Re: Windows XP reset on start-up

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From: ras (ras_nb_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/24/05


Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 17:55:07 -0600

Are you getting any additional POST beeps that you normally don't? Could be
failing hardware or a card that's not seated well.

"SmallBusGuy" <SmallBusGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:142A66E3-E66F-45B7-BA7D-62D020732D78@microsoft.com...
> Randomly, during Windows start-up my computer restarts itself trys
restarting
> windows. This occurs while the Windows XP splash screen is displayed and
the
> progress bar about 3/4 of the way down the screen is moving back and
forth.
> The progress bar stops moving and the computer immediately restarts.
> Sometimes it will get to the Windows XP splash screen and continue and
other
> times it will get there and restart again and again. Usually after 3 or 4
> restarts it completes properly. I have run virus scans, and ad-ware scans
> with nothing found. SP2 has been installed. Any thoughts would be
> appreciated.



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