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528469	2007-02-27 19:35:00	I had this problem. It turned out that the winlogon.exe was corrupt. I found a new copy, replaced the old one with it and hey presto, good as gold Borax, did you copy winlogon.exe from another pc?	Strommer (42)
528470	2007-02-27 23:08:00	Steve, did you do a new install of windows or did you just transfer the old version when you transfered hard drives? If you just transfered, this could be one of those 'weird' things that happens when you don't do a fresh install. It's quite likely to do with the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), which will be different on the new board.	trig42 (11325)
528471	2007-02-28 03:20:00	Steve, did you do a new install of windows or did you just transfer the old version when you transfered hard drives? If you just transfered, this could be one of those 'weird' things that happens when you don't do a fresh install. It's quite likely to do with the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), which will be different on the new board. Hi Trig, it is not a fresh install. I used a Recovery CD that accessed a hd partition with restore data on it. Never heard of HAL. Keep in mind that after the mb cpu ram upgrade the pc did shutdown properly for several days. Is this in line with HAL problems? Read my next post, below, to pctek and borax. You will see that I may have to do a fresh install.	Strommer (42)
528472	2007-02-28 03:42:00	Have a read: support.microsoft.com and various weird reasons here: www.annoyances.org borax - I found a newer winlogon.exe file (within Windows), copied and pasted it into System32, but this also did not work. I did not yet try using the winlogon.exe file from my home pc (not sure if these files can be taken from one pc to another). pctek, I printed those pages and have spent well over an hour doing everything mentioned on those two sites, but nothing works. I probably set a new record for the number of time a pc is restarted...:groan: Went into the BIOS and made numerous changes, including Reset to Default Settings, and Optimized Settings. Also changed (in Power Management) Switch Function, and Hot Key Function, and even ACPI Suspend Type (from S3[STR] to SI (POS). Cannot recall other changes that I made in the BIOS. Could not see any Plug and Play options. Went into msconfig > startup and turned off everything except the basics. Went to Control Panel >> Power Managment. No APM tab, but others have reported this. Hibernation not ticked. Nothing else shown that would indicate the problem. I did not do the 'write debugging information' as in the MS pages, since it said it was for an unexpected shutdown and restart with a critical error (not the usual Shutdown to turn pc off). System Restore would not allow an earlier restore point to be made. So where does this lead to now???? This sure is a persistent bugger of a problem! I did make an Acronis drive image before the restart problem began, but remember that all was fine and the shutdown > restart problem just started happening. But it is easy and quick to do revert to an Acronis image so I will do this prior to a fresh install of WinXP... if there are no :waughh: other options.	Strommer (42)
528473	2007-02-28 19:52:00	Before I jump to do a reformat :badpc: and reinstall WinXP, is there anything else that I can do to stop the pc from restarting when being shutdown? Here are some msconfig screenshots. Anything problematical here? www.imagef1.net.nz www.imagef1.net.nz www.imagef1.net.nz www.imagef1.net.nz Under msconfig SERVICES, how can any of the Services be stopped or started again? If a box is unticked does that stop it? thanks	Strommer (42)
528474	2007-02-28 19:56:00	borax - I found a newer winlogon . exe file (within Windows), copied and pasted it into System32, but this also did not work . I did not yet try using the winlogon . exe file from my home pc (not sure if these files can be taken from one pc to another) . Can winlogon . exe be used from another pc ?	Strommer (42)
528475	2007-02-28 20:02:00	Dont stop or start services in msconfig. It should be done in control panel / admin tools / services. What does Norton Protection Centre Service do?? Whats this program? Also check the BIOS see if PME Event Wake Up is under power management. If its there, and on disable it.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
528476	2007-02-28 20:15:00	Can winlogon.exe be used from another pc ? I copied it from a different machine. They were both running Windows XP.	borax (7078)
528477	2007-02-28 20:22:00	Dont stop or start services in msconfig . It should be done in control panel / admin tools / services . What does Norton Protection Centre Service do?? Whats this program? Thanks for the reminder . Nortons - don't know . NAVirus is not installed so its probably linked to WinDoctor or something . The only time I have ever noticed it working is on my desktop here at home - it produced an error message which I got rid of via a google search . Actually I dislike Norton products but at the risk of getting rubbished, WinDoc has been useful at times . When I find an alternative to WinDoc, I'll get rid of Nortons - maybe Registry Mechanic - doesn't have to be a freebie . Don't want to hijack my own thread, though, so any other ideas on the auto-restart problem? There is something in the BIOS about 'Wake' or 'Wake Up', so I may try disabling that if it is enabled .	Strommer (42)
528478	2007-02-28 20:23:00	I copied it from a different machine. They were both running Windows XP. Thanks, I will try that later this morning.	Strommer (42)
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