really need help!! windows me
my computer has went bonkers !! it was working fine last night, but when i booted it up this morning, it started. it will boot up fine, but after about 5 minutes, it plays the shut down music, and shuts itself down. then, it reboots itself!! i have shut it down manually, and left it shut down, came back in a few minutes, and it has restarted itself. when it reboots, the power on button flashes, and it acts like it is shutting down again. i am running an HP Pavilion, with an Intel Celeron processor, Windows ME. thanks for any help !!
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when you say it boots fine and after 5 minutes it shuts down - has it actually finished loading windows? can you access anything on your desktop in that 5 mins?
Just do what siggy said and try to run it in safe mode.
in response to your question, yes, it boots up fine, i can connect to the internet, look at anything in my files, no problem. then suddenly, the weird music that plays when you shut it down comes up, and, POOF!!, it shuts down. then, it reboots itself. stays on a few, then down it goes again. i talked to a friend, and he said maybe the power supply. replaced that, same thing happens. moved it to another plug, same thing. i am at a loss. when it starts this shutting down and rebooting, you cant access anything, it is just like its caught in a loop. i have run virus scans, adaware, spybot, scan disk, disk defrag, everything i can think of, and nothing helps.
we want to disable automatic restart after system failure
now i am not sure where this is in ME - try this 1st
"Start, Settings, Control Panel, Automatic Updates, check the third setting
or these instructions for XP and i am hoping its similar
Right click My Computer and go to properties
Click Advanced Tab and settings for start up and recovery
uncheck the box for automatic restart on system failure - This will allow a BSOD or error message instead of rebooting into the loop
Or you may get an option after pressing F8
"Your computer may restart immediately if it is configured to automatically restart when a system failure occurs. To turn off this option so that your computer does not restart, press F8 at startup, use the arrow keys to select the Disable automatic restart on system failure option, and then press ENTER. "
If you can get this turned off - Let us know what the BSOD or error message is
when it restarts, are you seeing a blue flash before it does so, or does it just shut down?