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XP leads a life of its own
My desktop pc (XP sp3, 512 MB mem, 160gb HD, 6 years of age) has taken the
habbit to stop and restart all by itself on an intermittent base, sometimes twice a day say while doing some Excel work f.i., sometimes while some other programme is running, like this morning when I was making a back-up running Paragon Drive Back up 9.0. Some days nothing happens at all and everything is running fine. Does any of the learned specialists have some advice to offer? Thx Alver |
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On 11/12/2009 11:30 AM On a whim, Alver pounded out on the keyboard
My desktop pc (XP sp3, 512 MB mem, 160gb HD, 6 years of age) has taken the habbit to stop and restart all by itself on an intermittent base, sometimes twice a day say while doing some Excel work f.i., sometimes while some other programme is running, like this morning when I was making a back-up running Paragon Drive Back up 9.0. Some days nothing happens at all and everything is running fine. Does any of the learned specialists have some advice to offer? Thx Alver Hi Alver, Those are the hardest to t-shoot. I have a similar workstation that will freeze randomly. Sometimes it will go for weeks, other times it freezes day after day. But only once in a day. Can't figure that one out, at least yet. I would make sure the vents, fans, etc. inside the box are free of dust buildup. Heat can cause freezing, rebooting, etc. Make sure automatic restart is disabled: Click Start, Run, type sysdm.cpl and click OK Click Advanced tab, and Settings button under Startup and Recovery. Under System failure, uncheck Automatically restart. If the system blue screens, write down the explanation and codes. Google search them. Try running in Windows Safe Mode w/Networking (reboot, press F8 repeatedly until menu appears, select your option). If everything works, you may have a buggy driver (video card, etc). Report back, Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. |
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XP leads a life of its own
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:30:20 +0100, "Alver"
wrote: My desktop pc (XP sp3, 512 MB mem, 160gb HD, 6 years of age) has taken the habbit to stop and restart all by itself on an intermittent base, You are presumably blue-screening and are set to the default (a poor default, in my view) of rebooting when that happens. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. On the "Advanced" tab, under "Startup and Recovery," click "Settings," then under "System failure," uncheck the box "Automatically restart." That will prevent it from restarting and keep the blue screen up. Then you will be to read the blue screen and copy down what it says. Post back with that information for more help. sometimes twice a day say while doing some Excel work f.i., sometimes while some other programme is running, like this morning when I was making a back-up running Paragon Drive Back up 9.0. Some days nothing happens at all and everything is running fine. Does any of the learned specialists have some advice to offer? It's very likely a hardware issue, but do the above to get more info. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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XP leads a life of its own
Hi, I have not seen a blue screen for years. I also checked the System
failure and "Automatically restart" was unchecked. So where do I go from here? rgds Alver "Ken Blake, MVP" schreef in bericht ... On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:30:20 +0100, "Alver" wrote: My desktop pc (XP sp3, 512 MB mem, 160gb HD, 6 years of age) has taken the habbit to stop and restart all by itself on an intermittent base, You are presumably blue-screening and are set to the default (a poor default, in my view) of rebooting when that happens. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. On the "Advanced" tab, under "Startup and Recovery," click "Settings," then under "System failure," uncheck the box "Automatically restart." That will prevent it from restarting and keep the blue screen up. Then you will be to read the blue screen and copy down what it says. Post back with that information for more help. sometimes twice a day say while doing some Excel work f.i., sometimes while some other programme is running, like this morning when I was making a back-up running Paragon Drive Back up 9.0. Some days nothing happens at all and everything is running fine. Does any of the learned specialists have some advice to offer? It's very likely a hardware issue, but do the above to get more info. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003 Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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