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Peter Foldes
XP shuts down all by itself unexpectedly. Can someone advise on possible error or fix please.
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Ronnie Vernon MVP
Peter said:XP shuts down all by itself unexpectedly. Can someone advise on
possible error or fix please.
Thank you
Peter
The system is encountering a fatal error and you have the option set for it
to automatically restart when this occurs. Open Control
Panel/System/Advanced tab/Start Up and Recovery section/Settings button.
Remove the check mark from the Automatically Restart option. This will allow
the error to be displayed the next time it occurs.
You might also want to go to Start/Run and type: eventvwr.msc and press
OK. In the event Viewer, click on each of the items in the left side menu
and look for any Red X error messages that correspond to the last time this
behavior happened. Double click the entry to see the details of the error.
This may give you a clue as to program/hardware is causing the problem.
Another thing to look at is Start/Run, type: msinfo32 and press OK.
Expand the Components item and click on the Problem Devices. If there is an
entry for a hardware device there, it could be where the problem is coming
from.
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Peter Foldes
Thank you very much Ronnie. Much appreciated.
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Ronnie Vernon MVP
Peter said:Thank you very much Ronnie. Much appreciated.
Peter
Your Welcome, Hope this helped.
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Peter Foldes
Ronnie Vernon MVP said:Peter
The system is encountering a fatal error and you have the option set for it
to automatically restart when this occurs. Open Control
Panel/System/Advanced tab/Start Up and Recovery section/Settings button.
Remove the check mark from the Automatically Restart option. This will allow
the error to be displayed the next time it occurs.
You might also want to go to Start/Run and type: eventvwr.msc and press
OK. In the event Viewer, click on each of the items in the left side menu
and look for any Red X error messages that correspond to the last time this
behavior happened. Double click the entry to see the details of the error.
This may give you a clue as to program/hardware is causing the problem.
Another thing to look at is Start/Run, type: msinfo32 and press OK.
Expand the Components item and click on the Problem Devices. If there is an
entry for a hardware device there, it could be where the problem is coming
from.
--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User
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Peter Foldes
Ronnie
Upon removing the Automatic Restart option I got the error. The argument was addressed at an address and it pointed to the Video Card. Had a spare and threw it in and the problem was solved. Again thank you and very much appreciated.
Upon removing the Automatic Restart option I got the error. The argument was addressed at an address and it pointed to the Video Card. Had a spare and threw it in and the problem was solved. Again thank you and very much appreciated.
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Ronnie Vernon MVP
Peter said:Ronnie
Upon removing the Automatic Restart option I got the error. The
argument was addressed at an address and it pointed to the Video
Card. Had a spare and threw it in and the problem was solved. Again
thank you and very much appreciated.
Peter
Your very welcome, glad this helped.
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Microsoft MVP
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