i select restart when prompted to after an update and/or selecting restart
from the (START) selection. Ok you brainiacs grab ahold of this one. computer
shuts down,power light stays on only the fans working and wala no restart. i
have to hold in the power button to shut it off, then press it again to turn
it on, only it comes on and no display or keyboard lights. i press the power
again then again to turn it on then windows starts to load. sometimes with
the checking disc screen. i would appreciate some intel, ive searched
endlessly and find only similarities and no ressolution. windows xp M.C.E
sp3/emachine
--
if i only had a brain

Sounds like a hardware problem, not a Windows problem. Take the power
supply to a repair shop and have it tested.

A good way to prove that it isn't the OS is to make a bootable floppy
(www.bootdisk.com). If it boots ok from the floppy, than it probably is XP.
If it has the same or similar problems, it's hardware.



"skydargo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>i select restart when prompted to after an update and/or selecting restart
> from the (START) selection. Ok you brainiacs grab ahold of this one.
> computer
> shuts down,power light stays on only the fans working and wala no restart.
> i
> have to hold in the power button to shut it off, then press it again to
> turn
> it on, only it comes on and no display or keyboard lights. i press the
> power
> again then again to turn it on then windows starts to load. sometimes
> with
> the checking disc screen. i would appreciate some intel, ive searched
> endlessly and find only similarities and no ressolution. windows xp M.C.E
> sp3/emachine
> --
> if i only had a brain