T42 Wont Restart

[tpmwr]

I did some searching and couldn't find this problem so I figured I'd post it up:

My system refuses to take the 'reboot' command. Whenever windows, my windows install (dual booted to XP today) or my OSX (tri booted with OSX today too :-p) tries to issue the shutdown comment the computer just turns all the status lights under the monitor (except the battery light) off and just locks up. I don't get why it's doing this since it is happening outside of the OS level. Any suggestions?

[richk]

Under XP, see if there is anything in the event log.

[tpmwr]

Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 1073
Source: USER32
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: WARNING_EW_SHUTDOWN_CANCELLED
Message: The attempt by user %2 to restart/shutdown computer %1 failed

Explanation
This event is written when a user or application attempts, but fails, to restart or shut down the computer by using either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the shutdown command.


User Action
If you still want to restart or shut down the computer, save any open files, close any applications that are running, and then you can:

Use either the graphical user interface (GUI) or the shutdown command again.
Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then while pressing CTRL, click Shut Down to force a shutdown.
Press the reset or power button on the computer

[tpmwr]

Sorry for the double post, I think this is being caused by my partitions, not sure how to fix that though.

Tried chkdsk with lo errors found

[richk]

You may have a virus or spyware. You need to run a good virus scanner first. Then check for spyware. I like spybot, because it is good and it is free. If both of those show no problem, start the task manager and see what is running.

[tpmwr]

I don't have any viruses or spyware, i know that much. This problem is happening outside of just windows, since it happened in the windows XP install app