I have an hp-pavillion 760n and lately its been randomly shutting down. This is just one problem out of many but the most annoying at this point. I ran disc cleanup and defragmentor and that didnt help. I cant restore it to before when it wasnt doing it because System Restore isnt working for an unknown reason. I have errors popping up but invalid pictures or files and this morning once I restarted the computer again... there were a good 20 volume screens up. Thanks very much for any help you can give and just for reading it.
2007-08-24 05:03:28 · 12 answers · asked by stepherz804 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It looks like a virus is messing up your OS and generating errors that trigger a shutdown. Scan your PC preferably twice w/ different anti virus. Then repair your OS. If Win XP, consider this:
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=189400897
2007-08-29 02:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a trojan horse/worm. If it is a trojan horse, the best program to get rid of it is the security task manager - http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/download.html . This will tell you all the programs running and rate them on how dangerous they appear. It is absolutely free, but you can pay extra for an updated version. Try that first. If it doesn't work, it may be a worm. Worms are much harder to get rid of, but here is a list of all known worms so far: http://www.2-spyware.com/worms-removal. It may also be a driver issue. If you installed any programs/drivers recently, try uninstalling them and see if that helps.
2007-08-24 05:11:20 · answer #2 · answered by Bringer_of_Light 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, if your battery doesn't hold a charge anymore, it's not going to last 8 hours. That would be why it's shutting off. If it's not a virus, it's your battery. Most likely, it's the latter. Get a new one, should fix it.
2016-05-17 04:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by pamela 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All the above answers are good, one other thing to look at is heat. Are your case vent ports clear and your fans working. most computers have a thermal overload switch that will shut down the machine should it get too hot to try and prevent damage.
2007-08-24 05:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by darkjerms 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did you happen to have your computer overheat recently? It seems to me that your computer has melted some of the hardware and when it turns on it will only run to a certain temp and turn its self off due to internal damage
2007-08-29 10:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by Native 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know just how you feel I have no quick fix answers for you as my old computer is doing much the same thing very frustrating isn't it Hope you can solve your problem
2007-09-01 00:21:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to get an antivirus and malware destroyer you can use avg antivirus and spybot search and destroy for free. scan with both and make sure you have all your windows updates. you have either malware or a virus
2007-08-24 05:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by fishshogun 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your Computer has been affected by a spyware and this can removed by formating the system or just it starts you can run a spyware remover software.
2007-08-24 05:08:07 · answer #8 · answered by lavan 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it may be a virus ,scan with your antivirus
also it may be that it is heating too much
2007-08-24 05:10:49 · answer #9 · answered by Friend 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you have an up to date anti-virus? how bout anti-spyware / adware?
if not go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com and scan your PC.
2007-08-24 05:08:47 · answer #10 · answered by Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋