Search this website for 'shrink transaction log' ... there are some interesting threads. The 'WITH' thing does not have to do with your problem. It determinese whether ot not messages are displayed). Transaction logs are 'circular' files so to speak and you cannot shrink them beyond their initial allocation or as far down the chain as have been allocated. Sometimes shrinking a transactino log is a repetitive process (hence the suggestion to search this site, there are a few solutions available).