frequent rebooting

[Frankie]

Anybody know why my PC keeps rebooting every few minutes
on it's own?. I scanned for the Blaster worm, and
viruses. Nothing. I cleaned out my "spyware"...
ALso, sometime, it just givers a toot sound when I click
on something sometimes, and when I hit 'escape', the
program shuts. Anyone know whats going on here?
Answer me at (e-mail address removed)

 

[jason]

-----Original Message-----
Anybody know why my PC keeps rebooting every few minutes
on it's own?. I scanned for the Blaster worm, and
viruses. Nothing. I cleaned out my "spyware"...
ALso, sometime, it just givers a toot sound when I click
on something sometimes, and when I hit 'escape', the
program shuts. Anyone know whats going on here?
Answer me at (e-mail address removed)
.

sounds like either you have a power issue or you have a
virus of some kind. try running a full virus scan. try
also examining your processes in task manager. and then
run ad-aware as your anti-spyware. when you run it, do a
customize and tweak it's settings for a deep-clean (under
advanced then tweak). some recommended settings
include "Unload recognized processes during scanning"
and "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to
deletion".

 

[Kelly Cotter]

sounds like either you have a power issue or you have a
virus of some kind. try running a full virus scan. try
also examining your processes in task manager. and then
run ad-aware as your anti-spyware. when you run it, do a
customize and tweak it's settings for a deep-clean (under
advanced then tweak). some recommended settings
include "Unload recognized processes during scanning"
and "Automatically try to unregister objects prior to
deletion".

might sound stupid but also check all power connections inside/outside pc
also check temp. can you post spec of your pc

 

[MGGP]

Try this:
Go to Start, (Settings), Control Panel, System, Advanced,
Startup & Recovery-Settings, and turn OFF the item under
System Failure to Automatically Restart. That way, you
may get an error message before the system restarts.
Thus, a clue . . .

Good Luck !

 

[Kelly]

Hi Frankie,

By default when WinXP encounters a system failure, it reboots without
warning. The setting that controls this can be changed:

Control Panel/System/Advanced/Settings (Startup & Recovery)/System
Failure/Uncheck-Automatically Restart.

You can use Event Viewer to view and manage the event logs, gather
information about hardware and software problems, and monitor Windows
security events.

To view the event log: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer or
Start/Run/eventvwr.

To review Shutdown Event Tracker data, Open Event Viewer. Click System Log,
scroll to the Event column, and find entries with the number 1075.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q308427

And also:

Go to Start/Run/Msinfo32/Hardware Resources, Components/Problem Devices and
Software Environment/Windows Error Reporting.

Go to Help and Support/Pick a Task (left side)/Use Tools to view.../(left
pane)My Computer Information/(right pane)View the status of my system
hardware and software/Hardware/Update and Troubleshooters.

How to Troubleshoot Hardware and Software Driver Problems
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q322205

Try running the DirectX Tool: Start/Run/Dxdiag, Lower Hardware Acceleration
(Display/Settings/Advanced/Troubleshoot/Hardware Acceleration). Check
System Info for problematic issues: Start/Run/Msinfo32/Hardware Resources
and Components/Problem Devices and Software Environment/Windows Error
Reporting.

Report Error's to Microsoft automatically

Start/Run/gpedit.msc/Computer Configuration/Administrative
Templates/System/Error Reporting. Right click Report Errors/Properties.
Check off Enable and then check off, Do not display links to any MS provided
more information web sites. Apply, ok.