My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game is
being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I
stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the error
log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I don't
have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log at
reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start. I
have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I replaced
by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -
just in case this helps?

 

Sounds like a heat issue. When's the last time you opened the case? It is
the Easter season and those dust bunnies can be brutal. Your power supply
and/or graphics card could also be going tits-up.

--


"Don't pick a fight with an old man.
If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."


"Ferdy" <Ferdy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7E34E52-E14D-4AE6-B297-D24D31ADF37A@microsoft.com...
> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game
> is
> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I
> stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the
> error
> log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I
> don't
> have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log
> at
> reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start.
> I
> have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I
> replaced
> by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -
> just in case this helps?

 

"Ferdy" <Ferdy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7E34E52-E14D-4AE6-B297-D24D31ADF37A@microsoft.com...

> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game
is
> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well.

A failing Power Supply Unit seems the most common cause
of spotaneous reboots. Most PC repair stores can test a PSU
free and replace it for about $35.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

Go to control panel---system---on advanced tab click settings for recovery
and remove X from reboot
on error. This will allow you to trap the error.
"Ferdy" <Ferdy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F7E34E52-E14D-4AE6-B297-D24D31ADF37A@microsoft.com...
> My PC has suddenly started to reboot now and again, particularly if a game
> is
> being played ("Board" type games), but has done it othertimes as well. I
> stopped the windows search sytem as it was logged several times in the
> error
> log. However it still resets and also, after switching the socket on I
> don't
> have to press the PC button as it is starting on it's own. The latest log
> at
> reset shows Service Control manager-the session launcher failed to start.
> I
> have all the latest updates and use Norton Internet Security 2010. I
> replaced
> by Norton 360 in January with Kaspersky but returned to Norton in March -
> just in case this helps?