Inadvertant reboots

[Guest]

I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I have
never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my machine
such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen shortly after
opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I
can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer
reboots. I have kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the
latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was checking
out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to and my computer
rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and
zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix
this problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots, to
no avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen capacitors which
I've run into before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure
hope someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.

 

[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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can prevent those
applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to get
rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I have unchecked the restart as you described and will see what
happens then repost results.

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can prevent those
applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to get
rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I have
never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my machine
such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen shortly
after opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30 minuets or
more. I can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a link and bam
the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my knowledge and
installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as
though it is related to flash player of java but not sure. I know that
this morning I was checking out the new map system the Weather Channel
had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was
trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots
occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving
some of my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope someone
can help here before I blow this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly, then
I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have there.
Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and anti-spyware
software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode can
be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal themselves
in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can prevent those
applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or other malware
allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to get
rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I have
never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my machine
such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen shortly
after opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30 minuets or
more. I can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a link and bam
the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my knowledge and
installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as
though it is related to flash player of java but not sure. I know that
this morning I was checking out the new map system the Weather Channel
had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was
trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots
occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving
some of my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope someone
can help here before I blow this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or
other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to
get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I
have never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my
machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen
shortly after opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30
minuets or more. I can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a
link and bam the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my
knowledge and installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find.
It seems as though it is related to flash player of java but not sure.
I know that this morning I was checking out the new map system the
Weather Channel had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while
doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map
when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this
problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots,
to no avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen
capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM machines. None
swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help here before I blow
this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in safe
mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some spyware
etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed them anyway.
As soon as I finished running these and removing what they found I went right
to the Weather.com site and tried out the new interactive map again. Wham bam
reboot city. there is no blue screen no error to report, nothing. Just click
to change the transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it
several times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading
the page.

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or
other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to
get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I
have never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my
machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen
shortly after opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30
minuets or more. I can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a
link and bam the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my
knowledge and installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find.
It seems as though it is related to flash player of java but not sure.
I know that this morning I was checking out the new map system the
Weather Channel had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while
doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map
when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this
problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots,
to no avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen
capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM machines. None
swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help here before I blow
this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. I use avg free and mcaffe virus scan, spywaredoctor,
adware se, and registry mech. anything they find is fixed or removed, I can
get back on and it does the samething. sometimes after it reboots I will run
everything again to make sure, nothing shows up and it may run ok but it will
shut reboot eventually. all of my error messages have something to do with a
device driver but I have updated everything I know to update.

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in safe
mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some spyware
etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed them anyway.
As soon as I finished running these and removing what they found I went right
to the Weather.com site and tried out the new interactive map again. Wham bam
reboot city. there is no blue screen no error to report, nothing. Just click
to change the transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it
several times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading
the page.

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses or
other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier to
get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and the
latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been experiencing
random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet. I
have never had the problem while using any of the software loaded on my
machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or others. I t can happen
shortly after opening IE and clicking a link or may not happen for 30
minuets or more. I can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a
link and bam the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my
knowledge and installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find.
It seems as though it is related to flash player of java but not sure.
I know that this morning I was checking out the new map system the
Weather Channel had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while
doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map
when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this
problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots,
to no avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen
capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM machines. None
swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help here before I blow
this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some
spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed
them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing what they
found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the new
interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue screen no
error to report, nothing. Just click to change the transparancy setting
or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several times and rebooted
everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the page.

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses
or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I have
kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the latest
drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was
checking out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to
and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I
have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving some of
my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope
someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I try
to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it usually
reboots my machine.

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some
spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed
them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing what they
found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the new
interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue screen no
error to report, nothing. Just click to change the transparancy setting
or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several times and rebooted
everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the page.

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses
or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I have
kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the latest
drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was
checking out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to
and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I
have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving some of
my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope
someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

Shortly after I went to the URL posted earlier I got an error that IE had
encountered a problem and needed to shut down. No reboot system this time.
The error involved and add on which was Flash9B.ocx

The event viewer showed 2 errors:
1)
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.5730.11, faulting module
flash9b.ocx, version 9.0.28.0, fault address 0x001877fb.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78 ure iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78 plore.ex
0020: 65 20 37 2e 30 2e 35 37 e 7.0.57
0028: 33 30 2e 31 31 20 69 6e 30.11 in
0030: 20 66 6c 61 73 68 39 62 flash9b
0038: 2e 6f 63 78 20 39 2e 30 .ocx 9.0
0040: 2e 32 38 2e 30 20 61 74 .28.0 at
0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0050: 30 30 31 38 37 37 66 62 001877fb
0058: 0d 0a ..

2)Fault bucket 347251668


0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 33 34 37 32 35 31 36 36 34725166
0010: 38 0d 0a 8..

Maybe this will help? I have suspected the problem to be connected to Flash
Player for some time. Either that or Java.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I try
to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it usually
reboots my machine.

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some
spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed
them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing what they
found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the new
interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue screen no
error to report, nothing. Just click to change the transparancy setting
or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several times and rebooted
everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the page.

:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses
or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I have
kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the latest
drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was
checking out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to
and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I
have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving some of
my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope
someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

I ran Prime 95 torture test for 7+ hours on my PC as suggested by a group
member to test memory and processor. No problems or errors were detected.

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some
spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed
them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing what they
found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the new
interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue screen no
error to report, nothing. Just click to change the transparancy setting
or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several times and rebooted
everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the page.

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses
or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I have
kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the latest
drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was
checking out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to
and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I
have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving some of
my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope
someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This content requires the Adobe Flash Player.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

I do not have that POS.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I try
to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it usually
reboots my machine.

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found
some spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I
removed them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing
what they found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the
new interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue
screen no error to report, nothing. Just click to change the
transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several
times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the
page.

:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops
unexpectedly, then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map
system they have there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot
city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a
full system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe
Mode can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to
conceal themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe
mode can prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect
the viruses or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start
Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on
the internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I
have kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the
latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is
related to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this
morning I was checking out the new map system the Weather Channel
had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this.
I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the
reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this problem
such as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots, to no
avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen capacitors
which I've run into before on some IBM machines. None swollen I
could find. Sure hope someone can help here before I blow this
thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

flash9b.ocx is an ActiveX component for Flash player.

Uninstall Adobe Flash Player.
How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157

Reboot, then reinstall Adobe Flash Player.
Adobe Flash Player 9.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

BTW, Adobe bought Macromedia.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Shortly after I went to the URL posted earlier I got an error that IE had
encountered a problem and needed to shut down. No reboot system this time.
The error involved and add on which was Flash9B.ocx

The event viewer showed 2 errors:
1)
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.5730.11, faulting module
flash9b.ocx, version 9.0.28.0, fault address 0x001877fb.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78 ure iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78 plore.ex
0020: 65 20 37 2e 30 2e 35 37 e 7.0.57
0028: 33 30 2e 31 31 20 69 6e 30.11 in
0030: 20 66 6c 61 73 68 39 62 flash9b
0038: 2e 6f 63 78 20 39 2e 30 .ocx 9.0
0040: 2e 32 38 2e 30 20 61 74 .28.0 at
0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0050: 30 30 31 38 37 37 66 62 001877fb
0058: 0d 0a ..

2)Fault bucket 347251668


0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 33 34 37 32 35 31 36 36 34725166
0010: 38 0d 0a 8..

Maybe this will help? I have suspected the problem to be connected to
Flash Player for some time. Either that or Java.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I
try to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it
usually reboots my machine.

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found
some spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I
removed them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing
what they found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the
new interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue
screen no error to report, nothing. Just click to change the
transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it
several times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just
loading the page.

:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops
unexpectedly, then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map
system they have there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot
city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a
full system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe
Mode can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to
conceal themselves in areas Windows protects while using them.
Safe mode can prevent those applications access and therefore
unprotect the viruses or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start
Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is
easier to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on
the internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator
or others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a
link or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing
and the next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer
reboots. I have kept everything updated to my knowledge and
installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems
as though it is related to flash player of java but not sure. I
know that this morning I was checking out the new map system the
Weather Channel had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times
while doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom
the map when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to
fix this problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to
different slots, to no avail. I have also checked the system board
for swollen capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM
machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help
here before I blow this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Guest]

I went through all this, again still rebooted, however it took much more
zooming in and out before it rebooted this time.

flash9b.ocx is an ActiveX component for Flash player.

Uninstall Adobe Flash Player.
How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157

Reboot, then reinstall Adobe Flash Player.
Adobe Flash Player 9.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

BTW, Adobe bought Macromedia.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Shortly after I went to the URL posted earlier I got an error that IE had
encountered a problem and needed to shut down. No reboot system this time.
The error involved and add on which was Flash9B.ocx

The event viewer showed 2 errors:
1)
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.5730.11, faulting module
flash9b.ocx, version 9.0.28.0, fault address 0x001877fb.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78 ure iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78 plore.ex
0020: 65 20 37 2e 30 2e 35 37 e 7.0.57
0028: 33 30 2e 31 31 20 69 6e 30.11 in
0030: 20 66 6c 61 73 68 39 62 flash9b
0038: 2e 6f 63 78 20 39 2e 30 .ocx 9.0
0040: 2e 32 38 2e 30 20 61 74 .28.0 at
0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0050: 30 30 31 38 37 37 66 62 001877fb
0058: 0d 0a ..

2)Fault bucket 347251668


0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 33 34 37 32 35 31 36 36 34725166
0010: 38 0d 0a 8..

Maybe this will help? I have suspected the problem to be connected to
Flash Player for some time. Either that or Java.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I
try to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it
usually reboots my machine.

:

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found
some spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I
removed them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing
what they found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the
new interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue
screen no error to report, nothing. Just click to change the
transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it
several times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just
loading the page.

:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops
unexpectedly, then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map
system they have there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot
city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a
full system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe
Mode can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to
conceal themselves in areas Windows protects while using them.
Safe mode can prevent those applications access and therefore
unprotect the viruses or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start
Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is
easier to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on
the internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator
or others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a
link or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing
and the next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer
reboots. I have kept everything updated to my knowledge and
installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems
as though it is related to flash player of java but not sure. I
know that this morning I was checking out the new map system the
Weather Channel had switched to and my computer rebooted 3 times
while doing this. I was trying to adjust the trasparency and zoom
the map when the reboots occurred. I have tried numerous things to
fix this problem such as moving some of my PCI based cards to
different slots, to no avail. I have also checked the system board
for swollen capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM
machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help
here before I blow this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Any clues in the Event Viewer around the times of the reboots?

Event ID & the Event Source are very important.

To open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK

For any Events that seem related to the problem...

Double click the event in Event Viewer | Click: the button below the second
arrow (looks like two pages) [[Copies the details of the event to the
Clipboard.]] | Paste into Notepad | Also click on:
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Read all info | Copy and paste to Notepad | Click the [+] Related Knowledge
Base articles | Follow any links that might be useful

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427

Event Viewer overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/event_overview_01.mspx

This can also be very useful.

You need to have the Event ID & the Event Source. Microsoft product: --All
Products-- is usually good enough. Be careful when scrolling down in the
page so that Microsoft product: doesn't change on you.

To view Windows XP Events and Errors, type the Source (for example, Print)
and/or the Event code (for example, 20) into the ID field, then click the Go
button. Source and Event codes may be found in the Event Viewer logs.

Events And Errors Message Center: Advanced Search
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.aspx

Events And Errors Message Center: Basic Search
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_basic.aspx

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In

I went through all this, again still rebooted, however it took much more
zooming in and out before it rebooted this time.

flash9b.ocx is an ActiveX component for Flash player.

Uninstall Adobe Flash Player.
How to uninstall the Adobe Flash Player plug-in and ActiveX control
http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157

Reboot, then reinstall Adobe Flash Player.
Adobe Flash Player 9.
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

BTW, Adobe bought Macromedia.

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In

Shortly after I went to the URL posted earlier I got an error that IE
had encountered a problem and needed to shut down. No reboot system
this time. The error involved and add on which was Flash9B.ocx

The event viewer showed 2 errors:
1)
Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 7.0.5730.11, faulting module
flash9b.ocx, version 9.0.28.0, fault address 0x001877fb.

0000: 41 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 Applicat
0008: 69 6f 6e 20 46 61 69 6c ion Fail
0010: 75 72 65 20 20 69 65 78 ure iex
0018: 70 6c 6f 72 65 2e 65 78 plore.ex
0020: 65 20 37 2e 30 2e 35 37 e 7.0.57
0028: 33 30 2e 31 31 20 69 6e 30.11 in
0030: 20 66 6c 61 73 68 39 62 flash9b
0038: 2e 6f 63 78 20 39 2e 30 .ocx 9.0
0040: 2e 32 38 2e 30 20 61 74 .28.0 at
0048: 20 6f 66 66 73 65 74 20 offset
0050: 30 30 31 38 37 37 66 62 001877fb
0058: 0d 0a ..

2)Fault bucket 347251668


0000: 42 75 63 6b 65 74 3a 20 Bucket:
0008: 33 34 37 32 35 31 36 36 34725166
0010: 38 0d 0a 8..

Maybe this will help? I have suspected the problem to be connected to
Flash Player for some time. Either that or Java.

:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driv...imation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I
try to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it
usually reboots my machine.

:

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

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In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot
in safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them
found some spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low
risk but I removed them anyway. As soon as I finished running these
and removing what they found I went right to the Weather.com site
and tried out the new interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city.
there is no blue screen no error to report, nothing. Just click to
change the transparancy setting or zoom the map and bam reboot. I
tried it several times and rebooted everytime. In fact oce it
rebooted just loading the page.

:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

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In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops
unexpectedly, then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new
map system they have there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was
reboot city again

:

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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down
the computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a
full system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe
Mode can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to
conceal themselves in areas Windows protects while using them.
Safe mode can prevent those applications access and therefore
unprotect the viruses or other malware allowing for easier
removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default
system services), just the minimum device drivers required to
start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is
easier to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

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In mdland55 <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7
and the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have
been experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs
while on the internet. I have never had the problem while using
any of the software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio
Media Creator or others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE
and clicking a link or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I
can be surfing and the next thing I know I click a link and bam
the computer reboots. I have kept everything updated to my
knowledge and installed the latest drivers for my hardware I can
find. It seems as though it is related to flash player of java
but not sure. I know that this morning I was checking out the
new map system the Weather Channel had switched to and my
computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots
occurred. I have tried numerous things to fix this problem such
as moving some of my PCI based cards to different slots, to no
avail. I have also checked the system board for swollen
capacitors which I've run into before on some IBM machines. None
swollen I could find. Sure hope someone can help here before I
blow this thing away and reload everything AGAIN.