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Computer crashes when changing locations in Network Prefs
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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I have been having this problem for a while now, not just since 10.5. I have a number of locations saved in Network Preferences. Whenever I switch locations my computer just freezes up and I need to hold down the power button to turn it off and restart. This is independent of which locations I switch between. I assume something is corrupted somewhere. Anyone got any ideas on what I could try to fix it?
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Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Jose, CA
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Question: are you running virtualization software such as Parallels at the time this happens? This was a bug with Parallels that bit me hard a few builds ago, but seems to be fixed now (build 5608).
Steve
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Did have Parallels installed on the machine some time back but not anymore as switched over to vmware. Either way I rarely have it running so it is happening independent of whether the virtualisation software is running. Do you think parallels might have installed something that is causing the corruption or given I don't have it on my machine anymore and it therefore is never running that isn't the problem?
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The freezes for me only happened when Parallels was running, and Parallels was able to reproduce it and fix it. If you're not running virtualization when the crash happens, this is not the problem.
Steve
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