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November 6th, 2009, 02:15 PM
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| Windows 7 Keeps Restarting Itself
I just did a clean install of Windows 7 from Windows XP.
I was having some troubles with XP... but not too often, I think it was just from an unstable OS...
This one should be stable and all! It IS legal. Of course, that means nothing apparently on stability :]
My comp keeps restarting itself randomly.. No show of why, it just happens...
Any ideas? Windows 7 Pro.
I don't think it's from any overheating... It's kinda cool in my house, and I haven't had any problems before like this...
Got a new PSU about two months ago... OCZ Modxtreme500
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November 6th, 2009, 02:27 PM
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Almost afraid to ask: What are one or two of the issues you had with XP?
Can you get Win7 up in safemode so you can disable auto-reboot?
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November 6th, 2009, 03:01 PM
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Yeah, how do I disable the auto-reboot?.. I can run Win 7 out of safe mode long enough to do my thing... It takes about 15 minutes for it to start happening...
One or two of these issues refers to the dozens[hundreds] of times I got BSOD's (which I don't get a BSOD here). But that's from the last few years on an unstable XP
Edit: As I wrote this message and clicked reply, on that button press, it restarted. Good thing Firefox saved my message here :] but yeah, ouch. That was only about 3 minutes in... | |
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November 6th, 2009, 03:26 PM
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November 6th, 2009, 03:26 PM
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Control Panel, system icon, advanced system settings, startup and recovery, uncheck automatic restart.
Then go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, System Logs - both Application and System logs ...and look for events that occur just prior to a reboot to see if there is a clue.
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November 6th, 2009, 03:41 PM
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It's hard to tell what part exactly, but the pattern I'm seeing is under System Logs:
Type: Warning - Source: Wininit - Event ID: 11
Description: Custom dynamic link libraries are being loaded for every application. The system administrator should review the list of libraries to ensure they are related to trusted applications.
String: avgrsstx.dll
However, I was pretty sure it was rebooting like this prior to installing AVG...
I'll try deleting that file, and seeing if AVG can run without it. I made the mistake of installing AVG8 because I had the disc, AVG9 is out, maybe 8 isn't compatible. I'll get back if that doesnt fix it! | |
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November 6th, 2009, 03:45 PM
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I wouldn't just delete that file. Uninstall AVG, then get the latest version downloaded and installed. | |
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November 6th, 2009, 03:57 PM
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Interesting...
Auto Restart is unchecked
AVG is uninstalled
and it still auto-rebooted...
Gonna go burn a disc for the memtest thing now..
EDIT:
Update!
I ran Memtest86+. No errors found.
I noticed in my bios, I had the boot device priority set to CD, and none for the rest... now booting up the Harddisks.. maybe that was a problem.. We'll see!
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