PC with Windows 7 reboots every hr or so


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #1

    PC with Windows 7 reboots every hr or so


    **EDIT** sorry i mistakenly pushed enter while typing and couldnt update the thread title.. sorry

    Hi,
    i have had windows 7 64bit version installed for a couple months on my pc, and these 2 days it's kept rebooting. it goes off (no shut down message, it all happens all of a sudden), and after a second or 2 the machine boots up again. before loading the os the pc prompts me to choose if i want to start windows normally. i press enter and windows starts up with no problems at all. when a system error occurs, after rebooting it usually notifies me that the system was recovered from an error. but it displays no message.

    now, my question is this. i heard that before the coming out of the windows seven final version, microsoft would have you install an update that reboots your machine every 2 hrs to "suggest" people buying the os... how kind of them, really... whatever, is this possibly the case? if this is, i guess i gonna downgrade to windows vista till i can buy windows 7...
    Last edited by J0nDaFr3aK; 01 Sep 2009 at 11:14. Reason: sorry i mistakenly pushed enter while typing and couldnt update the thread title.. sorry
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    J0nDaFr3aK said:
    **EDIT** sorry i mistakenly pushed enter while typing and couldnt update the thread title.. sorry

    Hi,
    i have had windows 7 64bit version installed for a couple months on my pc, and these 2 days it's kept rebooting. it goes off (no shut down message, it all happens all of a sudden), and after a second or 2 the machine boots up again. before loading the os the pc prompts me to choose if i want to start windows normally. i press enter and windows starts up with no problems at all. when a system error occurs, after rebooting it actually notifies me that the system was recovered from an error.

    now, my question is this. i heard that before the coming out of the windows seven final version, microsoft would have you install an update that reboots your machine every 2 hrs to "suggest" people buying the os... how kind of them, really... whatever, is this possibly the case? if this is, i guess i gonna downgrade to windows vista till i can buy windows 7...
    MS had the auto shutdown in the beta version. to find out what version you have typr winver in search. If it says 7000 thats the timebombed beta if not then its not the couse

    Ken
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  3. Posts : 4,573
       #3

    Start
    Run
    slmgr.vbs -dli

    This will reveal how many days until your license expires.
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  4. Posts : 51,477
    Windows 11 Workstation x64
       #4

    Do you want to give me a clue what the title should be, so I can change it
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    z3r010 said:
    Do you want to give me a clue what the title should be, so I can change it
    sure, the title is
    PC with Win7 reboots every hr or so
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  6. Posts : 1,161
    Windows 8.1 PRO
       #6

    Did you find out what version you are on?
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    TGSoldier said:
    Did you find out what version you are on?
    yes, it's version 6.1 build 7100
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  8. Posts : 5,705
    Win7 x64 + x86
       #8

    Please navigate to the C:\Windows\Minidump folder.
    Zip up the contents of the folder and upload/attach the .zip file with your next post.
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    usasma said:
    Please navigate to the C:\Windows\Minidump folder.
    Zip up the contents of the folder and upload/attach the .zip file with your next post.
    there's no such folder in c:\windows.. did a search too.. was unsuccessful..

    oh, i forgot to write that i disabled the page file
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  10. Posts : 625
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit
       #10

    if his windows has never detected any errors there won't be a Minidump folder. on the other hand J0nDaFr3aK, can u do a search for any files ending .dmp and zip up and post those up instead?

    also, i believe 7100 expires 2-3-2010. now is that 2nd march or february 3rd, lol?
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