Brian Bruns wrote: > > Unless you have a cron job that runs "shutdown -r" or "reboot" :-), > > Brian's reply pretty much explains it... > > Igor > > A suggestion too - if you have mysterious reboots, turn off > "Automatically reboot" in the System control panel, under the Advanced > tab, and click the Startup and Recovery button. That way, you > actually see the blue screen with the information that caused the > BSOD. > > Otherwise, check the Event Logs, but I've seen times where crashes > were not properly recorded in the event logs. So, turn off auto > reboot may be the best option.
And, if he is actually getting a BSOD and not just a spontaneous reboot, then he should look up the STOP error code displayed on this page to start to narrow down the cause: <http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php> Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/