PC Keeps 'Shutting Down'

[N Dunn]

My PC keeps shutting down about every two minutes, even when I am in
the middle of using it. When I hit the power button it comes back up
in exactly the same place it left off, or after a minute of so it will
come back up on its own.

Until yesterday it was going into hibernation in the same way so I went
into the Power Options program in the Control Panel and disabled the
hibernation mode.

I think it started after some MS automatic updates last week.

Is there a System Rollback-type option for Win 2000 like there is for
XP (and if so, how would I get to it), or does anyone have any other
suggestions please?

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Any error message? Also check Event Viewer for errors.

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| My PC keeps shutting down about every two minutes, even when I am in
| the middle of using it. When I hit the power button it comes back up
| in exactly the same place it left off, or after a minute of so it will
| come back up on its own.
|
| Until yesterday it was going into hibernation in the same way so I went
| into the Power Options program in the Control Panel and disabled the
| hibernation mode.
|
| I think it started after some MS automatic updates last week.
|
| Is there a System Rollback-type option for Win 2000 like there is for
| XP (and if so, how would I get to it), or does anyone have any other
| suggestions please?
|
| Thanks.
|

 

[N Dunn]

No error messages and nothing in the Event Viewer. Actually, it's not
going into 'shut down', but 'Standby'.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try turning off the standby mode.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| No error messages and nothing in the Event Viewer. Actually, it's not
| going into 'shut down', but 'Standby'.

 

[N Dunn]

Done that; Standby is set to 'Never' in Control Panel.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Sounds like the profile may be corrupt. If the profile is corrupt, you can
rename the profile(while logged on as local admin), then when the user logs
on again a new profile will be created from the image in \default user. You
can then copy over the items you need from the renamed profile. Copy the
folder contents not the folders themselves. When your sure you have all you
need, you can delete the renamed profile(s). Use the import function of your
e-mail software. Don't overwrite ntuser.dat


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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| Done that; Standby is set to 'Never' in Control Panel.
|

 

[N Dunn]

I'm logged on as Administrator and when I try to rename the profile
folder (in C:\Documents and Settings - is this the right place?) it
says: "Administrator is a Windows system folder and is required for
Windows to run properly. It cannot be moved or renamed. "

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Follow the steps in this article to replace the local administrator profile.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| I'm logged on as Administrator and when I try to rename the profile
| folder (in C:\Documents and Settings - is this the right place?) it
| says: "Administrator is a Windows system folder and is required for
| Windows to run properly. It cannot be moved or renamed. "
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Thanks.