Rebooting

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:57 pm

I get this thing where after the computer has been on for a while, and I do leave it on 24/7, it doesn't shutdown when I press restart. A few pages or programs will close, but it hangs. So I have to press the reset button. Then when it reboots and is back in windows, nothing happens when I click on my computer, IE, or a few other things. Still can't reboot properly and so after 2 or 3 more resets it reboots and everything is fine again. What is that all about?

Post by **Bacon** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:59 pm

it's windows... not the best O/S for a 24/7 power on.

Post by **raw** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:38 am

Are you on crack? I never shut down my pc.

Post by **DRuM** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:42 am

Yeah well sometimes I have to really because things generally feel slow after running games, downloading and browsing for a while.

Post by **Cooldown** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:07 am

Try downloading the "EndItAll 2" program. Use google.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:24 am

raw wrote:Are you on crack? I never shut down my pc.

Likewise and the same goes for all of my corporate workstations.

Post by **Foo** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:47 am

Bacon wrote:it's windows... not the best O/S for a 24/7 power on.

That was true 5 years ago. It is not true today.

Drum - Try having a cleanout of all your programs that you don't use. Especially ones that have taskbar items (like RealPlayer).

After that run a full spyware and antivirus scan.

The only other solutions I can think of involve more in-depth messing about.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:20 am

Bacon wrote:it's windows... not the best O/S for a 24/7 power on.

i liked you until you got dumb.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:23 am

DRuM wrote:Yeah well sometimes I have to really because things generally feel slow after running games, downloading and browsing for a while.

with all that warez on board, it's a bit hard to feel sorry for you.

Post by **DRuM** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 11:41 am

Ok Cooldown and Foo, I'll try those things

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
DRuM wrote:Yeah well sometimes I have to really because things generally feel slow after running games, downloading and browsing for a while.
with all that warez on board, it's a bit hard to feel sorry for you.

That would be understandable if it were true, warez in fact, it' s not.

I'm all puns today