Spontaneous windows XP reboot on T42

[memoboy]

I was wondering if anyone else experiences random software reboots; every once in a while my US Thinkpad T42 will reboot as if I initiated a software reboot from within the XP shutdown menu. I won't be doing anything special or unusual and it will just initiate the reboot sequence.

[hunterman223]

Not sure if this could be it, but I'd try. It might be automatic updates getting sick of waiting for you, and restarting itself. I have had this happen on OS's from XP to Windows 7.

Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update. Double click "No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates", check enabled, click ok.

Also, check the event viewer for what initiated the restart. It is under accessories/system tools in the start menu. Just look for the date and time of when it happened.