[Slainte]

By default XP is set to restart anytime you would have gotten a BSOD in a previous version of Windows. Stupid design decision.

If you can stay running long enough, you can change the behavior by right clicking My Computer, Advanced, Startup and Recovery Settings, and uncheck Automatically Restart.

It doesn't resolve the error condition, but at least you get a chance to figure out what's causing the error condition.

Here’s the release notes ("errata" list) for SP1-
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q324722

[jude24]

I havent seen WinXP do that yet. Win2k used to occasionally.

[zeromus]

By default XP is set to restart anytime you would have gotten a BSOD in a previous version of Windows. Stupid design decision.

I disagree; smart design decision. Now your machine can reboot and perhaps start serving its role again without requiring operator intervention, and the content of the BSOD diagnostic messages are thrown in the system log.

[general_re]

By default XP is set to restart anytime you would have gotten a BSOD in a previous version of Windows. Stupid design decision.

You'd rather have your server just sort of hanging out and doing nothing than restart and get back to work? Huh....

To each his own, I guess...

[zeromus]

By default XP is set to restart anytime you would have gotten a BSOD in a previous version of Windows. Stupid design decision.

I disagree; smart design decision. Now your machine can reboot and perhaps start serving its role again without requiring operator intervention, and the content of the BSOD diagnostic messages are thrown in the system log.