Computer Restarts Itself - Comments Page 3

hi there... i just had the problem of automatically restarting pc whenever i am downloading things from any website... why is it like that>???? so strange.. but if am not downloading any but just browsing, my pc works perfectly fine... am using mozilla by the way...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Does it happen every time, or just this once? It could be a download manager that's tripping you up.

I am using Windows XP. Recently I found that everytime I wanted to download a file from any site, my computer restarts. same thing happening when i wnat to use command line like start>run and typing any command.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Sounds like you may have a damaged system file. See http://askbobrankin.com/missing_or_damaged_dll_files.html

Hi there... i just had the problem of automatically restarting pc whenever i am downloading things from any website... why is it like that? So strange.. but if am not downloading any but just browsing, my pc works perfectly fine... am using mozilla by the way... I dont have any download manager installed.

EDITOR'S NOTE:Sounds like a virus or spyware problem.
I would remove all non-essential sotware packages and run thorough anti-virus and anti-spyware scans. It could even be your anti-virus program fighting with the browser or download manager. Switching to a new anti-virus might help also. See http://www.askbobrankin.com/should_i_buy_antispyware_or_antivirus_software.html

Thank you so much for the information on this site. I had problems with computer restarting for months now. Fixing computers for over 15 years I was At wits end and I had determined I was to carry it to the shop.

One last chance, I decided to look for information on the net again! FINALLY, Answers. The startup and recovery information solved all my computer problems! THANKS! I wonder what all the computer guy at the shop would have told me was wrong with it??? LOL Right here at Christmas too!

My computer restarts itself when an audio cd is inserted especially My Chemical Romance Cds any ideas or help?

EDITOR'S NOTE: What music player opens when you play a CD?

For the past several months I have been trying to debug a reboot problem. It seems that any time I go to a website that uses adobe or shockwave it will reboot. No BSOD. I have unplugged everything and it still occurs. I have swapped out RAM, CPU and video card. After cleaning up as many unused drivers, etc, I finally reformatted the hard drive, thinking that maybe there was some software glitch that I couldn't see... but no, it STILL reboots. Any help?? Please?

EDITOR'S NOTE: To rule out some bizarre Internet Explorer issue, have you tried visiting those sites with Firefox? And when you say you refomatted, do you mean you wiped everything from the disk, then re-installed Windows?

Whenever i double click on a game my computer restarts...After i have found this site i have unchecked the automatic restart but if i want to play any game a blue screa appears...what should i do!?...please i need to play!!! :))

EDITOR'S NOTE: Any game? Or just one specific game? Again, it could be faulty memory (RAM). Games typically stress a computer beyond typical word processing and web surfing, so if you have a bad spot in RAM, the game could trigger a fault.

HI MY PROBLEM IS SIMILAR, SHUTING DOWN WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION, MY SYSTEM RESTART BY IT SELF.
CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO 6400, 2 GB PC800 MB, CROSSFIRE 512 MB VIDEO CARD, 400 AND 320 GB HARD DRIVES.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Which of the troubleshooting steps in the article did you try?

My computer keeps restarting itself. I bought a new power supply but that wasn't the problem. I don't know what's the problem since its working properly but after about 20 minutes it restarts. Can anyone please help? This happened after a storm failed the electricity and entered the UPS. Exactly when the electricity came again, the computer started to restart every 20 minutes. Can anyone help?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Does bypassing the UPS make the problem go away?

I have the same problem as Brendon. My computer stay on for 1-10 min and then restarts. This is a recent problem. Started about a week ago. I repleaced the mobo, powersupply, graphics and reinstalled windows 2000 sp4 with rev1 and rev2. It made no difference. I ran mem-test and that ran for 1hr 30 min with no problems...but the computer restarts about 1-10 mins of booting in windows. Everything work well until the reboot. and after the reboot....I have to physically reset it at times to get it working or it just hangs at a black screen. Any advice will be very helpful. Thank You.