Jerry
December 12th 03, 06:44 PM
It's been a few days now since I have implemented the
before mentioned remedy to unforseen restarts. I haven't
had problems with my comp restarting by itself and I
haven't had problems with it locking up. However I have
gone up to two weeks without having my computer restart
itself.
Happy computing.
Jerry
>-----Original Message-----
>I have the same problem with Windows restarting at any
>given time. There are times I can be plugging away at
>FileMaker, Photoshop, Outlook, and an Internet Explorer
>page or two and I won't have a problem. Other days I
>can't get through an hour where I won't have one or two
>unforseen restarts. Just yesterday my computer
restarted
>while I was only using two Internet Explorer pages!
>
>I thought I was the only one with this problem.
>Everytime my machine restarts and I send an error
message
>I get the same response...one of my devices are causing
>the conflict.
>
>Oddly enough, my coworker (who also runs XP pro) has
>never had the problem I am experiencing. Then again he
>has never installed the XP Security Update 811493 which
>has a known problem to slow down your computer's
>performance. I, on the other hand, keep all my updates
>up to date. Could the underlying problem be in the
>security update? I don't know.
>
>I have encountered a website that discusses this
>particular issue, http://www.kellys-korner-
>xp.com/win_xp_restart.htm. Here is what they have to
say:
>
>By default when WinXP encounters a system failure, it
>reboots without warning. The setting that controls this
>can be changed:
>Control Panel/System/Advanced/Settings (Startup &
>Recovery)/System Failure/Uncheck-Automatically Restart.
>To view the event log: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer
>or Start/Run/eventvwr.To bypass the BSOD altogether and
>enable the instant "Auto Reboot" feature:
>Start/Run/Regedit
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Crash
C
>ontrol. Right click on "AutoReboot", modify and change
>the value to 1. Exit, reboot. To disable set the value
>back to 0.
>
>Because I cannot afford to have my computer restart in
>the middle of my work, I have just made this
modification
>and I let you know if I have any further problems. I am
>curious to see if the next time my computer encounters a
>problem if it will just freeze up and force me to
>manually restart my computer.
>
>....and WinXP is supposed to be a much more stable
>operating system...
>
>Jerry
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>Firstly thank you for reading my problem, I greatly
>>appreciate your time.
>>
>>I am having a hardware/os related problem. Whenever I
>>start to work with intense programes (Like Age Of
>>Mythology, Adobe Premiere, Adboe Photoshop .etc.,.) my
>>system becomes quite unstable and then just restarts.
It
>>happens quite often, almost everytime I run a big
>>application or I give my PC something big to do (Like
>>sort my mp3 list into alphabetical order). It's almost
>as
>>if someone has pushed the restart button on me. Any
>>idea's?
>>
>>Anthony.
>>.
>>
>.
>
before mentioned remedy to unforseen restarts. I haven't
had problems with my comp restarting by itself and I
haven't had problems with it locking up. However I have
gone up to two weeks without having my computer restart
itself.
Happy computing.
Jerry
>-----Original Message-----
>I have the same problem with Windows restarting at any
>given time. There are times I can be plugging away at
>FileMaker, Photoshop, Outlook, and an Internet Explorer
>page or two and I won't have a problem. Other days I
>can't get through an hour where I won't have one or two
>unforseen restarts. Just yesterday my computer
restarted
>while I was only using two Internet Explorer pages!
>
>I thought I was the only one with this problem.
>Everytime my machine restarts and I send an error
message
>I get the same response...one of my devices are causing
>the conflict.
>
>Oddly enough, my coworker (who also runs XP pro) has
>never had the problem I am experiencing. Then again he
>has never installed the XP Security Update 811493 which
>has a known problem to slow down your computer's
>performance. I, on the other hand, keep all my updates
>up to date. Could the underlying problem be in the
>security update? I don't know.
>
>I have encountered a website that discusses this
>particular issue, http://www.kellys-korner-
>xp.com/win_xp_restart.htm. Here is what they have to
say:
>
>By default when WinXP encounters a system failure, it
>reboots without warning. The setting that controls this
>can be changed:
>Control Panel/System/Advanced/Settings (Startup &
>Recovery)/System Failure/Uncheck-Automatically Restart.
>To view the event log: Administrative Tools/Event Viewer
>or Start/Run/eventvwr.To bypass the BSOD altogether and
>enable the instant "Auto Reboot" feature:
>Start/Run/Regedit
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Crash
C
>ontrol. Right click on "AutoReboot", modify and change
>the value to 1. Exit, reboot. To disable set the value
>back to 0.
>
>Because I cannot afford to have my computer restart in
>the middle of my work, I have just made this
modification
>and I let you know if I have any further problems. I am
>curious to see if the next time my computer encounters a
>problem if it will just freeze up and force me to
>manually restart my computer.
>
>....and WinXP is supposed to be a much more stable
>operating system...
>
>Jerry
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>Firstly thank you for reading my problem, I greatly
>>appreciate your time.
>>
>>I am having a hardware/os related problem. Whenever I
>>start to work with intense programes (Like Age Of
>>Mythology, Adobe Premiere, Adboe Photoshop .etc.,.) my
>>system becomes quite unstable and then just restarts.
It
>>happens quite often, almost everytime I run a big
>>application or I give my PC something big to do (Like
>>sort my mp3 list into alphabetical order). It's almost
>as
>>if someone has pushed the restart button on me. Any
>>idea's?
>>
>>Anthony.
>>.
>>
>.
>