Again a problem with my PC

[Nimrod]

Okay, well, maybe anyone here knows to help me. The problems(Yes, it are two) are the following:

My PC turns off time to time. I don¥t know why. It just turns off. :huh:

And, a second problem. I downloaded Trillian, the program with the many chatprograms in it. But I also got The Desctop weather channel about it. Now, the problem is, I can¥t delete the program? Why not?

Can anyone here help me?

[DarkHououmon]

For the weather channel program issue, here's something I found while doing a search for it on Google.

13. How do I remove Desktop weather from my desktop?


To remove or uninstall Desktop Weather from your computer, click on "Start" - "Programs" - "The Weather Channel" - "Desktop Weather". Then click on the Uninstall program. Follow the prompts to remove Desktop Weather.

You may also remove the application by clicking on "Start", followed by "Settings", then "Control Panel." Then click on "Add/Remove Programs." From the list, select "The Weather Channel," and then click on "Add/Remove." Follow the prompts to uninstall the application.

To remove Weather Services from your PC, you click on "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel". Double click on the "Desktop Weather" weather services icon, then click on the "Uninstall Weather Services" button. This should remove any remaining elements from your system.

14. I seem to be unable to uninstall Desktop Weather from my computer. What can I do?


This is a known issue with the product, and will be resolved in a forthcoming release. Copying the UNWISE.EXE from the Framework folder to the Desktop Weather folder will resolve this issue. The steps are as followed:
Go to Start, Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer.
In the left scroll window of Windows Explorer click the + next to My Computer, then click on the + next to C: drive to expand the view.
Scroll down that menu until you find the Program Files Folder.
Double click on the Program Files folder to expand the view.
Scroll down that menu to The Weather Channel FW folder and double click on it to expand the view.
Double click on the Framework folder to display the contents.
Right mouse click on the icon that says "UNWISE.EXE" on the pop-up menu click on COPY.
Go to the tool bar on the window and click the Back button.
In that window right mouse click on the "Desktop Weather" folder and in the pop-up menu click on PASTE.
From that point you will be able to proceed as normal with the uninstall.

[landbeforetimelover]

A PC.  That doesn't tell us much. : Is it a desktop or a laptop?  You should ALWAYS reveal what operating system you're using when asking for help with a computer problem.  Are you using Windows XP, Vista, 2000, 98?  When you say the computer turns off, does it totally turn off and make you push the power button again?  If not, it could just be an issue with your standby power properties.  You can always remove a program.  Just go to the control panel and uninstall it.  If it gives you some crap about the uninstaller being corrupted or something, go into the program files and manually delete the program.

[Nimrod]

Well, I have windows XP and I have no labptop.

I tried everything what you told me. I read excactly that what you wrote DH. I tried everything of it. Nothing works. And yes LBTlover. My PC turns total off. Means, I have to push the power buttom again.

[Kor]

Likely wrong, but could the cpu be overheating?

[landbeforetimelover]

Right click "my computer" and go to "properties".

Go to the "advanced" tab and click on the lowest button that says "settings"

Uncheck "automatically restart" and click "OK"

Click "OK" on the last screen and then wait.  The next time it restarts, it will give you a blue screen similar to this:



Copy down the ENTIRE error message and post it here.

[Nimrod]

Sorry, the window didn¥t appear

[action9000]

My PC turns off time to time. I don¥t know why. It just turns off.

Is there any trend of what you're doing when the computer turns itself off?  

How long is the computer typically running before it shuts itself off?

Will it turn on, no matter what you're doing?  Does it only shut off when doing something fairly CPU-intensive?  fairly graphic-intensive?  Or will it shut down even after a period of time, at 0% or similar CPU usage?

Kor, you might be on to something.

I'm wondering if it's a hardware or software issue.  Do you know how to check the temperature of your computer's various hardware?  If you can take a look at that right after your computer shuts down, it may or may not give you a clue.

Maybe or maybe not a CPU overheating, but there are other components that can overheat as well: video card, power supply, motherboard, hard drives (probably not hard drives though in this case).  

Just a thought, but take a look at your hardware's temperature and see if it could potentially be related.  Your computer may automatically shut down to protect itself, or it could be shutting down due to a hardware failure at high temperatures.

Do you have a program to monitor your computer's temperature while it's running Windows?  I like Speedfan for this purpose.

Not all computers work perfectly with Speedfan. You can see my desktop, it thinks I have some sensors that I don't and speedfan reports weird values on those sensors.
For the most part though, it's very useful.

Yeah, my hard drives can probably fry eggs after awhile.
(though for some reason, HD2 is nearly 10 degrees cooler...)


Temperature may not have nothing at all to do with it, it's just a theory.

[landbeforetimelover]

Instead of looking for something so radical, I would recommend waiting until that screen comes up.  It could be ANYTHING including a webcam, wireless network adapter, or even an external hard drive that's causing this.  The CPU might be bad, but let's stick to things that you can fix yourself until we've exhausted all other possibilities.  Just wait.  That blue screen will come up eventually.  Just keep working on it until it comes up.  Try to rev up your CPU by opening lots of instances of photoshop and such.

[Nimrod]

Okay, now. I gave that my dad to read, and he thinks, that nothing of that what you wrote is the problem. First: Computer overheating: I don¥t think so, the temperature of the PC should be normal, and it comes normal air out of the pc, so, no hot air, but more cold.

A bad CPU, maybe. I have that PC for 3 years now, so it¥s really old I guess. But it works fast and all.

The times, when it shuts off. That is very strange. One time I can leave my PC turned on the whole day. The other time it shuts off after 2 hours, or after 5 or after 10 minutes. There is nothing special what I am doing in this moment. Maybe drawing something in Photoshop, surfing in the web. Or just cleaning my PC. But that¥s all.

[landbeforetimelover]

Take the computer apart and start taking random things out such as the sound card, ethernet card, ram, CD drives, and other devices.  It could be one of them that's making the computer restart.  Any one of these components being faulty could cause the computer to shut down.  Has it shut down by itself since you activated the "do not restart" option in the "My computer" menu?

[Nimrod]

Well, I first had it activated, than you told me to deactivate it. But the blue window didn¥t appear. And it shut down, as I had it activetet and not activatet. Take the computer apart? Well, I¥d need my dad for that, because I never had taken a computer apart before, alone. I think, than a better solution would be to formate the PC  -_-

[landbeforetimelover]

It could be a software conflict, but it's most likely hardware.  I'd estimate it's 60% likely that it's hardware and 40% likely that it's software.  You can try a format, but it probably won't fix your problems.

And a few of the photoshop *cough*cracks*cough* have given some users grief in the manner you're describing.  I'd wipe it and don't put photoshop back on.  Back up everything, but scan it with AVG first.  Ya don't want to have the same malicious software on your computer after you wipe it.

[Nimrod]

It can¥t be photoshop. Because the problem was there before I installed it.

[Nimrod]

Well, tried to formate my pc today. Not even that works. My PC always turns off, if I am trying to formate it

[Petrie.]

Start taking parts out and see if it can be stopped.

[landbeforetimelover]

Petrie is right.  It's definitely a hardware issue.  Probably a card like your sound card or ethernet card.  It might also be your CPU.  That'd really suck.  You just have to play around inside it and see if you can get it to work.