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January 26th, 2003 18:00

Computer Randomly Restarts

I have a Dell Dimension 8200. I bought it July 2002. It randomly restarts for no reason. It happens regardless of what program I am in, and it just jumps back to the bios screen. I have Windows XP Professional.
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    shesagordie

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    Posted January 26th, 2003 18:00

    Dave177.

    See if this will help.

    "By default when WinXP encounters a system failure, it reboots without warning. The setting that controls this can be changed:

    Control Panel/System/Advanced/Settings (Startup & Recovery)/System Failure/Uncheck-Automatically Restart. To view the event log: Admistrative Tools/Event Viewer or Start/Run/eventvwr."

    Bev.


     

     

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    Posted January 26th, 2003 18:00

    Oh my god, thats great. Thank you so much!!!! :) What is making my computer have a system failure though?
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    Posted January 26th, 2003 18:00

    Dave,

    perhaps you can help

    my dell dimension is now very, very slow to start up, loses any new desktop shortcuts, loses any default printer setting or internet settings and so on

     

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    shesagordie

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    Posted January 26th, 2003 19:00

    Dave177.

    I've no idea but when I get a new computer, that's one of the first things I "uncheck"

    Bev. 

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    1phatk5

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    Posted May 28th, 2003 10:00

    I am having the same problem with a 4100 running 98.

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