[Harrison Higgs]

Several times I have had Windows XP shutdown and restart with any reason (eg
no restart software loaded, or keyboard shortcut etc). It would just close
down and restart much to my horror! No idea about how to correct or even
start how to solve. Any ideas or solutions?

[Rock]

Harrison Higgs wrote:
> Several times I have had Windows XP shutdown and restart with any reason (eg
> no restart software loaded, or keyboard shortcut etc). It would just close
> down and restart much to my horror! No idea about how to correct or even
> start how to solve. Any ideas or solutions?

First thing to do is turn off automatic restart on error. Right click
My Computer | Properties | Advanced | Startup and Recovery Settings.
Untic automatically restart. Ok out. Next time the system restarts it
might go to a blue screen with an error message. Post back with the
text of that message verbatim.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[S.Sengupta]

when a system failure is encountered the system automatically
restarts.Have you checked power management?
Look at the Event Viewer if you get any clue.
Do you get any error?
To prevent the system from automatically restarting:

Right click [My Computer] click [Properties] and select [Advanced] tab.
Click the [Settings] button in the [Startup and Recovery] section.
Remove the checkmark from [Automatically Restart] in [System Failure]
section.

Pay particular attention to these messages as they may provide valuable
clues to shutdown issues.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP


Harrison Higgs wrote:

> Several times I have had Windows XP shutdown and restart with any reason (eg
> no restart software loaded, or keyboard shortcut etc). It would just close
> down and restart much to my horror! No idea about how to correct or even
> start how to solve. Any ideas or solutions?

[Kelly]

In addition:

Using an NNTP Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/guide/nntpnews.mspx

For a better way to access these newsgroups look here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];newswhelp

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com



"Harrison Higgs" <Harrison Higgs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:396C99F2-AACF-4270-BD62-88102E269F92@microsoft.com...
> Several times I have had Windows XP shutdown and restart with any reason
> (eg
> no restart software loaded, or keyboard shortcut etc). It would just close
> down and restart much to my horror! No idea about how to correct or even
> start how to solve. Any ideas or solutions?

[Harrison Higgs]

Thanks for the feedback, I will make the changes and monitor

"Harrison Higgs" wrote:

> Several times I have had Windows XP shutdown and restart with any reason (eg
> no restart software loaded, or keyboard shortcut etc). It would just close
> down and restart much to my horror! No idea about how to correct or even
> start how to solve. Any ideas or solutions?