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Hello I have a Question I have a problem with my pc restarting I dont know when it happens but im running a game server on it as long as im using the pc it doesnt restart but if i walk away from it for a few hours it shuts its self down back to a log in screen. I have the power scheme set to always on HD to never monitor to never with no screen saver running. Why would it keep logging me off is there something im missing. Any info would help Thanks Matt
pc info
AMD Sempron
2600+
1.61 GHz 1000 MB of Ram
Windows XP prof Version 2002 service pack 2

Hello mcifaldi,
Welcome here to PCHF. There are many nice and informitive people here to help.

As for your problem, do you have hibernation enabled? Do you know if it just logs off or actually reboots and stops at the logon screen?

The reason I ask if it totally reboots is... It can be Heat related, as the system gets hotter then the Bios lets the system know to restart the pc so it can cool down.

im not sure if it shutting down and restarting just when i leave for a few hrs and come back im at a log in screen with a screen saver running.
no screen saver HD to never Monitor to never and it logs me out? and if it hibernation where do i disable that ?

you can try this tool to stop it from shutting down.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartshutdown.html

Also may be helpful if you look into your event viewer and see if any problems arose while you were away

Hi Mcifaldi , welcome from me to.


To see if hibernation is turned on , go here:

Control Panel/Performance and Maintenance/Power options/Hibernate.