Faulty Device Driver - How to Fix/Find?

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?)

Running XP I assume? If so, do this:

Start Menu>Settings>Control Panel>System>Advanced>Start up and
Recovery>Settings> uncheck the auto restart feature. Hopefully you'll now
get a more helpful error message instead of the reboot.

"mwm" <mwmaxwell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:koOdnQ1tdPVjPrjeRVn-gg@comcast.com...
> Just about every time I pull my puter out of the sleep mode the damn thing
> just shuts off. It then reboots on its own.
>
> The error note from Microsoft says "a device driver installed on your
> system caused the problem; however, we cannot determine the exact cause".
>
> Following further instructions I went to Microsoft product support
> services, did a search on device drivers and was taken to a device manager
> page which confused me even more. Since my computer savvy is limited I am
> having a particularly hard time trying to get to the root of this problem.
> After reading all the horrible stories on this ng about Gateway support I
> am reluctant to go that route. Anyone have a simple explanation as to how
> I can correct this problem?
>