Frequent unexpected reboots & some BSODs: help!

cybercore said:

1. Wacom: rename these 2 files to .old:

wacomvhid.sys Fri Feb 16 12:29:28 2007
WacomVKHid.sys Thu Feb 15 18:10:54 2007

Unfortunately I don't seem able to do this: I keep getting a window that says "You need permission from SYSTEM to perform this action." Thoughts? (Also, re that virtualization driver in your other message: no probs, I'll leave it alone.)

2. Intel Management Engine: as in my link in my 1st post, run Intel Driver Update Utility in IE, let the utility install and find the updates for you Intel® Driver Update Utility

Oops, sorry, I missed the link. ETA: Done. All the utility wanted was an update to the onboard Realtek LAN driver. Also: Memtest86 has gone through six full passes without any errors.

Thanks again!

Best -- Diane

cybercore said:

If there are no 7 compatible drivers at Wacom Downloads, then disable your Wacom in Control Panel > Device Manager. :)

As it happens, I had the new W7-friendly Wacom drivers already, and had installed them last week before the restarts began to become really annoying. I reinstalled them today (having figured out how to set the permissions so that I could change the name of the one driver which wasn't overwritten by the new ones).

However, a new problem presented itself last night. After running the Intel online diagnostic and installing the Realtek wired-network driver update it recommended, Windows would not start. System Repair was unable to do an automatic repair, and the system would not restart without being restored back to the last restore point before the Realtek update was installed. So I rolled it back to that restore point.

The unscheduled restarts/reboots are still happening (had one about two hours ago while doing a render in Terragen).

Are there any further thoughts on this? I wish I could have another BSOD so that some further clue as to the restarts would show...

Best -- Diane