My desktop just shuts off in the middle of my work. It's a wonder how I got through this! How do I stop this? Thanks.
2006-07-05 12:33:14 · 8 answers · asked by niknak3 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
well, you either have a virus or some kind of spyware.....your power source could be going bad too.
My PC did almost the same thing, it kept rebooting and never fully booted. Got to the desktop and rebooted. Turned out the powere supply was fried.
Try using adaware or spybot to see if you have spyware and run scan disk if you can.
Try that and see if it helps
2006-07-05 12:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This same thing is happening to my other computer. It is currently being repaired. This could be caused by various things.
If you have a wireless Internet router, some customers of certain computer stores have had the same problem.
If you are getting Microsoft error messages after the computer restarts, saying something about "serious errors" or "device drivers" or "stop errors," then something to do with your video card could be broken.
The store I took my computer to eventually said that the motherboard was "bad." I do not know if they have fixed the problem yet.
2006-07-05 19:38:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
while starting the computer on the very first screen keep pressing button F8 on keyboar till than a menu not opend
from that menu select
safe mode and press enter
now let the pc start in safe mode
and then restart it
goodluck
if it works for you good else restore windows
ok
thats it
2006-07-05 19:38:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sudden restarts are usually either a heat or a power issue.
Check to make sure your CPU fan is working. If you have a lot of HW you might try unplugging some of it to see if that helps.
2006-07-05 19:37:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a number of problems, a heat related issue, hardware issue, computer virus, operating system problem or some other failing hardware. Check out this link. It will help you to troubleshoot, step by step, each of these issues.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000689.htm
2006-07-05 19:57:46 · answer #5 · answered by Sakja 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be a virus or could it be overheating? I'd take it out to the shop if it was my computer.
2006-07-05 19:36:28 · answer #6 · answered by John Luke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's got a virus. Go here and download AVG Antivirus (it's free). I use it all the time and I love it: http://www.free-download.cc/overture/avg/
2006-07-05 19:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by berkeleygirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) bad power supply
2) virus
3) overheating
2006-07-05 19:43:33 · answer #8 · answered by okmessageme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋