Index: applets/SlimMenus/SlimMenusApplet.lua
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--- applets/SlimMenus/SlimMenusApplet.lua	(revision 9120)
+++ applets/SlimMenus/SlimMenusApplet.lua	(working copy)
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
 					local currentPlayer = appletManager:callService("getCurrentPlayer")
 
 					-- if we know there is a network error condition, push on a diags window immediately
-					if self.networkError then
+					if self.networkError and not ((System:getMachine() == "fab4") and (appletManager:callService("isBuiltInSCRunning"))) then
 						log:warn('Network reported as not OK')
 						self.diagWindow = appletManager:callService("networkTroubleshootingMenu", self.networkError)
 						-- make sure we got a window generated to confirm we can leave this method