Windows 10: Windows 10 randomly shuts down since December

Running Windows 10 Home 64 bit v 1903 with 8GB RAM. Everything was fine until December just gone when the PC would suddenly shut down - no blue screen or freezing, it would just shut down. Upon restart, there are no error messages and everything is working fine again, other than the annoyance of having my work interrupted. Happens about twice a day.


Things I've checked so far:

1. Crash log says "Unexpectedly shut down" but gives no details. It logs the first occurrence to 13 Dec 2019.
2. Checked power settings, fast startup is disabled and while I run a screen saver, nothing else is set to turn off or go to sleep
3. Ran memory check, no apparent errors
4. Checked updates, in case something was stuck trying to install, but apparently other than a Feature Update, I have all updates
5. No virus or malware that Panda can detect
6. No apparent pattern like specific software that causes it or times of day and I don't do anything memory heavy like gaming, most of my work is word processing so at the most I have two browsers open, an email client, a translation memory and termbase.
7. It's not a mains power issue, there are others devices on the same setup and no other machine seems to have this issue

I note that there was a cumulative .NET update and a Windows 10 update a day before the problems started 12 Dev 2019. Are there any know issues with those updates?

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Laptop randomly shuts down after latest Windows 10 update

Since the latest update of Windows 10 my computer decides to randomly shut down after every couple of minutes. First the screen goes black, then the sounds stops and after quite a while the power also goes down.

Obviously I though of cleaning the fan with a big vacuum, as suggested on My Windows 10 Computer Randomly Shuts Down . However, after doing this, the shutting down goes even quicker. I cannot even properly log-on before the shutdown takes place.

What should be my next step?

Ps. The computer is quited aged (roughly 3 - 4 years). The battery is dead enough such that I always need to have it plugged in an outlet. It might just be "done for" but I'm hoping to revive it for just a little bit more.

 

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.

 

HP Notebook shuts down randomly

Hi David,

It is possible that your Notebook shut downs randomly due to corruptions. To isolate your issue, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Did you get any error messages?
• Are you referring to Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow that steps in this
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Keep us posted if you need further assistance.