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Computer automatically re-starts
Name: Marcus Date: October 19, 2002 at 01:18:24 Pacific OS: Win XP Home CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon XP 1900+
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...after you have shut it down (power off). It may just take from a few minutes to even a few hours, but everytime you normally shut it down, it starts again, by itself. All updates are run in both OS and other software, so everything should be up-to-date. It's a totally new computer. Probably need to take it back to the dealer...
Name: paranoidam1 Date: October 19, 2002 at 04:31:34 Pacific
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Hi I had the same probs with my brand new pc. There is something called wake on lan in the Bios if it is enabled pc will switch on with phone line activity. I had to disable this but was advised not to attempt it if i was a novice. So I contacted pc manufacturer and they talked me through it over the phone. Hope this helps:o)
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Response Number 2
Name: Chuck Date: October 19, 2002 at 05:15:12 Pacific
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Windows XP Restarts Unexpectedly or Restarts When You Shut Down the Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q320299 -------------------- Windows XP Restarts When You Try to Shut Down Your Computer
Name: Richard Trahar Date: October 19, 2002 at 05:41:02 Pacific
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Yes I had a simmilar problem when I was runnin 3dmark 2001, it ran fine in it's default setting, but when ran it again with default settings and just put the resolution down to 640x600 16 bit it restarted automaticlly.
Summary: Computer keep re-booting upon start-up. Will re-boot around 3 times before it is suceesful starting up. I disable the auto-restart option as requested. Below is the error info. Error info: "Page fault...
Summary: I have this problem from last few days that my computer automatically Restarts. I have noticed that this happens more often if the sound is little high(when I play music) so i turn the volume on mute...
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