Auto shut-down

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Syed Zeeshan Haider

Hello Everybody,

I have WinXP Pro machine. Last night I left my computer running and slept. I
woke up after 4 hours only to see my computer turned-off without my consent
and any apparent reason. I tried to turn it back on. I tried three four
times without any success. Then I removed all cables connected to the CPU
except mouse, keyboard and monitor. Tried to turn it on again. Guess what?It
worked and now I am using my computer to send this post.
I have tried to sort out the reason of auto shut-down but haven't been
successful.

Is it possible for a WinXP machine to auto shut-down without any apparent
reason and when the computer is almost idle?
Is there any chance my computer was hacked?

Thank you,
 
Thanks for the response!

The power settings that I have set forbid the computer from shutting down or
hibernating on its own. That is the confusing thing. It was the first time
it shut-down (or hibernate) by itself.

Thanks again!
 
The machine may have had a problem and tried to automatically reboot and
could not reboot, so in affect it shut down.

Look in the Event Viewer.

Event ID & the Event Source are very important.

To open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | Click OK

For any Events that seem related to the problem...

Double click the event in Event Viewer | Click: the button below the second
arrow (looks like two pages) [[Copies the details of the event to the
Clipboard.]] | Paste into Notepad | Also click on:
For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Read all info | Copy and paste to Notepad | Click the [+] Related Knowledge
Base articles | Follow any links that might be useful

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427

Event Viewer overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/event_overview_01.mspx

This can also be very useful.
You need to have the Event ID & the Event Source.

To view Windows XP Events and Errors, type the Source (for example, Print)
and/or the Event code (for example, 20) into the ID field, then click the Go
button. Source and Event codes may be found in the Event Viewer logs.

Windows XP Home/Professional Events and Errors
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/support/ee/ee_advanced.aspx
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This won't fix your problem, but it'll keep your machine from rebooting.

Unless the rebooting is caused by a hardware problem.

It may also help reading a BSOD. Blue Screen Of Death.

Choosing recovery actions if Windows stops unexpectedly

Right click My Computer | Properties | Advanced tab |
Click the Settings button under Startup and Recovery |
Under System Failure | UNCheck: Automatically restart |
Click OK | Click Apply | Click OK

Automatically restart
[[Specifies whether Windows will automatically reboot whenever the system
stops unexpectedly.
You must be logged on as a member of the Administrators group to set
recovery options.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Did a screen saver kick in? Maybe you were looking at a blank screen but
the PC was still on? Does your display ever power down as part of a power
saving mode?
 
No. It wasn't a screensaver. I am sure becasue of three reason:
1. I can easily distinguish between blank screensaver and turned-off
computer screen.
2. I have a really noisy computer and my room was very quite.
3. Different lights on CPU indicating power were off.

Thanks for asking :-)
 
Syed Zeeshan Haider said:
Hello Everybody,

I have WinXP Pro machine. Last night I left my computer running
and slept. I woke up after 4 hours only to see my computer
turned-off without my consent and any apparent reason. I tried to
turn it back on. I tried three four times without any success.
Then I removed all cables connected to the CPU except mouse,
keyboard and monitor. Tried to turn it on again. Guess what?It
worked and now I am using my computer to send this post.
I have tried to sort out the reason of auto shut-down but haven't
been successful.

Is it possible for a WinXP machine to auto shut-down without any
apparent reason and when the computer is almost idle?
Is there any chance my computer was hacked?

Thank you,
Click to expand...

This may have been caused by a power brown/black out.
 
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