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Laptop reboots
Name: Rane3 Date: November 5, 2007 at 08:04:21 Pacific OS: Vista CPU/Ram: Centrino Due Product: Dell
Comment:
My laptop reboots itself randomly. These are the following errors I get:
"dcom server process launcher service terminated unexpectedly" OR "plug and play service terminated unexpectedly"
And then I get a countdown timer and the system reboots. I have run anitvirus, Spybot, Spyware Terminator, HiJack This, there's no reason to believe its a trojan/worm/virus.
Name: Rane3 Date: November 6, 2007 at 06:41:53 Pacific
Reply:
So you still think its a virus? Not something else?
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Response Number 3
Name: Cody (by codyrichter) Date: November 6, 2007 at 12:37:03 Pacific
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i'm gonna guess it some new hard ware, unplugg all usb and firewire stuff and see if it still does it. did u recently add any other compnent to ur comp?
Always back up...I JUST LOST 287 gigs entertainment!
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Response Number 4
Name: jefro Date: November 6, 2007 at 14:58:31 Pacific
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event viewer
I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.
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Response Number 5
Name: Rane3 Date: November 6, 2007 at 19:18:15 Pacific
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No new hardware or usb/firewire devices installed.
Event viewer tells me that service control manager.exe is to blame. I can't do anything with that either ...
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Response Number 6
Name: mavis007 Date: November 11, 2007 at 23:34:34 Pacific
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have you tried a safe mode restore ??
... to way back
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Response Number 7
Name: Rane3 Date: November 12, 2007 at 07:07:33 Pacific
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Restore has been disabled. I hate that feature for some reason, and no I don't wish I had left it on even now. :)
Still trying to figure this one out ...
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Response Number 8
Name: mavis007 Date: November 14, 2007 at 10:16:42 Pacific
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...google'd info (xp) from recovery console:
... To see the current status of all Services and drivers installed on your system, type LISTSVC. You’ll see the Service or driver name, its status (Auto, Boot, System, Manual or Disabled) and possibly a brief description ... To disable a suspect item just type DISABLE [NAME], where [NAME] is the name of the Service or driver listed. ... To re-enable a device from the Recovery Console, use the ENABLE command in the same way as DISABLE - type ENABLE /?
... sure Vista wo'nt be too different(?)
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Response Number 9
Name: Rane3 Date: November 14, 2007 at 16:45:58 Pacific
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Thanks for the info, but isn't the service supposed to be running in the first place? Wont turning it off have some negative effects on laptop? I don't know enough about it ...
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Response Number 10
Name: mavis007 Date: November 21, 2007 at 18:12:34 Pacific
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