Win 2k restarts on logging on to Administrator

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OK, seems sorted now, I installed MBM5 motherboard monitor, and it read
80degC from my CPU. So added a new case fan & the various temps dropped 20
celcius.
No recurrance.

"EssieP" <mdd@mdalgleish.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I can log on as any Power user/Guest/restricted user but if I log in to
> Admin then I get a restart (without warning) before my ADSL adapter has
> loaded.Nortons doesn't get time to load either as I am watching the
> bottom-right of the screen.
>
> My normal log-on (Power user) works perfectly, nothing seems amiss.
> There seems no signs of overheating and the net connection is normal (I'm
> using it now).
>
> During a normal logon to admin, the screen has always latched off for a
> second before flicking back to normal, it's during this part that the
system
> restarts. I never understood that relay-switch on/off, it doesn't happen
> when logged on as Power user??
>
> Any ideas?
>
>