Of course, this is also what happens when you have the Blaster worm.
In case you have it:
The next time it starts to happen, bring up a command prompt (cmd) and type
"shutdown /a." Then run a virus scan with the latest signatue files.
Finally, download and install the Microsoft Update (824146) from Microsoft.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/se...s/ms03-039.asp
Do not run the 14-15 Kb files you see on most newsgroups. That is the virus
itself. Microsoft never releases updates via newsgroups or email. Get the
files from Microsoft sites only.
courtney....
"Mike Mastro" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> David,
>
> There are, of course, a number of reasons this can happen. If you
haven't
> made any other changes lately, and this just kind of started out of the
> blue, one thing I can think to try that is relatively easy and cheap is to
> replace the motherboard battery. I don't know how familiar you are
with
> hardware, but connected to the motherboard there is a small lithium
battery
> which is usually a 3V battery. It is easy to replace, and not too
> expensvie. This, by no means, is the only thing that can cause this sort
> of behavior, but when one of my machine started randomly rebooting, I
would
> also notice small BIOS changes, like all of the sudden the on-board LAN
> would be detected when I had explicitly turned it off in the BIOS.
>
> One other thing to mention, if you are running XP, you can sometimes see
the
> blue screen of death which appears before the reboot. You have to go
into
> your system settings, choose the advanced tab, then click the "Startup and
> Recovery" button. In there there is a check box which automatically
causes
> the system to reboot on blue screeen. If you uncheck it, you may be
able
> to see the blue screen and any messages it contains. You may then be
able
> to use this information to find a more specific idea as to your problem.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Mike
>
> "David" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:06bb01c38acb$23f83890$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My computer recently has been restarting after I turn it
> > on, it sometimes restarts right after it has booted up or
> > 10 minutes after it has booted up. It is becoming a
> > serious problem, and I would like to get rid of it, so if
> > anyone can help with my situation please post on here or
> > email me.
>
>
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