PC Help

[beast5680]

computer experts of the forum, if my pc starts up closes down starts up closes down thats not good is it?
was fine until yesterday now its on the blink again, if i switch off at the mains it will start up and stay on but when you try to open a program it restarts again :shock:
anti virus software is upto date and running firewall is on etc

suggestions please

if its any help it downloaded a widows security update yesterday as well, whether its a coincidence that its playing about now i,m not sure

[Rich_P]

if its any help it downloaded a widows security update yesterday as well, whether its a coincidence that its playing about now i,m not sure

Knowing Microsoft, that will be the cause.  :roll:

[Edge]

Yep... the probs i had the other week were after a microsoft update was installed.

[ne jones]

Maybe try running windows restore and see what happens then.

[ChrisW]

It's not full of dust and the processor is overheating is it?

[beast5680]

tried running restore and it says it cant or wont :?  whatever it has done has screwed with the internet connection but i,ve fixed that now but original problem remains

[karlo]

Can you start in safe mode then do a system restore?

[UKJeeper]

Comfortable with opening the case? If so, after making sure the confuser is turned off and unplugged, remove and reseat the ram and video card. If the contacts have got corrosion it will screw up and cause problems like this.

After doing this, start it in safe mode (F8 ). When booted (assuming you can even get it up..ooo,errr missus... in safe mode) right click my confuser, then click on advanced, then startup and recovery settings. If there is a tick in 'automatically restart', take the tick out.

Then try rebooting into normal mode. With any luck you will get a 'blue screen 'o death'.

For once its a good thing. Hopefully there will be some information about what is causing the crashes. Grab a pen and write down the message and post it up here.

[TDi90]

After doing this, start it in safe mode (F8).

thats F followed by the number EIGHT
cos it comes up as a  8) otherwise!
good luck.

[beast5680]

after fiddling i had the "blue screen of death" come up saying stuff and at the end that it was beginning physical memory dump :shock:  i didnt think to write down what it said though, i have turned it off and left it alone now, if it was diesel i could fix it or hit it with a hammer :?

[strapping young lad]

you said your a/v is up to date but have you run a system check for viruses?

[beast5680]

you said your a/v is up to date but have you run a system check for viruses?

yea i managed to do that and it came back all ok