Sorry for the late response, as I was super busy with lots of stuff. Here is more information: run.log: | 19:56:24,343 WARN [JmsActivation] Failure in jms activation org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.inflow.JmsActivationSpec@1847a42(ra=org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.JmsResourceAdapter(a)1e61582 destination=queue/ServiceRequest isTopic=false tx=true durable=false reconnect=10 provider=java:/DefaultJMSProvider user=null maxMessages=1 minSession=1 maxSession=15 keepAlive=60000 useDLQ=true DLQHandler=org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.inflow.dlq.GenericDLQHandler DLQJndiName=queue/DLQ DLQUser=null DLQMaxResent=5) | org.jboss.mq.SpyJMSException: Asynchronous close from server.; - nested throwable: (java.io.IOException: Close request from the server or transport layer.) | shutdown.log: | Shutting down JBoss Application Server 4.2.3 [2008-08-12 22:26:04] | A system shutdown is in progress.(1115) | Shutdown JBoss Application Server 4.2.3 service [2008-08-12 22:26:04] | sc qc jboss: | SERVICE_NAME: jboss | TYPE : 110 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS (interactive) | START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START | ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL | BINARY_PATH_NAME : "C:\Program Files\jboss-4.2.3.GA\jboss-native-2.0.4-windows-x86-ssl\bin\jbosssvc.exe" -r JBOSS | LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : | TAG : 0 | DISPLAY_NAME : JBoss Application Server 4.2.3 | DEPENDENCIES : Tcpip | : Afd | SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem | For the time being, I'm stopping JBoss using the shutdown.bat, in order to avoid machine shutdown. I observed this behavior on a dev box I have at work as well. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4171667#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...