This is a new one for me. After some time doing everyday computer-stuff I stepped away from my machine for ~30 minutes. When I returned the login screen that appears when the machine is 1st turned on or restarted was displayed. Any way to find out why/what caused this?
-thx
Was there a brief power outage while you were away. Sometimes these very brief power outages can go almost unnoticed by us, but electrical equipment is affected instantly.
Open Event Viewer with Eventvwr.exe, Navigate to Windows Logs\System, Right-Click on it and select "Filter Current Log…", Filter: Event log: System Event ID: 1074, double click on it to see details of the restart
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something is initiating the restart so here's a few ideas:
1) Check task scheduler start > run > taskschd.msc
2) run an online virus scan Virus Scan & Free Virus Removal - Panda Security
3) try windows reliability monitor Windows Reliability Monitor - (Windows 8.1, 8, 7 Vista)
the event log tells us that this was not an aberrant hardware problem but rather an initiated restart such as might be done by scheduled tasks you may not be aware of, like for instance an antimalware program, or may be caused by a virus, hence steps 1 and 2 above. If neither of those steps helps, step 3 is a furthur course of action. The fact that the machine has never done this before does not really mean anything.
Hi,
If a power outage you'd most like not get a restart and even if you did would probably be directed to do you want to start windows normally or safe mode... screen.
Popping directly to login seems likely something updated whether that was windows or another utility ??
I'd say check your power plan.
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