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After quite sometime your Windows Xp normally tend to become slow. Mostly due to miscellaneous services that get installed with time, making your PC slow. But there is a cool registry trick that makes shutting down a breeze.
Did you know that Windows XP keeps a couple of values in its registry which determines how long to wait before shutting down open applications and services once the shutdown command has been given . All you need to change those values, here how its done.
Step 1
- Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’
- Select the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
- Change it to ‘1000?.
- Next select the ‘HungAppTimeout’ valu.
- Change it to ‘1000? also.
Step 2
- Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\ControlPanel\Desktop’
- Select the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
Changet it to ‘1000?.
Next Select the ‘HungAppTimeout’ value.
Change it to ‘1000? also.
Step 3
- Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\’
- Select the value ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
- Change this value to ‘1000.’
But fellows please proceed with caution, because editing your registry can really make your PC suck.
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December 31st, 2007 at 6:30 pm
The best way to increase Windows shutdown speed - install Linux )
December 31st, 2007 at 9:41 pm
ha ha
January 1st, 2008 at 6:59 am
lol …you got some commentators with a sense of humor..Thanks for the post.:)
January 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
I have done.. these editings. trusting ThinkTechno.. without taking a back-up of my registry.. Lets see what happens when I restart my PC.. :)
January 1st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
thanks for the comment. well they just started. 2008 will be lot funnier
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 am
Well…no response from Sunit…
I guess I’ll try it anyway.
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
…and they were *NEVER* heard from again…..
February 18th, 2008 at 12:10 am
How to speed up windows XP shutdown.
1. start–>Run–>regedit HKLM\software\MS\windows\currentversion\Run
2. Hold down power button
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
I think I need to practice this tip to my PC…the shutting down process is really annoying as it is quite long.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
@Diana
Nice to see you after long time!
April 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Hi…Glad to know somebody notice my absence :). That’s very nice Pranjal…I usually starting online on the mid of week. Weekend are family days and still feel lag on Monday :).
April 5th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
@Diana
I’m a single guy so each time people comes to my blog comment about something. I always try to help them personally and i love my folks.