I know there is a way to disable this box when you shutdown that says "This system is shutting down. Please save all work in progress and logoff." I have had it disabled before but had to reformat and now can't remember how. Any help is greatly appreciated as this is rather anoying. Likely

Hi ... Its sounds like you have the W32.Blaster.Worm , have a look at this website and see as to whether that is whats showing on your screen http://www.pchell.com/virus/msblast.shtml If so then have a look at this too from Norton http://tinyurl.com/jqdf

No thats not it. The shutdown was inititiated by me the box I am seeing is OEM from XP itself. I know there is a way to disable this 30 second countdown but don't remember how. Likely

Ok when it happen , Do you see like you have 59 seconds before it shutdown ??like this here >>> Time before shutdown: 00:00:59

Yes I do it starts at 30 seconds. I do not have any worm or virus. The shutdown is initiated by me the user. Whenever I select restart or shutdown I get this anoying box that makes me wait. I understand why. In the space between the message and the countdown clock there is no reason listed. I know this can be disabled as I have done it before I think it was some sort of patch or boot.ini file or something I just can't remember. Getting old lol. Likely

Well if you ever do figure it out , Do tell , i'm curious to know , Though I have a link that I found on google I doubt its what you have , but its worth taken a look at http://tinyurl.com/46uyg