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Using Remote Desktop Connection (from a laptop), I can connect to my desktop system and reach the Log On to Windows dialog. When I enter my account info and attempt to log on, the desktop system immediately power cycles. It doesn't go through any shutdown process, so I would guess some severe system error is causing it to reboot. Has anyone seen something like this before?

EDIT: The above behavior occurs when I'm logged into the same account. I tried logging out (on the desktop machine) before connecting and the desktop system froze instead of power cycling.

System: Running XP Pro Version 2002 Service Pack 3 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI

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Problems like this are sometimes caused by buggy video drivers in the remote machine. It's possible that the remote machine (desktop) blue-screens and that causes the automatic restart.

You could try updating your desktop's graphics driver.

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It worked! Thanks so much! – Benjotron Jan 25 '10 at 18:04
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