Computer keeps rebooting on own (NOT Blaster worm)

[E. Shain]

I'm runing an Athlon 1800, 500 mb RAM, Windows XP Pro.
Video card is a Radeon 8500. Norton Systemworks is also
on the computer. Box has full virus protection and is
*always* up-to-date on patches and fixes.

The box is constantly rebooting on its own (for 6 months
now....) , and this problem started long before the
Blaster worm was anywhere around. I can't locate the
source of this problem. I've done a completely fresh
install (moving up from Home to pro) in the process.
Drive was reformatted, and all applications and hardware
drivers loaded from scratch. problem persists.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

 

[Maurice N]

You likely have a user-application-program conflict or a driver or hardware
conflict.
You also need to set XP to "not reboot on error" , actually see the STOP
error, and then see what is "bombing out".

You likely will need to first bootup into SAFE mode.

Go into your Control Panel, system properties, in the "Advanced" TAB
and
in the recovery section....click the "settings" button.
"Un-check" the "automatically restart" line. Do the apply change, make
clean exit.

This will prevent a "reboot on error", and will also show (when you have
Win exception) the error code and its description. Which you then
document, and follow up on fixes. *Something* is causing an error
which leads to your system rebooting.

See Aumha.org's knowledge base on stop errors and keep it handy
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php

 

[Ravi]

-----Original Message-----
I'm runing an Athlon 1800, 500 mb RAM, Windows XP Pro.
Video card is a Radeon 8500. Norton Systemworks is also
on the computer. Box has full virus protection and is
*always* up-to-date on patches and fixes.

The box is constantly rebooting on its own (for 6 months
now....) , and this problem started long before the
Blaster worm was anywhere around. I can't locate the
source of this problem. I've done a completely fresh
install (moving up from Home to pro) in the process.
Drive was reformatted, and all applications and hardware
drivers loaded from scratch. problem persists.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?


.

I used to have "spyware" and "adware" on my computer.

This used to often restart the computer during boot up,
and yes this was before the Blaster worm. Try investing
in some software to get rid of the spyware and adware on
your computer.

It fixed the problem for me when I had spyware, and now
my computer doesn't crash at all.

Adware is software that keeps putting loads of pop up ads
even if you're on a website which doesn't have pop ups.

Spyware is software that monitors your internet
activities and sends them to companies.

Both of these might crash your computer, so you should
get rid of them if you have them.

You can get free software to scan your computer for any
spyware/adware, and if you have any, buy some software
that will get rid of it.

See if that works.

 

[JP]

-----Original Message-----
I'm runing an Athlon 1800, 500 mb RAM, Windows XP Pro.
Video card is a Radeon 8500. Norton Systemworks is also
on the computer. Box has full virus protection and is
*always* up-to-date on patches and fixes.

The box is constantly rebooting on its own (for 6 months
now....) , and this problem started long before the
Blaster worm was anywhere around. I can't locate the
source of this problem. I've done a completely fresh
install (moving up from Home to pro) in the process.
Drive was reformatted, and all applications and hardware
drivers loaded from scratch. problem persists.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?


.
I have got the same problem and just posted the same

question...It started for me about 8 to 9 months ago and
I seem to find no answers...If you get one or find one,
please foward the fix...it drives me crazy.

JP

 

[Frangipani]

I am having exactly the same problem. Started after XP
loaded and happening ever since. Have checked for Blaster
worm and do not have. Must be problem with XP?

 

[TheCrewser]

Right-Click on My Computer, select Properties->Advanced->Startup and
Recovery->Settings and uncheck "Automatically restart".

You might experience BSOD's or other program errors, but now you will
have some information to solve the problem. With the restart option
checked, the system will restart without giving any messages
pertaining to the specific error that caused the problem.

Good Luck...

GLCrews,MCP