I can visit and post at any site anywhere and at any time, I can even spend any length of time reading posts on these forums but as soon as I try to post (for the first time that day) I get about 1 line into the reply the computer reboots and then returns to the same spot in the post it shut down at (so I don't lose any data).

Its kind of bizarre.

your computer has issues.

Well I first thought that it may have been a virus but I have run virus checkers and even tried different virus checkers and found nothing.

I have also run about 3 different spy/mal-ware checkers and found nothing.


What ever it is the problem is unique to my computer and this site and thats about as far as I can get in the trouble shooting stakes.

*twilight zone*

That is decidedly "odd". I have no idea what could be causing the problem, or even how enacting non malicious code on a site could even have any effect. I would certainly think that it is something that is run on your PC in these circumstances that is doing the re booting.

When did it start?
Have you recently loaded any other programs.

Personally I'd do the Spike shuffle and run all of the clean up and a couple diagnostic programs.

My disk management is atrocious, so when anything untoward happens I hit it with a bloody big stick. I run Chkdsk, defrag, Update my antivirus and run it followed by Reg Cure, Spybot S&D, Adaware and if necessary PC Doctor (Deep scan) It's a decision born of panic, but for some odd reason, it's never failed me,.... YET!!

I have a saying and as far as I know it is a Spike original. My apologies if someone has beaten me to it.

"When all else fails,
Brute force prevails"

That's certainly very strange, and no one else has ever reported any problems like this before
(and I can assure you that this site is 100% malware/spyware free as well.. )

Do you use quick reply, or "full" reply when this happens??
And does it happen when you write or when you click the "post reply" button??

I'd recommend you go to IE's "Tools/Internet Options" and delete your cookies, etc.

That means that you will have to check in to create new cookies on sites where you use the auto-login function.

Sometimes these cookies get scrambled and create unusual faults, etc.

That is the ONLY thing that I can think of that doesn't involve viruses or major problems with your computer's programs.

Originally Posted by Redleg

That's certainly very strange, and no one else has ever reported any problems like this before
(and I can assure you that this site is 100% malware/spyware free as well.. )

Yep I am not claiming it is a site fault at all and I also run spy/mal-ware software routinely and find nothing I just find it odd that it only happens here and only when replying for the first time each day never afterwards.

Do you use quick reply, or "full" reply when this happens??
And does it happen when you write or when you click the "post reply" button??

It happens with both quick and full replies and it happens usually while typing the reply and before I push the "post reply" button.

It never happens again throughout the day (even if I shut down the site and internet connection and come back), it only happens with my first post.

I will try Chief's idea of deleting cookies as thats a possibility I hadn't thought of but after that I am out of idea's.

Incidentally I use Firefox (fully updated) if that has any bearing.

I also run Firefox, and have no problems.

It happens with both quick and full replies and it happens usually while typing the reply and before I push the "post reply" button.

There should be no active AJAX scripts when you type, and no communication with the server/site before you click the "post reply" button so it must be something at your end then...

I've tried to search for similar problems, but I can't find anything at all...