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Vista restarts itself...

  1. #1


    n00k Guest

    Vista restarts itself...

    I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    Any ideas? TIA!!!!



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  2. #2


    Eric Ng Guest

    Re: Vista restarts itself...

    I's probably that Vista's installing updates to your computer. If you don't
    like it go to Control Panel > Windows Update > Change settings > Click
    'Download updates but let me choose whether to install them'.

    "n00k" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    >I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    > 150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    > it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    > anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    > Any ideas? TIA!!!!

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  3. #3


    John Barnes Guest

    Re: Vista restarts itself...

    You might check your BIOS to see if wake on LAN is set active.

    "n00k" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:19ovd31h80r3mcqgmviavjqdl2akh8o5hn@xxxxxx

    >I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    > 150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    > it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    > anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    > Any ideas? TIA!!!!

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Paul Russell Guest

    Re: Vista restarts itself...

    Should be something in the event log for shutdown/start .. look for things
    which happen before htat (e.g., Windows Update)




    "n00k" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:19ovd31h80r3mcqgmviavjqdl2akh8o5hn@xxxxxx

    >I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    > 150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    > it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    > anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    > Any ideas? TIA!!!!

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  5. #5


    Jeff Houck Guest

    Re: Vista restarts itself...

    Other have also referenced the BIOS, is there a not so complicated process to
    correct? thanks

    "John Barnes" wrote:

    > You might check your BIOS to see if wake on LAN is set active.
    >
    > "n00k" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    > news:19ovd31h80r3mcqgmviavjqdl2akh8o5hn@xxxxxx

    > >I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    > > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    > > 150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    > > it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    > > anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    > > Any ideas? TIA!!!!
    >
    >

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  6. #6


    John Barnes Guest

    Re: Vista restarts itself...

    Not if it is BIOS caused. One possibility is you have a scheduled activity
    that triggers an active BIOS function, so you might check to see if you can
    stop it within Windows.

    "Jeff Houck" <Jeff Houck@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > Other have also referenced the BIOS, is there a not so complicated process
    > to
    > correct? thanks
    >
    > "John Barnes" wrote:
    >

    >> You might check your BIOS to see if wake on LAN is set active.
    >>
    >> "n00k" <me@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    >> news:19ovd31h80r3mcqgmviavjqdl2akh8o5hn@xxxxxx

    >> >I am running Vista 64bit Home Premium with 3gigs or ddr ram, and an
    >> > AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+, with a 70gig primary IDE drive and a
    >> > 150gig secondary SATA drive. For some reason, it seems as though when
    >> > it goes into sleep mode, it decided to restart instead. No errors or
    >> > anything. And I checked the system log and didn't see anything fishy.
    >> > Any ideas? TIA!!!!
    >>
    >>

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