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[Al Schmidt]

I have just upgraded to Win 7. About three times a week, I return to my
computer and find it has shut down. It takes a long time to boot up after
this and I get a message "searching for a solution, but no answers given.
Anyone else had this problem?

Thanks

[Agent_C]

On Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:43:36 -0500, "Al Schmidt" >
wrote:

>I have just upgraded to Win 7. About three times a week, I return to my
>computer and find it has shut down. It takes a long time to boot up after
>this and I get a message "searching for a solution, but no answers given.
>Anyone else had this problem?


1) Change your Startup and Recovery settings so your computer doesn't
automatically restart in the event of a catastrophic error. What's on
the screen after such an event can be very revealing. Right-Click on
My Computer... Advanced system settings... Startup and recovery...
Uncheck 'Automatically restart'.

2) Go into; Control Panel... System & Security... Administrative
Tools... Select 'View event logs'. There's a wealth of information
there that can lead you to the source of the problem.

A_C

[Dave-UK[_2_]]

"Al Schmidt" > wrote in message ...
> I have just upgraded to Win 7. About three times a week, I return to my
> computer and find it has shut down. It takes a long time to boot up after
> this and I get a message "searching for a solution, but no answers given.
> Anyone else had this problem?
>
> Thanks
>

Do you leave it on permanently, like 24 hours a day ?

[Al Schmidt]

"Dave-UK" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Al Schmidt" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I have just upgraded to Win 7. About three times a week, I return to my
>> computer and find it has shut down. It takes a long time to boot up after
>> this and I get a message "searching for a solution, but no answers given.
>> Anyone else had this problem?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Do you leave it on permanently, like 24 hours a day ?
>
>
Sometimes. Other times I come back fro lunch to find the computer off.

Al

[Dave-UK[_2_]]

"Al Schmidt" > wrote in message ...
>
>
> "Dave-UK" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Al Schmidt" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I have just upgraded to Win 7. About three times a week, I return to my
>>> computer and find it has shut down. It takes a long time to boot up after
>>> this and I get a message "searching for a solution, but no answers given.
>>> Anyone else had this problem?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>> Do you leave it on permanently, like 24 hours a day ?
>>
>>
> Sometimes. Other times I come back fro lunch to find the computer off.
>
> Al
>

Have a look here:
Control Panel
System and Security
Action Center
Maintenance > drop down menu > View Reliability history.
Select to view by Days and click on an item to view details.
There may be something listed there that will be a clue.