Something causing PC restart

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My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game is

being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I

stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the error

log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I don't

have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log at

reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start. I

have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I replaced

by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -

just in case this helps?
 
Sounds like a heat issue. When's the last time you opened the case? It is

the Easter season and those dust bunnies can be brutal. Your power supply

and/or graphics card could also be going tits-up.



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"Don't pick a fight with an old man.

If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."





"Ferdy" wrote in message

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> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game

> is

> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I

> stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the

> error

> log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I

> don't

> have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log

> at

> reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start.

> I

> have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I

> replaced

> by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -

> just in case this helps?
 
"Ferdy" wrote in message

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> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game

is

> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well.



A failing Power Supply Unit seems the most common cause

of spotaneous reboots. Most PC repair stores can test a PSU

free and replace it for about $35.



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Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)
 
Go to control panel---system---on advanced tab click settings for recovery

and remove X from reboot

on error. This will allow you to trap the error.

"Ferdy" wrote in message

news:F7E34E52-E14D-4AE6-B297-D24D31ADF37A@microsoft.com...

> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game

> is

> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I

> stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the

> error

> log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I

> don't

> have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log

> at

> reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start.

> I

> have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I

> replaced

> by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -

> just in case this helps?
 
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