MAKE WINDOWS XP SHUT DOWN FASTER

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ANNOYANCES IN WINDOWS XP IS WAITING FOR WHAT SEEMS AN ETERNITY WHILE IT SHUTDOWN , SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REGISTRY

TWEAKS TO HELP FORCE WINDOWS TO SHUTDOWN MORE QUICKLY.

USUALLY WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ONE OR MORE APPLICATION IS HAPPING UO TO 20 SECOND S (IN THE REGISTRY ALL VALUES ARE SET TO MILLISECONDS) WHILE THE OS TRIES TO SHUTDOWN.BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO THE REGISTRY IT IS  HIGHLY ADVISABLE TO CREATE BACKUP.

THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS ACCESS THE REGISTRY BY GOING TO SHART RUN AND TYPE IN "REGEDIT" (NO QUOTES) THEN CLICK OK.

NOW  WITH THE REGISTERY EDITOR OPEN THE FIRST CHANGE WE WANT TO MAKE IS UNDER

 HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Control Panel \Desktop 

SCROLL DOWN TO      HUNGAPPTIMEOUT    AND CHANGE THE DEFULT 5000 TO 1000 THE CLICK OK

THEN SCROLL DOWN  TO WAITTOKILLAPPTIMEOUT FROM 20000 TO 1000 THEN CLICK  OK.  KEEP THE REGISTRY  EDITOR OPEN AS  WE HAVE EDITOR 3 MORE VALUES TO CHANGE IN TWO DIFFERENT  SECTIONS.

NEXT WE ARE GOING TO 

HKEY-LOCAL-MACHINE \SYSTEM\ CURRENT CONTROL SET \CONTROL 

AND DOUNLE CLICK ON WAIRTOKILLSERVICETIMEOUT TO 1000 THEN CLICK OK.

FINALLY, WE NEED TO NAVIGATE TO 

HKEY-CURRENT-USER\ DEFAULT\ CONTROL PANEL\ DESKTOP

AND CHANGE HUNGAPPTIMEOUT  TO 1000 AND CLICK  OK.

THE SCROLL DOWN  TO WAITTOKILLAPPTIMEOUT  TO  1000 AND CLICK OK.

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