Yeah, This one drives me crazy especially after trying to remote reboot a system and it gets stuck on the screen asking why it was rebooted... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555541&SD=tech How to enable and disable Shutdown Event Tracker View products that this article applies to. Author: Soumitra Sengupta MVP Community Solutions Content Disclaimer Article ID:555541 Last Review:December 28, 2005 Revision:1.0 On This Page SUMMARY Tips How to enable and disable Shutdown Event Tracker APPLIES TO SUMMARY Shutdown Event Tracker provides a simple and standard mechanism one can use to consistently document the reasons for shutting down or restarting the computer. This information is used to analyze the root causes of shutdowns and develop a more complete understanding of the system environment. Tips How to enable and disable Shutdown Event Tracker 1.To open Registry Editor, click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. 2.In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability 3.Name:ShutdownReasonUI Type:REG_DWORD Value:1=enable;0=disable For more information see the KB Article(293814):-Description of the Shutdown Event Tracker http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293814 [Note:-Shutdown Event Tracker is not a functional component in Windows XP Home Edition]