Hi! Windows 2008 R2 always showing message of Improper restart even on normal restart. Any Suggestions? Thanks.

Hello, please post the complete error messages from the event viewer. Also assure to use latest drivers for all your hardware from the respective vendors.Best regards Meinolf Weber MVP, MCP, MCTS Microsoft MVP - Directory Services My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/ Disclaimer: This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights.

I agree with Meinolf, got this case with improper's chipset driver/bios firmware.MCP | MCTS 70-236: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring Want to follow me ? | Blog: http://www.jabea.net | http://blogs.technet.com/b/wikininjas/

Log Name: System Source: USER32 Date: 9/18/2012 8:35:31 AM Event ID: 1076 Task Category: None Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: username Computer: server Description: The reason supplied by user username for the last unexpected shutdown of this computer is: Other (Unplanned) Reason Code: 0xa000000 Problem ID: Bugcheck String: Comment: Event Xml: <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> <System> <Provider Name="USER32" /> <EventID Qualifiers="32768">1076</EventID> <Level>3</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-09-18T05:35:31.000000000Z" /> <EventRecordID>35636</EventRecordID> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer>server</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1234567897987546123" /> </System> <EventData> <Data>Other (Unplanned)</Data> <Data>0xa000000</Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data> </Data> <Data>USERNAME</Data> <Binary>0000000A000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000</Binary> </EventData> </Event>

To find the root cause of the problem you should analyze the memory dump file. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263 http://knowing-itech.blogspot.com/2011/08/analyze-memory-dump-file-using.htmlhttp://www.arabitpro.com

Hi, I agree with Syed, he has provided the right suggestion to the issue, we could refer to the method he provided to find the root cause of the problem. Additionally, we could refer to the similar threads with the same error code below, they may be useful to us. Event ID 1076, Reason Code: 0xa000000 http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/is/exchangesvrgeneral/thread/5f9d67c6-44f5-4f56-b950-eed7ffed1f85 Event ID 1076 Reason Code: 0xa000000 - What really happened ?? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservermanager/thread/9402b45a-ff55-46b8-b683-64362ff38f8e Server Restart Automatically http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/winservergen/thread/e914ec99-912e-40f6-97ca-f70a5353b8f1 Regards, Andy