Erm, right old family PC sat right here, but it was VERY old, and i put XP on it, so i thought it might be that, because it did the same thing. Then i gave my old PC to family , all i changed was i put in the original GFX card i got with it, aside from that its the same. Using same keyboard/powercable + screen as the old PC but that is literally it. It never Reset when i used it, not ever.

It is in the same place though. Using same power sockets.

Any suggestions?

Check the BIOS, for power up features (i.e wake up LAN, etc)

check in control panel power management i think or w/e it is that its set to shutdown when clicked




you could create the following shortcuts to use from your desktop

full shutdown: '%windir%\system32\Shutdown.exe -f -s -t 10'
restart: '%windir%\system32\Shutdown.exe -f -r -t 10'
abort shutdown/restart: '%windir%\system32\Shutdown.exe -a'

So to sum up as your ex is confussing.

the problem PC is your old one
with XP on
the old GFX card from the old pc
the prob happened on the old pc and the new one (your old one)

if thats right then its prob the gfx card.

on and the ovius, virus that was hidding in files that was transfered over/ programs that were installed. telling the PC to shutdown.

Sorry ok
This was my old PC, it has everything i bought in it Plus a DVD drive.

Has absolutely nothing inside which is the from the PC it replaced!

Oh and sometimes it shuts down fine. Othertimes it resets. Seems quite random.