Pc Restarts

[ragzinc]

i recently installed office xp on my system...the 404,602 kb version......no service pack installed just basic stuff.....now every time i start up normally...my system reboots.....just out of the blue....i can be connected to the net....it reboots....i'm not connected...it still reboots...no particular timing...i could also be playing a game it reboots.......i checked to see how much RAM i had free....i had between 40-45 MB free...i normally had 70-80 MB free on start up so i checked for viruses...none...with norton and trojan remover...went through the registry from top to bottom...stilll nothing.....i uninstalled office xp ...it still happens...what do i do????

[DalamarDarklord]

ouch, best bet might be to back everything up, reformat, and reinstall...

[Los]

NOOO
DONT DO THAT

RIGHT CLICK MY COMPUTER AND CLICK ON PROPERTIES
THEN GO TO START UP AND RECOVERY AND UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT

ITS THAT SIMPLE THAT SHOULD FIX IT

[DalamarDarklord]

Ahh woopz.. that's right, forgot that XP did that, ya, listen to Los

[ragzinc]

thanks...i'm so ashamed that i didn't think of that.......

[Los]

yeah lost of people dont know about that option/feature....right when you buy your PC you should DISABLE IT!!!

[Dombler]

You need at least 264 mb of ram to run XP.

[nizers]

Ragzinc... post what the error code is. I'm just curious because i recently had a similar problem, along with a couple of my friends and my parents. I think it might be klez related but have done a search for klez files using symantecs klez removal program. I think that there's a new strain of the virus out right now.

["The Avatar Man"]

what is auto reboot supposed to do exactly?
what purpose does it serve?
mine is turned on and this never happenned.
it's only supposed to do it on a system crash so if it's rebooting then something is still wrong

[nizers]

it protects your harddrive from becoming totally f**ked up.