faster shutdown of WinXp

microsoftne · 05-23-2003, 05:01 PM

WARNING: Editing the windows registry manually can cause serious operating system damage if done incorrectly! Use at your own risk! -Ecniv

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l
Modify/Create the Value Name [WaitToKillServiceTimeout] according to the Value Data listed below.
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: WaitToKillServiceTimeout
Value Data: [Default = 20,000 (expressed in milliseconds) Modify to preference.]
*set to 1000*
it will definately speed up the shutdown of your pc.
Exit Registry and Reboot

Ecniv · 05-23-2003, 05:38 PM

Very cool tip! Ill be trying that when I get home!

microsoftne · 05-29-2003, 07:15 PM

how did it work for you Ecniv?

nastrodamus · 06-22-2003, 02:58 PM

Cool....

It works

OIDanTheManIO · 10-18-2004, 08:18 PM

Worked for me! Thanks.

-Dan The Man

beedubaya · 11-12-2004, 08:47 AM

Yea, I will try that when I get home, although I don't have too much of a problem with slow XP shutdowns, it wont hurt to make it a little faster.

05-23-2003, 05:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
microsoftne Super Techie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 469	faster shutdown of WinXp WARNING: Editing the windows registry manually can cause serious operating system damage if done incorrectly! Use at your own risk! -Ecniv [Start] [Run] [Regedit] Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l Modify/Create the Value Name [WaitToKillServiceTimeout] according to the Value Data listed below. Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: WaitToKillServiceTimeout Value Data: [Default = 20,000 (expressed in milliseconds) Modify to preference.] set to 1000 it will definately speed up the shutdown of your pc. Exit Registry and Reboot __________________ Death has a thousand doors, let's see which one our victim chose. "There's one thing that you learn on this job, is that human beings are capable of anything" If you chase two rabbits, you lose them both You say tomato... I say cause of death For sale/trade http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f40/fu...r-fs-t-139695/

05-23-2003, 05:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ecniv ¤ Broadband Specialist ¤ Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,769	Very cool tip! Ill be trying that when I get home! __________________ \"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I\'m not sure about the former.\"- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

05-29-2003, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
microsoftne Super Techie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 469	how did it work for you Ecniv? __________________ Death has a thousand doors, let's see which one our victim chose. "There's one thing that you learn on this job, is that human beings are capable of anything" If you chase two rabbits, you lose them both You say tomato... I say cause of death For sale/trade http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f40/fu...r-fs-t-139695/

06-22-2003, 02:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
nastrodamus Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 94	Cool.... It works __________________ Wisdom is knowledge being put to use. Are you putting to use what you know?

10-18-2004, 08:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
OIDanTheManIO Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 1,848	Worked for me! Thanks. -Dan The Man __________________

11-12-2004, 08:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
beedubaya Lord Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,235	Yea, I will try that when I get home, although I don't have too much of a problem with slow XP shutdowns, it wont hurt to make it a little faster. __________________ ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.25GHz 2GB G.Skill Extreme PC4000 RAM Leadtek Winfast GeForce 7800GT Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi "I know the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully" - George W. Bush

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