Why does my computer shut down automatically?

Question

My computer turns off automatically. And it gives a warning that it will shut down and restart after 60 sec.

Answer 1

This sounds like an overheating issue. You're not providing quite enough information, however, to allow anyone to really hone in on what the problem might be.

Answer 2

OK

When Windows XP encounters a serious error it automatically re-boots the computer.
The best thing to do is to turn off automatic re-boots so that you have the chance to see any error messages being displayed, which you can use to further troubleshoot the problem.
To prevent automatic restarts, follow these steps:
1/. Right-click on My Computer and choose Properties.
2/. Click Advanced and under Startup and Recovery, click Settings.
3/. Untick the option Automatically restart.
4/. Click OK > OK.

Now with Automatic restart cancelled you should receive an error report, which will help you to find out what hardware/software is causing the restarts.

Answer 3

Have some fun in run type shutdown -s -t 20 -c " haha, this is just a test" and that will shutdown your computer in 20 secs and desplay a message saying haha, this is just a test .... it also works in shorcut where you right click to creat a new shorcut and type the same thing and then click next and then name it what ever you want for example Internet Explorer and then click next and wait for it to appear on your desktop and then right click and properties and then change icon and then open it and it will deplay the message ......... to cancel this you have to type into run shutdown -a or the same thing with a shortcut file... have fun.. they are funny through msn and they dont harm your computer in anyway

Answer 4

Sounds like the Windows Updater to me. Or it could be spyware.

Google offers a nice, free pack of software that includes both an antivirus and an antispyware scanner. I had good luck cleaning up my computer and bringing it back to life using these tools. Plus, you can trust it since it comes from Google and not some no-name software company.

http://www.removaladvisor.com/freesoft.html

Good luck!

Answer 5

I had a similar experience.my laptop would turn off after a while.I figured out my own problem,as no one could tell me why it was over heating,and I had too turn it back on, manually,myself. Also,listening to the fan in my computer was getting louder.I was told after lots of tec.help.... to take it in and spend $300.00 to get it fixed.Tec.help also told me I had a virus..I followed my own intuitions..instead. I blew the fan in my laptop out .It was just a little bit of dust and it purrs again.Nice and quiet.I hope that dust might be your problem.

Answer 6

Sometimes XP automatically downloads, applies and installs critical updates.

If after a certain amount of time you don't install them.. it will do it for you... and sometimes the updates require the pc to be restarted for them to be applied.

Count yourself lucky... it seems clear to me that without this facility that your pc would be totally vulnerable and not patched from latest threats.

Answer 7

Make sure you dont' have a virus. I had something similar to that. Everytime I went online a virus killed my RPC which caused the computer to restart after 30seconds

Answer 8

I had that and it was malware. Back up your personal data and install Linux instead. Linux users never worry about malware.

Answer 9

90% that you've got virus at your system. 10% is just temporary problem. If this problem persist then you should check for the virus :)

Answer 10

Have you reviewed your "power options" in the Control Panel?