links in websites reboot my vista pc
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Help with my Plusnet services
- :
- Broadband
- :
- links in websites reboot my vista pc
links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 11:35 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
It happens using wordpress blog software; phbb; and even the cbeebies site ( which I access for my son).
vista is also up to date with pacthes. before anyone says it I don't ant to move to linux.
A
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 12:46 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 5:36 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 11:25 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
A
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 11:38 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
I've not seen this before in Vista, have you downloaded the performance and reliability packs that Microsoft have just released? Don't know if it will help, but worth a try,
Enterprise Architect - Network & OSS
Plusnet Technology
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
02-09-2007 11:49 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: amcclean I have a problem in that about once a day ...
I missed your "once a day" remark; if your problem is not reproducible then I don't think it's necessarily software.
Do you have memory errors? Memory which has worked for years can suddenly fail, causing random intermittent crashes.
This is exactly what happened to my PC earlier this year. After a week or two of crashes I ran a memory test program, and that immediately pinpointed a failing address. So I configured my operating system to avoid that memory, and it completely fixed the problem.
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
03-09-2007 8:13 AM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
These should have been installed via Windows Update if you have it running (or if you have done a manual update in the last week or so).
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
03-09-2007 2:38 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Quote from: linux
Quote from: amcclean I have a problem in that about once a day ...
I missed your "once a day" remark; if your problem is not reproducible then I don't think it's necessarily software.
Do you have memory errors? Memory which has worked for years can suddenly fail, causing random intermittent crashes.
You can use memtest86 to test your RAM for errors.
Bob Pullen
Plusnet Product Team
If I've been helpful then please give thanks ⤵
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
03-09-2007 3:08 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
My first laptop (in the XP days) had a intermittent problem where icons on the screen would appear corrupted. However it got worse and even started to occur when the BIOS startup screen was displayed, so I knew it wasn't just an OS problem.
I downloaded some utility which ran some memory tests and the one which failed was the read/write test to the graphics card memory. Luckily it was under warranty, so I sent it back and they changed the motherboard.
I can't remember what the utility was, or where I got it from (was a few years ago now, and there are probably better ones out now), but I know there are ones which do a read write test to main and graphics card memory, so it's worth a try.
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
03-09-2007 11:07 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
The problems only arise when I click on some internet links. They do not occur when using the computer ingeneral.
My broswers are
IE7
Mozzila (latest stable release)
Avant browser (latest stable release)
Vista is upto date with all it's shots/patches
A
Re: links in websites reboot my vista pc
03-09-2007 11:57 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Are these links just regular links to other pages or might they be links that start active x / java applications, anything that might suddenly start using more memory? Do any of the links you mentioned regularly (even if not always) cause the problem?
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Help with my Plusnet services
- :
- Broadband
- :
- links in websites reboot my vista pc