[ChadGore]

Give me an L . . .give me an I . . .give me an N . . .give me a U . . . give me an X

[passionfruit]

Get a Macintosh!

[cripplecreek]

I was wondering what this switch does.

[So Cal Rocket]

I believe there was a virus of some sort running around a few weeks ago that would shut down Windows.

Do you have up-to-date virus software on your computer and have you run a virus scan lately?

[rightisright]

If it does not give you an error message (like a countdown, which was the clue for those worms a few months ago) I would suggest it could be the following: Bad Memory (not likely), Bad Power Supply, Overheating (get another fan).

If the computer stays up long enough, go into Control Panels, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer and The the System Tab, look for any Red/White X's and Tell us what it says

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Check the cooling fan on your processor. Processors can overheat very quickly (especially AMD processors) if the fan unit isn't properly mounted, or isn't working at all. Also, check your BIOS settings to see if some other threshold isn't being exceeded.

[wireplay]

Most likely it is blue-screening due to a hardware conflict but you have it set up to reboot instead of showing the error. Think back on any hardware you may have added. Also do a Winodws update and a BIOS update to be sure you have the latest drivers.

If you are administrator, go into the following:

Start --> Administrative Tools --> Events. Find the events in red and then go to this website to try and resolve:

http://www.eventid.net/

[Sarah]

My husband is a computer genious! And when that happenned to me he installed every anti virus fire wall etc available.
The real problem? Overheated! All the upgrading of hardware had outgrown the fan.
Best, Sarah

[ECM]

Not enough info to diagnose--have you considered reformatting and reinstalling Windows?

[LakeLady]

I don't know why you're having that problem, but starting around 11:00 PM CDT last night, through now, I've been getting kicked off every 10-15 mins. According to my ISP there's something weird going on all over the Internet. But I was wondering if you or anyone else is having the same problem I am. I'm running XP on a dial up.

[GummyIII]

Desktop or laptop? How old? If a desktop, is there a chance your RAM has become unseated?

[JennysCool]

Here's another vote for overheating. Had the problem a few months back.

[tje]

Look at your event viewer. It might give you a clue.

[PilloryHillary]

Your problem sounds just like when my power supply went a few months ago.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

My money is on a virus. Checking for a virus a month or so ago is not adequate. You should check at least once a week (or heck once a day). Your anti-virus software must be up to date for all of this stuff to work.

[.38sw]

Mine started to do that awhile back, then the restarting increased in frequency. Turned out that the mother board had gone bad and needed to be replaced.

[Osage Orange]

I'd say George W. Bush...was probably in your PC causing unilateral havoc.

I'd call John Kerry...and see if he would be more sensitive to your needs.

FWIW-

[GummyIII]

Update your antivirus software, then reboot into safe mode. Run the antivirus in safe mode with no network connections.

[CA Conservative]

It's probably the Sasser virus - if you get a box that pops up that mentions the NT System Authority and lssas.exe, it is Sasser. You will need to install the proper security updates and update your virus definition files to correct the problem.

[Mike1973]

Possibly the fans on the power supply has gone out. It used to happen to me. What happens is that, you computer gets hot and the power supply cuts out, to keep the computer from frying. The only thing that you can do, is replace the power supply.