Re: Windows Xp Contant Restart Problem

This won't fix your problem, but it'll keep your machine from rebooting.

Unless the rebooting is caused by a hardware problem.

It may also help reading a BSOD. Blue Screen Of Death.

Choosing recovery actions if Windows stops unexpectedly.

Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab |
Click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery |
Under System Failure | UNCheck: Automatically restart |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Automatically restart
[[Specifies whether Windows will automatically reboot whenever the system
stops unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:74905422-C828-4A32-8D3A-9573A64628AD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
BradleyC <BradleyC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Hey, I am just writing this to try and get some information for a friend
of mine. His father is pretty computer illiterate and well he was using
it for an hour or so, and when my friend came back, his computer won't
stay in windows for more than 5 or so seconds without restarting.

I am not sure what his father might have done, but if he opens an
application up say a game, before it restarts... it seems to last alright
for a while. As you can probably tell, he doesn't want to have to open
games n stuff to keep windows active.

I am just wondering is there anything that might cause this constant
restart his dad could've got from using his hotmail? Say some sort of
attachment he had no idea was bad or something? Would a clean install of
XP fix it do you think?

All information is greatly appreciated
.