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Windows XP/2000 - self shutdown???? posted in the Operating Systems forums; I don't know this as I have never seen this b4 in my whole life. While working on me pc a popup will come and say. NT Admin Shutting PC ...


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Old 03-14-2007   #1
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Exclamation self shutdown????

I don't know this as I have never seen this b4 in my whole life. While working on me pc a popup will come and say. NT Admin Shutting PC down in 60sec, plz save all work. Err 208...?? Plz help me fix this as it's annoying.

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PS: I have Norton, AD Aware, and spybot ... nothing is picked up but one thing though. Norton can't scan boot record? Maybe a virus there? How do I check me boot record for virus.
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Hi Flyeboy,

I know how to suspend this countdown, please follow these steps:

1. start
2. Run
3. type in shutdown -a
4. Hit enter.

I have sent a PM to a tech team member to have a look into this, it could be malware like you said.

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Thank you very much. Do i do this as soon as that popup comes up or just anytime?

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I did that... says

cannot find the file "shutdown" (or one of it's components) make sure the path and filename........
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hey flyeboy,
did you put -a at the end like shown on upgrader764's post?
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I did... and nothing.. but what can i do to prevent it coming up.
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I believe it should be done before it comes up, but you could try it when it is up. Make sure you type in exactly this without the quotes "shutdown -a"

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