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Name: stingerssx
Date: January 28, 2007 at 20:40:16 Pacific
OS: XP pro
CPU/Ram: 1.8ghz /\ 1 gig
Product: Me
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So, I came home the other day, and all three of my computers had been restarted. When I turned the monitors on, all three were at the logon screen. I have three desktops connected to the "infronet" and each other through a Linksys router with wireless G. The thing is that the wireless is disabled when not needed, and it was off that day. Before, I've come home and one computer would have been restarted, but not more than one. I had previously thought that the heat got to them, and they shut down. But they weren't shut down, just restarted. And, to add to the heat theory, it's winter time. Should I post a "Hijack This" log? All antivirus, and malware scanners come up clean.

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Name: Jennifer SUMN
Date: January 29, 2007 at 07:49:57 Pacific
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What do the Event Logs show? Are they all on the same circuit? Perhaps it was something as simple as a power surge. Do you have them connected to any type of UPS or surge protector?

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Name: clive_pearce
Date: January 29, 2007 at 08:34:22 Pacific
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could it be wake on LAN?


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Response Number 3
Name: rhi
Date: January 30, 2007 at 10:11:33 Pacific
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It must b something to do with power surge... also check logs.

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