Problems with Reboots

[Ferrett]

Windows XP just reboots it's self on it's own and I can't
stop it. When it reloads windows I can't use my keyboard
or mouse so I have to restart again.

Any help would be really helpful

[Frank]

This is usually caused by a driver problem. I have found that a bad driver
in the video or sound card can cause the problem. I would recommend getting
into safe mode by hitting F8 when the computer inititally starts up. Go
into the device manager and disable the sound card driver.
reboot and see if you still have the problems. If you don't it is the sound
card. Go to the manufacturer site and update the driver.
If it doesn't work try also uninstalling your video card driver. XP will
then load a generic driver which is XP certified. If everything works fine
it is the video card driver. Go to the manufacturer site and update the
driver.
I would also check out your mouse and keyboard driver to make sure they are
installed properly. You might want to uninstall them one at a time in the
safe mode and rebooting the computer. You might have to use the tab key to
move around to reboot once you uninstall the mouse driver.
"Ferrett" > wrote in message
...
> Windows XP just reboots it's self on it's own and I can't
> stop it. When it reloads windows I can't use my keyboard
> or mouse so I have to restart again.
>
> Any help would be really helpful

[Ron Martell]

"Ferrett" > wrote:

>Windows XP just reboots it's self on it's own and I can't
>stop it. When it reloads windows I can't use my keyboard
>or mouse so I have to restart again.
>
>Any help would be really helpful

To turn off the automatic restarts open Control Panel - System -
Advanced - Startup and Recovery Settings and clear the checkbox for
the "Automatically restart" item.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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