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posted by silly girl on May 17, 2006

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I get back home from work every day, and I find that the internet connection got disconnected, certain programs that usualy come on on start up and I close them are open, and nothing is open - no open explorer windows, no browsers open etc.

Am I right to suspect that the PC is restarting on its own?
What is causing this?
no one else has been in the house, and I checked and everything is normal in the power options in the control panel.

I only left emule running, and maybe firefox.

Any help will be appreciated.

Comment by silly girl, posted on May 18, 2006

Not sure what to do...
As I said, checked the power options, and the only thing that on there is the screen thing. And I haven't done a thing to provoke this, just left it running in a well aired space.

carlos - that's not me rating you BTW.

About turning PC off VS. leaving it on - I was under the impression that they design the machines today to like being open all the time. Isn't that so?

I have the same problem.

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posted on May 17, 2006

techman

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SillyGirl

if you go to control panel and the n power options do you have any thing like the hard drive or monitor to hibernate??? go to the hibernate tape on top to see if its enable or disable. if its disable Im not suere but a possiblity that some on your IP addy and comming into your puter??? Or maybe you have a power supply overheating problem and the power supply shuts down intermittantly?? I know alot of peeps say they leave there puters on all the time but why??? if your not using the puter as a slavr or a main hub then why not conserve energy and turn it off???? just a thought as i alway turn mine off if I leave the house or go to sleep but its on when im home cause im usually doing some drawings on cad Good Luck

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posted on May 18, 2006

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Hi:

I agree with the opinion that computers are supposed to be shutdown while we are not working on them... let's see: not only you will spend less energy as your operative system (in this case - Windows XP) will reload all the programs and information needed... and this is a true time save because your computer will run faster...

But let's focus on the issue:
- if that was provoked by you, don't do it again because each time you do something like that, Windows will accumulate errors...
- if the problem is with the software (like you cannot have access to your Windows) you should use the "System Restore" Tool. It's a good tool for domestic computers and the common user

If you need more detailed info just post again

;)

Regards

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posted on Feb 19, 2008

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Go to your start button, then run, a window will pop up. On the line type in msconfig. When the box pops up go to the last tab on the right which should be the startup tab. When that tab opens you'll see a list of your active programs. Go down the list of programs and disable the ones that you don't want working during the time you're not at home. Re-start your computer and this should solve your problem.

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posted on Aug 19, 2007

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some emule's can cause the computer to restart did u try leaving the computer on without the program emule running to see if this still happens?

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Solution #5

posted on May 30, 2007

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You might want to try running the Apple Hardware Test(AHT), to check out the hardware. How to run the AHT depends on your computer model, you should be able to find it on apple.com/support

If you find nothing then maybe running Repair Disk from the CD... Link to Directions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?...

Hope this helps, I used to do technical support for apple... Post back if you still need help...

Or you can check out Apple's discussion boards on their website.

- Vince

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