg and open it. There may be an application in there such as “Uninstall BrickYourMac.” If not, open “BrickYourMac.pkg” and look for an Uninstall button.
You may have to log out or reboot in order to complete an uninstallation.
If you can’t remove software in any other way, you’ll have to erase your boot volume and perform a clean reinstallation of OS X. Never install any third-party software unless you're sure you know how to uninstall it; otherwise you may create problems that are very hard to solve.
Trying to remove complex system modifications by hunting for files by name often will not work and may make the problem worse. The same goes for "utilities" that purport to remove software.