Re: Inadvertant reboots

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http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/map/interactive/USAR0396?from=36hour_map_large&animation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

I do not have that POS.

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:25453411-3B7F-4C9B-BE34-9942533D2A56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
mdland55 <mdland55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:

http://www.weather.com/outlook/driving/interstate/map/interactive/USAR0396?from=36hour_map_large&animation=true&zoom=7&interactiveMapLayer=radar

Above is an example of the portion of the site I use regularly. When I try
to change the transparncy of the map or zoom in and out is when it usually
reboots my machine.

"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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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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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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