Re: Inadvertant reboots

I ran Prime 95 torture test for 7+ hours on my PC as suggested by a group
member to test memory and processor. No problems or errors were detected.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

www.weather.com or is there more to the url?

#%^#$%#$% popunders. I use http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crh/ The Weather
Channel can KMA.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:AF9F828A-2F38-41CA-BADA-94EF4299B3A8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mdland55 <mdland55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I ran antivirus (Trend Micro) adaware and spybot. Adaware and spybot in
safe mode. Antivirus would not run safe mode. Everyone of them found some
spyware etc and cleaned them. All were considered low risk but I removed
them anyway. As soon as I finished running these and removing what they
found I went right to the Weather.com site and tried out the new
interactive map again. Wham bam reboot city. there is no blue screen no
error to report, nothing. Just click to change the transparancy setting
or zoom the map and bam reboot. I tried it several times and rebooted
everytime. In fact oce it rebooted just loading the page.

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

Did the antivirus or anti-spyware turn up anything?

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:E02D492D-2249-4D50-A66C-4C7D3B03BD16@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mdland55 <mdland55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Well I tried the unchecking auto reboot when Windows stops unexpectedly,
then I went right to Weather.com and tried the new map system they have
there. Trie to Zoom the map then BAM it was reboot city again

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

This won't fix your problem, but it'll keep your machine from
rebooting, unless the rebooting is caused by a hardware problem. To
fix that you need to fix the 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.]]

Windows XP restarts unexpectedly or restarts when you shut down the
computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320299

random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the internet.

That sounds screwy...

UPDATE your antivirus software and run a full system scan.

UPDATE whatever anti-spyware applications that you have and run a full
system scan with each one.

You might want to start in Safe Mode to run your antivirus and
anti-spyware software.

Running a full system antivirus scan or anti-spyware scan in Safe Mode
can be a good idea. Some viruses and other malware like to conceal
themselves in areas Windows protects while using them. Safe mode can
prevent those applications access and therefore unprotect the viruses
or other malware allowing for easier removal.

''In safe mode, you have access to only basic files and drivers
(mouse, monitor, keyboard, mass storage, base video, default system
services), just the minimum device drivers required to start Windows.''

Because of that some malware does not load in Safe Mode and is easier
to get rid of.

How to start Windows in Safe Mode Windows XP
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/index.php?showtutorial=61#winxo

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:4457C5EE-742D-4A98-A16C-4FC153C91B67@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mdland55 <mdland55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
I am running a Dell GX300 with 512 meg ram Windows XP pro, IE 7 and
the latest Flash player and Java. For some time now I have been
experiencing random reboots of my system. It only occurs while on the
internet. I have never had the problem while using any of the
software loaded on my machine such as Office, Roxio Media Creator or
others. I t can happen shortly after opening IE and clicking a link
or may not happen for 30 minuets or more. I can be surfing and the
next thing I know I click a link and bam the computer reboots. I have
kept everything updated to my knowledge and installed the latest
drivers for my hardware I can find. It seems as though it is related
to flash player of java but not sure. I know that this morning I was
checking out the new map system the Weather Channel had switched to
and my computer rebooted 3 times while doing this. I was trying to
adjust the trasparency and zoom the map when the reboots occurred. I
have tried numerous things to fix this problem such as moving some of
my PCI based cards to different slots, to no avail. I have also
checked the system board for swollen capacitors which I've run into
before on some IBM machines. None swollen I could find. Sure hope
someone can help here before I blow this thing away and reload
everything AGAIN.


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