Corrupt user accounts, Windows restarts

[Guest TC]

A few months ago, for no apparent reason, Windows began restarting everytime

I logged in. I had not installed any new software or hardware. I managed to

create a new user account, which seemed to work fine. After about a month the

same problem occured. This problem has continued ever since. Every new

account I create works for about a month, then Windows restarts everytime I

sign in. How do I stop this?

 

*OS is XP SP2

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Corrupt user accounts, Windows restarts

 

TC

 

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Please post a copy of the Error Reports appearing in the

System log in Event Viewer relating to the problem.

 

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Control Panel,

Administrative Tools, and Event Viewer. When researching the meaning

of the error, information regarding Event ID, Source and Description

are important.

 

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427/en-us

 

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double

click on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a

button resembling two pages. Click the button and close Event

Viewer.Now start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of

the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from

Event Viewer.

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

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TC wrote:

> A few months ago, for no apparent reason, Windows began restarting

> everytime I logged in. I had not installed any new software or

> hardware. I managed to create a new user account, which seemed to

> work fine. After about a month the same problem occured. This problem

> has continued ever since. Every new account I create works for about

> a month, then Windows restarts everytime I sign in. How do I stop

> this?

>

> *OS is XP SP2

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Corrupt user accounts, Windows restarts

 

"TC" <TC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:5300C56A-2222-4A54-B27E-EA0E96BC849C@microsoft.com...

>A few months ago, for no apparent reason, Windows began restarting

>everytime

> I logged in. I had not installed any new software or hardware. I managed

> to

> create a new user account, which seemed to work fine. After about a month

> the

> same problem occured. This problem has continued ever since. Every new

> account I create works for about a month, then Windows restarts everytime

> I

> sign in. How do I stop this?

>

> *OS is XP SP2

 

You need to examine the problem reports, and also the system usage. If the

corruption is a regular thing, this can indicate a subtle hardware failure -

RAM or hard disk.

 

So the next question is, how current are your backups?

 

HTH

-pk