XP Random reboot when...

[Willie]

Rt Click My Computer, Properties, Advanced tab, Start up and
Recovery-settings, under system failure-uncheck automatically restart,
OK...When system crashes, it will display a BSOD with error message. Repost
with that error message as it appears.

Willie

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Do you see any Blue Screen which contains a Stop Code? If so could please
post the Stop Code. If you don't any Blue Screen:

Right click on My Computer, select Properties and then the Advanced tab.
Then click on Settings under 'Startup and Recovery' and disable
'Automatically restart'. Next time you get a BSOD you will be able to read
the Stop Code.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| A client of mine is having an issue with random reboots. This has been
| happening for a few weeks now. There has been no HW changes. OS will
| arbitrarily reboot at any given time. (moving files, browsing with IE,
after
| logon, and just recently while working in Word.)
|
| Nothing is appearing in the Event log. Unit is not hot. RAM exam and
| Troubleshooter is showing no signs of any HW issues going on at all.
|
| Any other suggestions ??? Thanks !!!
|
|

 

[Kenn]

A client of mine is having an issue with random reboots. This has been
happening for a few weeks now. There has been no HW changes. OS will
arbitrarily reboot at any given time. (moving files, browsing with IE, after
logon, and just recently while working in Word.)

Nothing is appearing in the Event log. Unit is not hot. RAM exam and
Troubleshooter is showing no signs of any HW issues going on at all.

Any other suggestions ??? Thanks !!!

 

[Kenn]

I just searched and found the same issue by Janice. I am going to check the
cables and put the HDD and CD-ROM on separate IDE channels. But I'd still
like some more suggestions. Thanks !!!

 

[Janice]

It's really frustrating isn't it? I had one system a few years ago doing
this and it turned out to be faulty PSU. Unfortunately not this time.

Have you checked the memory?

Have you got a BSOD with a stop code?

Janice

 

[Guest]

See if it restarts in Safe Mode. If it does, search for hardware problems. If doesn’t, try these:

Spyware Removal:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/windowsxpsolutions.htm

How to optimize Windows XP for the best performance:
http://www.fixyourwindows.com/optimizewindows.htm

Clean boot (Windows XP):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310353

Good Luck!

 

[Guest]

Do you have Norton Antivirus that has out of date subscriptions and sp2?

I had the same problem and XP reported it was a symantec driver causing the
problem so i uninstalled it and have had no problems since.

Hope this helps

Adam