deactivating Automatic Restart

[Guest]

My computer restarts while I'm playing World of Warcraft and the support site
says this is caused by windows and all the support pages and forums tell me
to deactivate the automatic restart option. I have done this but the computer
is still restarting instead of showing an error or something else. The event
log shows no errors or warnings . Can anyone give me any advice??

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This won't fix your problem, but it'll keep your machine from rebooting,
unless the rebooting is caused by a hardware problem. To fix that you need
to fix the hardware problem.

It may also help reading a BSOD. Blue Screen Of Death.

Choosing recovery actions if Windows stops unexpectedly.

Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab |
Click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery |
Under System Failure | UNCheck: Automatically restart |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Automatically restart
[[Specifies whether Windows will automatically reboot whenever the system
stops unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Ron Martell]

My computer restarts while I'm playing World of Warcraft and the support site
says this is caused by windows and all the support pages and forums tell me
to deactivate the automatic restart option. I have done this but the computer
is still restarting instead of showing an error or something else. The event
log shows no errors or warnings . Can anyone give me any advice??

If you have already turned off the automatic restart then the problem
is almost certainly being caused by a hardware problem. Overheating
would be the prime suspect.

Open the computer case and check for any buildup of dust or fuzz.
Clean it with compressed air - you can buy cans of it at any good
computer or electronics supply store.

Make sure that cooling fans (there could be several of these) are all
spinning freely with no noise or vibration. Also check for other
loose components. I had a computer with a similar problem a couple
of weeks ago where the heat sink on the motherboard chipset had fallen
off - one of the anchor hooks holding it in place had broken free from
the motherboard and needed to be soldered into place.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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