My pc today restarted by itself 2 times, need help please

[Dominic]

I have windoews xp home edition. My pc today restarted by
itself 2 times and yesterday 1 or 2 times.

Ususally what is the problem when a pc restarts by itself?

Recently I had a low memory problem. But right now my
vitual memory is set to "system managed size" Maybe I
still don't have the right settings. Could this be my
problem?

I did a virus scan yesterday too and I don't have any
virus. My virus defenitons were updated.

ALSO a few times my start up of windows was really slow.

Maybe it's a memory problem. What do you guys think???

 

[Kelly]

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).

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[jim teakles]

check the bios setting for network pinging etc, turn it
off.

 

[Dominic]

So what is the best thing to do? Should I just
uncheck "automaticly restart"???

I also went to my event log and I tried to find entries
with the number 1075. But I don't see it.

-----Original Message-----
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).

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm

I have windoews xp home edition. My pc today restarted by
itself 2 times and yesterday 1 or 2 times.

Ususally what is the problem when a pc restarts by itself?

Recently I had a low memory problem. But right now my
vitual memory is set to "system managed size" Maybe I
still don't have the right settings. Could this be my
problem?

I did a virus scan yesterday too and I don't have any
virus. My virus defenitons were updated.

ALSO a few times my start up of windows was really slow.

Maybe it's a memory problem. What do you guys think???

.