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Why does my computer shut down automatically?

Why does my computer shut down automatically?

  • My computer turns off automatically. And it gives a warning that it will shut down and restart after 60 sec.

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    OK When Windows XP encounters a serious error it automatically re-boots the computer. The best thing to do is to turn off automatic re-boots so that you have the chance to see any error messages being displayed, which you can use to further troubleshoot the problem. To prevent automatic restarts, follow these steps: 1/. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties. 2/. Click Advanced and under Startup and Recovery, click Settings. 3/. Untick the option Automatically restart. 4/. Click OK > OK. Now with Automatic restart cancelled you should receive an error report, which will help you to find out what hardware/software is causing the restarts.

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Sounds like the Windows Updater to me. Or it could be spyware. Google offers a nice, free pack of software that includes both an antivirus and an antispyware scanner. I had good luck cleaning up my computer and bringing it back to life using these tools. Plus, you can trust it since it comes from Google and not some no-name software company. http://www.removaladvisor.com/freesoft.html Good luck!

cd_austin

maybe because the power supply wont be nice... sometimess it happens, it didnt happen to me on my PC. but i seen it happen before many times i dont know why it does that??

MasterRaffi

I had a similar experience.my laptop would turn off after a while.I figured out my own problem,as no one could tell me why it was over heating,and I had too turn it back on, manually,myself. Also,listening to the fan in my computer was getting louder.I was told after lots of tec.help.... to take it in and spend $300.00 to get it fixed.Tec.help also told me I had a virus..I followed my own intuitions..instead. I blew the fan in my laptop out .It was just a little bit of dust and it purrs again.Nice and quiet.I hope that dust might be your problem.

the diesel

I had that and it was malware. Back up your personal data and install Linux instead. Linux users never worry about malware.

Darrell

Have you reviewed your "power options" in the Control Panel?

TheHumbleOne

possibly installing updates.

doneit

3 reasons virus, over heating or not enough ram or hard drive.

Sagar

Make sure you dont' have a virus. I had something similar to that. Everytime I went online a virus killed my RPC which caused the computer to restart after 30seconds

Stephen

90% that you've got virus at your system. 10% is just temporary problem. If this problem persist then you should check for the virus :)

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