[AccessD] Can anyone help me with this

[John Colby]

My SQL Server (Windows 2008) reboots periodically.  Periodically implies 
on a schedule so perhaps sporadically is a better description.  This has 
been going on for years.  It will do so several times a day.

What I have discovered is that if I keep one of the cores busy, and I 
use a script in SQL Server to do that, then it never reboots.

I read that Windows 2008 can be led to believe (accidentally in my case) 
that it needs to reboot to finish an install or something of that 
nature, and it will do so when the system is "idle".  By keeping a core 
active, the system never does that reboot thing.  I do not know for sure 
that this is what is going on but it absolutely makes sense.  In he 
meantime I have to do this "keep a core active" thing or my server 
reboots.  If anyone out there understands what is really going on and 
how to tell Windows to knock it off, please contact me.

Thanks,

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John W. Colby