some hardware or software is not installed properly or something....
(it's not my computer but a family members)...I might have the exact message later on since I have to see what's going on......but what could it be?
2007-03-14 08:20:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
the best thing i can tell you is this mine did the same thing and it is apairently a problem with your software and a couple conflicts inthe operation system and the best thing you can do is f disk the hard drive and reinstall the windows 98 or xp system and it will more then likely solve the problem and make shure you have the driver disk unless you have a xp program disk like i do and then windows will search and find all the drivers for you ok thanks and i hope this helps i did the same thing that i am telling you to do and i havent had a problem since then and thats been over 6 months are longer ok thanks.......................
2007-03-14 09:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Popeye 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting a message warning of a shutdown with a timer indicates a virus infection.
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2007-03-14 08:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Erick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it's a virus. If you can boot up into the CMOS settings, then it's not hardware related. You will probably have to reinstall Windows.
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2007-03-14 08:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by Dakota 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
w/o going thru a whole truck load of options on this one............id have to say a heat problem, its the most common.......clean out the inside of the tower....make sure that the fans r running ....if the tower is in a desk-type housing it could be lackin air to keep it cool.........if the CPU gets hot the comp will shut down automatically to prevent major problems........id try that first and take it from there........if that isnt the problem get these........these will clean u out just incase its spyware/malware or virus related......good luck
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2007-03-14 08:23:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it just shuts down without any warning or error, it could be your power supply.
2007-03-14 08:23:39 · answer #5 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see this a lot with XP machines.
2007-03-14 08:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by UbiquitousGeek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a overheating CPU.
2007-03-14 08:26:26 · answer #7 · answered by janne5011 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋