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This sounds like a virus or a fatal hardware error, and it could be a lot of things. I recommend backing up your data on to hard disks as soon as possible and then reformatting windows.

It may be a fatal error that is causing the computer to restart. You can easily stop the restart problem by changing your system

features to restrict automatic startup when your computer's having a problem. Here is how:

Use System Failure Settings to Stop Automatic Restarts.

1. Click Start and Open the Control Panel

2. Go to System and Maintenance, Click on System.

3. Select Advanced System Settings and choose Advance tab.

4. Under Startup and Recovery, click on Settings.

5. Under System failure uncheck Automatically restart.

Hope this helps!

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download and install superantispyware. Check for updates, then click Preferences Button >Repair Tab. Run the repair boot sector fix.

The following is for your info, you can do it if you want, I do every time I get a problem.

From my notes

Also while your computer is in good nick you should download and install Superantispyware and Spybot –Search and Destroy because when malware gets going you will not be able to access the net.

Clean Up Computer

Superantispyware

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http://www.superantispyware.com/

Has a stop homepage from being altered which is good

Can reset windows defaults in various parts

Download and run superantispyware. I was put onto this program because of an annoying popup (XP or Vista plus all OS preceding)

Install it and set the preferences to monitor your home page.

Set up tick boxes that you want in the other tabs as you require.

You don’t need to run it at startup unless you want the antispyware protection 24/7.

Note Superantispyware has powerful reset tools that will set stuff back to windows defaults.

To use these tools click preferences >repairs. This may be handy to reset IE URLS if you have annoying pop ups.

Superantispyware is a good program and remember to update it before scanning. A scan may take 45mins. Just run a scan for the first attack.

Spybot – Search and Destroy

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Download spybot search and destroy. Through its immunize page and link to javacools spyblaster, spybot can manage activex problems which is extremely difficult for antispyware programs to find. Also just run the scan for first attack.

http://www.spybot.info/en/download/index.html

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Windows Live Onecare

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Onecare safety scan fixes registry and finds temp files that nothing else seems to find.

Choose the Beta Edition link for vista users.

It does registry, spyware , virus , disk clean up and defrag

XP Users http://onecare.live.com/site/en-ca/defau...

Vista Users

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-ca/center/whatsnew...

Run the full safety scanner, it takes a few seconds to install the scanning files but when you start the scan, it takes 2 hours or more. Let it load the scanning tools, then start the Safety Scan. So once it starts to load the safety scans' x file of x , you can leave the computer and go to bed etc.

Then at the end of the scan it asks you to set it running full time.

Think twice about setting it to run in the background as it could be another thing to slow you down. However, it may be worth while if you have no other security programs running.

Consider the following options:

I personally run Norton 360 which is full internet security and run superantispyware when I want to.

So if you don’t have a decent internet security program then perhaps run the superantispyware with your antivirus in the background.

If you sick of antivirus programs that don’t work perhaps run onecare full time and run superantispyware whenever.

Now you should be flying and Onecare has even set up a new system restore point for you.

Note onecare does other stuff as well. Click on the menus on the LHS column., but all of this is done if you click Safety Scan.

add onecare to your favourites

IE7

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Over time IE7 seems to set its own (or programs do) tick boxes in the advance tab.

In IE7 Tools >Internet Options >Advance Tab

Click Restore advance settings defaults button.

Then scroll the listings down to near the bottom and:

Tick empty temp files when browser closes (this empties the cache, which if not empty, will stop you from going online).

Bullet disable phishing filter (optional. Leave it on if you want that type of protection, usually for financial data like internet banking)

Delete Browser History, cookies, add ons, the whole lot regularly.

Close the browser to set the settings.

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NOTE: 2008 will be the year of add on malware and spyware. I advise NOT to install active x when asked to on unknown websites. If you allow an active x install and it contains adware or such, no antivirus or anti-spyware will find it, because you have given permission to install it. The cleanup programs think that you want it installed. It will be very difficult to remove.

Phishing Filter

When first released, phishing filter slowed IE7. Apparently, Microsoft has fixed this through the windows updates. If you like you could try to run it - bullet the enable.

Only run one phishing filter program, and only run one firewall program.

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Fixing Your Computer

Run the scans of the three programs above. If your computer is still faulty then you have to go deeper with the features mentioned.

Compliments Chezzrob

It could be either hardware or software problem.

Check all the hardware devices. See if the computer restarts when you load some heavy memory apps. then it could be the RAM.

if the comp restarts when u use USB or DVD or heavy graphic, it could be the power output. try formatting the disk and reload OS. if the problem is resolved, then it is cause of software.

Power units are known to cause computers to restart when it starts to fail. It is one of the known symptoms. Other hardware failures such as a bad Ram module can cause the restart symptom. If you are not able to test your hardware then bring it in a repair shop to have them find the device that is faulting.

the excuses: a million. the laptop does not have plenty cooler device: verify the followers. 2. Virus concern:Use Anti-virus to test the laptop 3. OS concern: Boot your laptop with your OS setting up CD and attempt do the 2d factor. all the perfect

Either bad RAM or Video Card

What's your os? When I ran win Me it restarted all the time. But with Xp it never does. If I were you, I'd format. but then, that's just me.