After pounding keys for nearly two hours I just walked away from the computer for just a minute to get a drink. When I returned I found my computer restarting itself.
What?! NO! I didn’t tell you to do that! How the hell did you manage to do to that?
Gaah! I haven’t saved!
I’m usually an obsessive saver, but I’ve been editing dozens of documents within a project, moving back and forth to work up my timeline, editing character sheets… two hours…
So… how about that automatic “Saves every 2 seconds when you’re not typing” feature?
[size=75](That just leaves the mystery of why it restarted. For all appearances it was a controlled, user-initiated restart… but I didn’t and no one else approached the computer. Does anyone know if “Salute” has a keyboard shortcut for “restart now, fool!” programmed into it?)[/size]
Is the computer a desktop? If so, you might have just suffered a brownout of the electric grid (i.e. a not enough to cause the lights to go out). A couple of summers ago in my area, a big manufacturer would go online at exactly 8:35 am seven days a week and unless I turned off my desktop, it would reboot. I finally got the battery backup thingamabob and no more rebooting. The surge doohickeys only prevent surges and do not save you from brownouts unless they include the battery back-up.
I’m going to guess that it wasn’t a thermal reset - it was a well-ventilated area in AC. The keyboard shortcut… possibly. Any idea what shortcut might be used for “Restart” without hitting the power button?
I know I hit “ctrl-Apple-delete,” (which activates Salute) and enter (which activates the screen saver, effectively locking it). Might have strayed on some other keys at the same time.
