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Originally Posted by dayal
I wrote a similar problem a few months back concerning Windows XP always restarting when I go into it through bootcamp. Now Vista is doing the same, its crazy! Basically, in short, I startup windows, everythings fine till I get to my desktop. Everything starts to load, i.e. network, AVG etc etc in the taskbar but randomly, it just restarts. So I try to go back into it again after the restart, then it still don't work. After a few manual restarts it decides to load everything and work fine...why is this? I had this problem with XP, now with Vista. I'm thinking its my hard drive, but I don't have a clue.
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What's likely happening is that Vista and/or XP are doing a "blue screen of death" (also known as a "BSOD"), which is what happens when the operating system crashes fatally. By default, Windows is set to automatically reboot in the event of a BSOD. You can turn this feature off to be able to see the root cause of the BSOD by starting in safe mode (hit F8 just before the Windows splash screen comes up) then right-clicking the My Computer icon, going to the Advanced tab and clicking on the "Startup and Recovery" settings button. Uncheck the "automatically restart" option. This procedure is for Windows XP, it should be similar for Vista (I can't test at the moment).
The next time Windows crashes, you will see a blue screen with white lettering and an error message. You can use that message to determine the nature of the crash. Most typically, BSODs are caused by improperly installed or badly written drivers. You may want to try starting Windows in safe mode and removing the Apple drivers. Then reinstall and make sure you "OK" the installation of the drivers even if XP/Vista says that they are "unsigned" or "unsafe".