continuous reboot loop

[J David]

My computer shuts down and restarts about 10 seconds after the desktop
appears. I'm writing this using safe mode. I've tried the following with no
luck:
--deselecting automatic restart in the system properties section
--downloaded and ran avast! antivirus (no viruses found)
--installed patch ms03-039 for the blaster worm virus

I recently replaced my 6gig seagate hd with an 80gig western digital. I
copied all content of the seagate to the wd using their software, and the
computer worked great for about a week.

Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Here are a few suggestions.

- Examine the Event Viewer.
- Scan your PC with an external virus scanner,
e.g. on www.antivirus.com ("free online scan").
- Remove all non-essential adapters, e.g. network, sound,
modem.
- Run msconfig.exe (available from
http://www.svrops.com/svrops/dwnldoth.htm)
and disable everything that is not essential.

 

[J David]

I ran the event viewer, and many errors showed up--
under system log: service control manager, DCOM, (many times)
under application log: rasctrs, PerfDisk, userenv, PerfNet (many times) plus
many warnings for PlugPlayManager

Unfortunately, I don't know what to do about the errors, or if they are
related to the continuous reboot.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I made four separate suggestions - you've tried one so far!