Windows Rebooting itself

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I am still having the problem described in "Upgrade to Windows XP Pro and
scandisk". I've updated the chipset driver and the video driver.

All of these updates are being done in safe mode because windows xp will not
boot successfully. If a driver is updated in safe mode, does it take
effect upon reboot? It appears that that windows xp is returning to the
default (and defective) driver instead of the new one. Is there another way
to update the driver -- since windows xp will not boot successfully?
 
Boot into Safe Mode and remove the offending driver via Device Manager then
install the new driver. That should stick.
Are you certain the problem is related to software and not hardware? There
are a multitude of hardware problems that can cause spontaneous reboots.
These include faulty RAM, overheating of CPU, overclocking, faulty power
supply, motherboard problems. If you were able to successfully run an
earlier version of Windows like Windows 98 or Me of the system you may find
that XP won't run well as it is much more resource challenging than earlier
version of Windows were.
 
Well, to answer some of your questions.
1) It was responder here (DL) who suggested that the problem was a driver
problem. My initial question of 5/8 asked why win xp was rebooting itself
repeatedly.
2) I updated the RAM before installing XP. The machine was working in win
98 earlier, but response was beginning to lag. The mfg suggested that I
upgrade to XP and reviewed my PC components to verify that I had RAM, disk
space. (Of course, they had an interest. I bought the RAM from them.)
3) I don't know how to verify the clock speed and other items mentioned
other than to say that I ran the process on the upgrade CD that checks your
machine for compatibility. It rang no alarms.



Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:
Boot into Safe Mode and remove the offending driver via Device Manager then
install the new driver. That should stick.
Are you certain the problem is related to software and not hardware? There
are a multitude of hardware problems that can cause spontaneous reboots.
These include faulty RAM, overheating of CPU, overclocking, faulty power
supply, motherboard problems. If you were able to successfully run an
earlier version of Windows like Windows 98 or Me of the system you may find
that XP won't run well as it is much more resource challenging than earlier
version of Windows were.


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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


Makeda42 said:
I am still having the problem described in "Upgrade to Windows XP Pro and
scandisk". I've updated the chipset driver and the video driver.

All of these updates are being done in safe mode because windows xp will
not
boot successfully. If a driver is updated in safe mode, does it take
effect upon reboot? It appears that that windows xp is returning to the
default (and defective) driver instead of the new one. Is there another
way
to update the driver -- since windows xp will not boot successfully?
Click to expand...
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You say that prior to upgrading to XP your Windows 98 system was "beginning
to lag." It sounds like you have an older system and even though it might
meet the system requirements to run XP that doesn't mean that it can handle
the demands that a resource hog like XP will place on it. I have seen a
number of systems that ran Windows 98 but XP wouldn't install on even though
it met the requirements.
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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


Makeda42 said:
Well, to answer some of your questions.
1) It was responder here (DL) who suggested that the problem was a driver
problem. My initial question of 5/8 asked why win xp was rebooting itself
repeatedly.
2) I updated the RAM before installing XP. The machine was working in win
98 earlier, but response was beginning to lag. The mfg suggested that I
upgrade to XP and reviewed my PC components to verify that I had RAM, disk
space. (Of course, they had an interest. I bought the RAM from them.)
3) I don't know how to verify the clock speed and other items mentioned
other than to say that I ran the process on the upgrade CD that checks
your
machine for compatibility. It rang no alarms.



Harry Ohrn MS MVP said:
Boot into Safe Mode and remove the offending driver via Device Manager
then
install the new driver. That should stick.
Are you certain the problem is related to software and not hardware?
There
are a multitude of hardware problems that can cause spontaneous reboots.
These include faulty RAM, overheating of CPU, overclocking, faulty power
supply, motherboard problems. If you were able to successfully run an
earlier version of Windows like Windows 98 or Me of the system you may
find
that XP won't run well as it is much more resource challenging than
earlier
version of Windows were.


--


Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]


Makeda42 said:
I am still having the problem described in "Upgrade to Windows XP Pro
and
scandisk". I've updated the chipset driver and the video driver.

All of these updates are being done in safe mode because windows xp
will
not
boot successfully. If a driver is updated in safe mode, does it take
effect upon reboot? It appears that that windows xp is returning to
the
default (and defective) driver instead of the new one. Is there
another
way
to update the driver -- since windows xp will not boot successfully?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks. I'll try these.

I checked for viruses and spyware before I started, so I think that I am ok
there.
Both Item (c) and (e) looks promising. I needed actual repeatable tests
that could be run other than those provided on the xp disk.
 
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