Windows 10: Windows 10 PC restarting on it's own continuously with no warning

Alright, so this problem started yesterday, and it has confused and frustrated me greatly. Essentially, without warning or any sort of pattern to it, my PC will suddenly restart without warning me or displaying any error message. I turned off the "Automatically restart on error" box in advanced settings, but all it does now is freeze up completely without displaying any error message, not even a BSOD, forcing me to manually power it off and tunr it back on again. I have tried everything I could think of or see on message boards, like using Admin Command Prompt file repair codes to tinkering with various boot options, nothing works. The only thing I think I know is that it is probably an application related issue because I left my computer on in Safe Mode for around an hour and no such freeze/crash occured. Help of any kind would be immensely appreciated!

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Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

pc attempting to restart continually

Hello Malcolm,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and we regret for the inconvenience. Let me assist you.

Now, to be able to understand the issue better, let us know a few more details on the below questions.

• What is the make and model of the PC you are referring to?
• What was the host operating system installed in your PC? If you performed Windows 10 upgrade, was it via Media Creation Tool or through Windows update?
• Did you make any recent hardware/software changes to the computer, prior to the issue?
• Did you notice if Windows is trying to configure any settings before failing or crashing out?
• Do you receive any error messages in the subsequent restart after Windows fails to load at the first instance?
• Are you able to start the computer normally in Safe Mode with Networking?
  
  (This is a diagnostic step towards identifying and isolating any particular cause to the issue.)
  
  Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10
  

If you are able to boot the computer normally, I suggest you to check for particular event IDs in the Event Viewer which can help us to ascertain the cause of the issue.

To view activities in Windows, I suggest you to open the Event Viewer. To do so, follow the below steps.

• Go to the Control Panel and choose to click on the
  Administrative Tools icon.
• The above action will open up a new window of the Administrative Tools where you will see the
  Event Viewer.
  

Write to us with the updated status and the required information for us to be able to assist you further.

Thank You.

 

Automated Restart of Windows 10 PC

Hello,

If Windows suddenly restarts without warning, or restarts when you try to shut it down, it might be caused by one of several issues. An outdated driver and software conflict are some of the possible reasons. Having said that, we suggest performing
the following steps:

Step 1: Disabling the automatic restart option to view error messages.

Many hardware driver or operating system errors will cause the computer to display a specific error message before stopping the operation or shutting down the computer. However, if the Automatically restart option
is enabled, an error message might not be displayed despite an error taking place. Disable this option to allow the computer to display the error message.
Follow these steps to disable the Automatically restart option:

• 
  In Windows, search for and open View advanced system settings.
  
• 
  Click Settings in the Startup and Recovery section.
  
• Remove the check mark next to Automatically restart under System Failure, then click OK.
• Restart the computer.

Step 2: Checking for failed hardware.

Hardware problems can cause the computer to restart unexpectedly.

Let us know if that worked out for you.