Can anyone tell me why my computer suddenly start re-booting by itself while doing anything ? It happen while surfing and then again while playing AoE. Is there an auto re-boot on error or something in XP Pro or what ? I've never seen that happening before today.

More detail need it CPU: Board: OS: RAM: Etc...

Go to: 1 -Start / settings / control panel / system 2- Choose the ADVANCE TAB 3- START UP & RECOVERY [ SETTINGS ] 4- IN THE SYSTEM FAILURE, UNCHECK "Automatically Restart "

Thanks DrColt73

Well an easier way is to right click on "My Computer", choose Properties, Select the Advanced tab, and click the settings button on the bottom (Startup and recovery). (I had some trouble finding it from the control panel). Anyway, it depends on how the reboots occur. If the restart is instant with no warning, I would think it's a hardware problem. Particularly if no changes to the system have been made earlier. This could be caused by a failing power supply, loose power connector on the hard drives, CPU overheat, or defective motherboard. One way to test this is to run a benchmark program like sisoft sandra and leave it alone. If it suddenly restarts you have a hardware problem. Tek.

WOW!! And OUCH!!! Thanks for that !! Never saw/noticed that nasty little checkbox there before... Great tip !!

Thanks Tek, I'll check it out, actually it started after some Kazaalite 2.0 download, Havent have it occur since I've done DrColt advise, But, I say BUT I havent really done anything either, no time to play ! I've also ran SpyBoth and deleted all that crap that the suppose to have no spyware Kazaalite have install and we'll see . I'll let you guys know if the problem persist. Thanks to all Martin