Rebooting after login

I have a couple dell computers that are rebooting after my novell login. I can't figure out whats wrong with them...

Any suggestions?

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vCole

Do you get any BSODs?

MAC_Addy

Nope. Just rebooting after you hit enter.

WilliamK99

Is it profile specific?

Can you log in under another account and it works?

skrpune

how about starting up in safe mode? If that goes ok, then it's likely a driver issue.

vCole

skrpune wrote: »

how about starting up in safe mode? If that goes ok, then it's likely a driver issue.

This.

Most likely, NIC/Video Card driver issue.

MAC_Addy

What would the driver issue be though? I checked out safe mode and everything went fine. No problems. I tried re-installing the network driver.

RobertKaucher

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RobertKaucher

jamie.english wrote: »

What would the driver issue be though? I checked out safe mode and everything went fine. No problems. I tried re-installing the network driver.

When did this start occuring? Have you tried rolling back the driver? It might have been due to an update... Do the Dell machines all have the same NIC?

MAC_Addy

I'm guessing I'll have to roll back the driver to see.

dynamik

Also, it could be any driver if it is indeed a driver problem. It could be a hardware failure as well, but it would be very unlikely to affect multiple machines simultaneously.

xtthew

Start up your computer with "Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure" or something similarly named. You get there by tapping the F8 key like you would to get to Safe-Mode. Instead of your computer restarting, you'll most likely a BSOD that could help you solve your problem.

blargoe

Step #1: What recently changed on these computers?

MAC_Addy

blargoe wrote: »

Step #1: What recently changed on these computers?

absolutely nothing

MAC_Addy

I got another one for you.

Whenever I load Control Panel (Windows XP) I click on Add / Remove Programs. I get the BSOD.

Error;

Bad pool.

This is on a Dell GX760.

MAC_Addy

jamie.english wrote: »

I got another one for you.

Whenever I load Control Panel (Windows XP) I click on Add / Remove Programs. I get the BSOD.

Error;

Bad pool.

This is on a Dell GX760.

It seems as though it's a USB error, which I have ran into before. But all that is plugged in is my keyboard and mouse.

blargoe

Same computers?

MAC_Addy

blargoe wrote: »

Same computers?

No the first batch of computers were GX755.