help!! i have a ghost

[Guest]

i have a new dell dimension pc running xp, for some unknown reason the pc
starts on it's own during the night, if i try to do anything with it i get a
blue screen crash telling me that windows has shut down to preserve the
system.
any help or advice would be appreciated.
kind regards

 

[John John]

If the pc is "new" there must be a warranty of sorts on it. Call Dell
and ask them what is going on with the pc. Let us know what they say,
I'm intrigued!

John

 

[Guest]

hi John John
yep i do have a warranty, i was looking for a quick fix, i have dealt with
dell for a few years now and i know they will sort the problem if i can't.
thanks for the response, i will keep you posted.
kind regards

 

[Stubbo_of_Oz]

i have a new dell dimension pc running xp, for some unknown reason the pc
starts on it's own during the night, if i try to do anything with it i get a
blue screen crash telling me that windows has shut down to preserve the
system.
any help or advice would be appreciated.
kind regards

Dell have a whole lot of forums available here:-

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/

I have always found them very helpful

The "Dimension - General Hardware" forum might be a good one to start
with:-

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board?board.id=dim_other

 

[Joe Wright]

I have a new dell dimension pc running xp; for some unknown reason the pc
starts on its own during the night. If I try to do anything with it I get a
blue screen crash telling me that windows has shut down to preserve the
system.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Kind regards

This might help: Restart, press F1 or whatever key lets you enter the
BIOS (Setup). Look for Start on LAN, or a similar option, and turn that
option off.