i have this odd problem with my msn messenger. lately, if i do a right click exit, my entire computer just shutdown in that instant and restarts. i have no idea what the hell happened. this time when it happened, my messenger display pic was set to the default one, and the logo on the icon seemed to have vanished. would anyone know what could be causing this?

and if you dont know already, its a windows xp machine, msn messenger 7, patched

Is your computer set to automatically restart on an error?

Right-click My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Startup and Recovery Settings->Uncheck "Automatically restart".

Is your computer set to automatically restart on an error?

Right-click My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Startup and Recovery Settings->Uncheck "Automatically restart".

yea, its set to automatic restart. what would this do to my system when it crashes? it says windows restored from a major error. then the microsoft website talks about drivers. the only new drivers is the dvd burner, and its been there for like, 2 weeks no problems

Uncheck the Automatic restart box. When it restarts, you may get a BSOD. Copy down the stop code and then have a look here for more info on what's going on.