changing things in regedit

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i have found some info on a web site about quicker shutdown times on
windows....would like to know if the following if done is safe and is not
doing any harm to my pc. will the programs still be ok if i change these.

regedit changes INSTRUCTIONS

Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 2

The second part of this tip changes the same settings, this time for all
users on the system.

Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
Highlight the 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' (the default should be 20000).
Now highlight the 'HungAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' also.

Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 3

In the third part of this tip, we will alter a second registry setting to
decrease the amount of
time Windows XP will wait before shutting down active services after
receiving a shut down command.
Open REGEDIT and navigate to
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
Highlight the value 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
Change this value to '1000.'

This should help to considerably speed up the time windows XP takes to shut
itself down.



By altering the registry slightly, Windows XP can be set to close crashed
applications automatically.
While this does not technically speed up the shut down process, it does
streamline it, and ensure that
the user will not give the shutdown command then get up and leave, only to
find the PC still powered on
because Windows never received input on what to do with a hung application.

To allow Windows XP to close non-responsive applications automatically upon
shutdown:

Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop'

Highlight the value 'AutoEndTasks.'

Change the value to '1'

XP will now be able to close hung applications without user input during the
shutdown process.

if some one could look at these and tell me if its ok...it will be great

thanx
ari

 

[Dave Patrick]

Far better to fix the issues than to circumvent these controls.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|i have found some info on a web site about quicker shutdown times on
| windows....would like to know if the following if done is safe and is not
| doing any harm to my pc. will the programs still be ok if i change these.
|
| regedit changes INSTRUCTIONS
|
| Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 2
|
| The second part of this tip changes the same settings, this time for all
| users on the system.
|
| Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
| Highlight the 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' value.
| Set it to '1000' (the default should be 20000).
| Now highlight the 'HungAppTimeout' value.
| Set it to '1000' also.
|
| Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 3
|
| In the third part of this tip, we will alter a second registry setting to
| decrease the amount of
| time Windows XP will wait before shutting down active services after
| receiving a shut down command.
| Open REGEDIT and navigate to
| 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
| Highlight the value 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
| Change this value to '1000.'
|
| This should help to considerably speed up the time windows XP takes to
shut
| itself down.
|
|
|
| By altering the registry slightly, Windows XP can be set to close crashed
| applications automatically.
| While this does not technically speed up the shut down process, it does
| streamline it, and ensure that
| the user will not give the shutdown command then get up and leave, only to
| find the PC still powered on
| because Windows never received input on what to do with a hung
application.
|
| To allow Windows XP to close non-responsive applications automatically
upon
| shutdown:
|
| Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop'
|
| Highlight the value 'AutoEndTasks.'
|
| Change the value to '1'
|
| XP will now be able to close hung applications without user input during
the
| shutdown process.
|
| if some one could look at these and tell me if its ok...it will be great
|
| thanx
| ari

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

As Dave pointed out, it's a good idea to fix the consistently non-responsive application, rather than forcibly killing them _everytime_.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


i have found some info on a web site about quicker shutdown times on
windows....would like to know if the following if done is safe and is not
doing any harm to my pc. will the programs still be ok if i change these.

regedit changes INSTRUCTIONS

Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 2

The second part of this tip changes the same settings, this time for all
users on the system.

Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
Highlight the 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' (the default should be 20000).
Now highlight the 'HungAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' also.

Increasing shutdown speed by reducing wait times part 3

In the third part of this tip, we will alter a second registry setting to
decrease the amount of
time Windows XP will wait before shutting down active services after
receiving a shut down command.
Open REGEDIT and navigate to
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'
Highlight the value 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
Change this value to '1000.'

This should help to considerably speed up the time windows XP takes to shut
itself down.



By altering the registry slightly, Windows XP can be set to close crashed
applications automatically.
While this does not technically speed up the shut down process, it does
streamline it, and ensure that
the user will not give the shutdown command then get up and leave, only to
find the PC still powered on
because Windows never received input on what to do with a hung application.

To allow Windows XP to close non-responsive applications automatically upon
shutdown:

Open REGEDIT and navigate to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop'

Highlight the value 'AutoEndTasks.'

Change the value to '1'

XP will now be able to close hung applications without user input during the
shutdown process.

if some one could look at these and tell me if its ok...it will be great

thanx
ari