Random restart

[John]

Every now and then, the system just randomly restarts
after sitting for a bit. It hasn't happened while I am
actively using it. I can find no reason or regularity to
it.

Does anyone know what might cause this and how to fix it??

[Harry Ohrn]

You can turn off the feature that instructs XP to autostart on system
failure. Right click on My Computer and select Properties->Advanced
Tab->Startup & Recovery section->Settings button->uncheck "Automatically
restart" Apply. This will give you a blue screen with info on it and you
will have to manually restart the computer. The info might give you an idea
whether or not the problem is hardware or software related. Spontaneous
reboots are often caused by heat so check your CPU fan and powersupply fan.
Or they can be caused by overclocking. Powersupply problems and poor
connections can also be culprits.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"John" > wrote in message
...
> Every now and then, the system just randomly restarts
> after sitting for a bit. It hasn't happened while I am
> actively using it. I can find no reason or regularity to
> it.
>
> Does anyone know what might cause this and how to fix it??