Computer Automatically reboots

[Guest]

This is bizarre. I have a computer that reboots itself automatically just
before a login screen would appear. If I let it sit, it will go through this
loop over and over again. The strange thing is, when I unplug the network
connection, it boots up with no problem whatsoever. However, the minute I
plug that network connection back in, it will immediately reboot itself. It
sounds like some sort of virus to me - although I do have up to date
definitions running on my computer. I'm doing a scan right now. Does anyone
happen to have any other ideas as to what might be causing this? I'm running
Windows 2000 Professional

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check the hardware manufacturer's web site for the latest Windows 2000
driver for your network adapter.

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| This is bizarre. I have a computer that reboots itself automatically just
| before a login screen would appear. If I let it sit, it will go through
this
| loop over and over again. The strange thing is, when I unplug the network
| connection, it boots up with no problem whatsoever. However, the minute I
| plug that network connection back in, it will immediately reboot itself.
It
| sounds like some sort of virus to me - although I do have up to date
| definitions running on my computer. I'm doing a scan right now. Does
anyone
| happen to have any other ideas as to what might be causing this? I'm
running
| Windows 2000 Professional

 

[Kevin McNiel [MSFT]]

Try to boot the computer to Safe Mode. If you get a Desktop, disable
Autoreboot, then boot to Normal mode. This will tell us if the computer is
bug checking and restarting too quickly to see the blue screen.

If the computer will successfully boot to Safe Mode, test booting to Safe
Mode with Networking. If it restarts, then a networking component is causing
the problem. If it does, then use Msconfig from a Windows XP system to
troubleshoot. Follow the steps in Knowledge Base article 310353 How to
perform a clean boot in Windows XP (http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353)
to try to identify the cause of the problem.

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
Platform Server Setup Group

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