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Stingerftw

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Hi there,

Lately (past 3 or so days) my laptop has just been constantly shutting down, it shuts down every 3 hours or so, or when im doing intensive stuff, such as games or browsing a few sites at once. I tried scanning my computer but it tends to shut down before the scan could be fully completed, so I don't know if it's a virus, but then again there's no reason it could be a virus as I don't visit those sites.

I use trend micro internet secruity pro 2009. Before the 3 days ago, my comp was fine and was running smooth, it's only all of a sudden it's crapping on me.

Im just wondering how to stop it from doing this? It's frustrating and puts me off. Sorry about this message not being very long, but my laptop could shutdown at any time now, so im trying to be quick.

Thanks guys!

Edited by Stingerftw, 20 November 2009 - 10:59 AM.

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Bump, still does it to me, every 3-5 hours :S
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It's still doing it, even if the computer is idle, can anyone at all help me, it's getting really bad now, can't even use it properly!
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Hey Stinger,

1. Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
2. Click Advanced system settings on the left.
3. Under Startup and recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Under System failure, UNcheck Automatically Restart.

As for your most recent crashes, please send them to us for analysis:

1. Click the Start Menu, and in the Start Search box, type %SystemRoot%\Minidump and press ENTER.
2. Zip and attach the last few .dmp files to your next post so that I can analyze them for you.

~os
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Hey Stinger,

1. Right-click on My Computer and select Properties.
2. Click Advanced system settings on the left.
3. Under Startup and recovery, click the Settings button.
4. Under System failure, UNcheck Automatically Restart.

As for your most recent crashes, please send them to us for analysis:

1. Click the Start Menu, and in the Start Search box, type %SystemRoot%\Minidump and press ENTER.
2. Zip and attach the last few .dmp files to your next post so that I can analyze them for you.

~os


Hello os,

Thanks for getting back to me, I disabled that option.

When I type %SystemRoot%\Minidump and press enter it comes up with the folder but no files are inside?

Regards,
Nathan.
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Bump!
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Anyone there?
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I now have a minidump file.

Attached Files


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Bump, thread is over a month old and the issue is over 4 months old, any help at all would be appreciated.
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Bump, really, really need some help...
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Bump, really, really need some help...


Hello-

I am having the same issue. Maybe we can both get this fixed.
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Hopefully. Ive been trying here for over 3 months and nothing :)
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