Pc completely Shuts down and Reboots

Ladywriter1968

Hi again, well, it did it again, closed down when I was in mid of something, so it has not resolved.

santer_2

Can you remember what it was in the middle of doing, and how many things it was doing, such as streaming a video or radio

When you start the PC and it has been running for a minute, if you right click the task bar and then click task manager, processes, in the bottom left, how many processes are there?

Ladywriter1968

santer wrote: »

Can you remember what it was in the middle of doing, and how many things it was doing, such as streaming a video or radio

When you start the PC and it has been running for a minute, if you right click the task bar and then click task manager, processes, in the bottom left, how many processes are there?

but at the moment while it running there are 50 processess running.

last time it closed down I was on face book, then another time was just about to check my emails, it seems to happen on anything, I notice if I leave it for a while and then go back on it, it does it.

Ladywriter1968

santer wrote: »

Can you remember what it was in the middle of doing, and how many things it was doing, such as streaming a video or radio

When you start the PC and it has been running for a minute, if you right click the task bar and then click task manager, processes, in the bottom left, how many processes are there?

it said there was over 50 processess running.

santer_2

There is an update checker, which you can uninstall after it has run a check, it will look for flash player updates and for a few other things if installed

http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/

GunJack

santer wrote: »

There is an update checker, which you can uninstall after it has run a check, it will look for flash player updates and for a few other things if installed

http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/

there is also a portable version, no install needed and very handy tool

Ladywriter1968

I downloaded http://filehippo.com/updatechecker/
and it said when I went to update, on the updates it had found, this type of file can harm your pc, I dont know if its cause its picking up something it dont know though.

santer_2

Was that for all of the updates?

Was there one for flash listed?

Does the PC run any of these? Eset or Kaspersky for example

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/78360

waddler_8

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

on the updates it had found, this type of file can harm your pc, I dont know if its cause its picking up something it dont know though.

Most browsers warn you before downloading any executable files - Is this google chrome?

Doublespresso

I had a similar problem and after endless investigations, it turned out to be an error in the hard drive.

i fixed this on my xp as follows;

go to Start>>>RUN

Type cmd and hit enter

a black window will appear (Dos prompt), then type;

CHKDSK/F

wait till it completes the scan and it will fix any errors and it should resolve the problem.

hope it helps