software and rebooting

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amanda

When I put a game cd in for my kids to play; it reboots by
itself after only a few minutes of play. This has
happened to the last 4 games they have played. Was just
wondering what is going on and if i can fix it.
 
amanda said:
When I put a game cd in for my kids to play; it reboots by
itself after only a few minutes of play. This has
happened to the last 4 games they have played. Was just
wondering what is going on and if i can fix it.
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What games are they and what's the specifications of your machine?

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Hi Amanda,

| When I put a game cd in for my kids to play; it reboots by
| itself after only a few minutes of play. This has
| happened to the last 4 games they have played. Was just
| wondering what is going on and if i can fix it.

Your system is most likely restarting as a result of a STOP error.

To stop this behavior go to Control Panel / System / Advanced /
Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button / Uncheck the box
labeled "Automatically restart" under the System Failure section.

To analyze the error, try the steps in: http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

If the error indicates a file name that begins with ati, or nv (nVidia)
the most likely solution would be to install the latest drivers using
the instructions at: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers

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