System restarts automatically because of a STOP error and if XP is
configured to "Automatically Restart" on errors. In this case, exact error
is unknown.
So, you want to uncheck the "Automatically Restart" option and next time,
system won't reboot again. Instead it shows the STOP blue screen. There you
can identify which driver is causing the error.
Click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and
then click System.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
Under System Failure, select the check boxes that correspond to the actions
that you want Windows to perform if a sever error occurs.
Uncheck "Automatically restart"
Automatically restart specifies that Windows will automatically restart your
computer.
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~ Please reply to newsgroup ~
I recently re-installed win xp after getting some
viruses. I have bought and installed norton anti-virus
2003. Now whenever I do a system search for a file, or
try to install windows updates, my computer resarts
without warning?! Any ideas out there?
