Registry-Value changes without user-input

[Jonas Pfeifer]

Hello NG,

since I have recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP3 on a THinkPad
X61s-Machine I experience the following problem:

when I change the value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WaitToKillServiceTimeout

from 20000 to 2000 (to speed up the shutdown-process), the value has been
changed back to 20000 five minutes or one reboot later. Does anybody has an
idea why that happens?

Might there be any program on the system that changes back that value?

Thank you in advance,
Jonas


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List of installed Programs:
Windows XP SP3 + Updates until today
Norton Antivirus 2009
Microsoft Office 2003 Pro
ThinkVantage PowerManager
ThinkVantage Harddrive Protection
ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hello NG,

since I have recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP3 on a THinkPad
X61s-Machine I experience the following problem:

when I change the value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WaitToKillServiceTimeout

from 20000 to 2000 (to speed up the shutdown-process), the value
has been changed back to 20000 five minutes or one reboot later.
Does anybody has an idea why that happens?

Might there be any program on the system that changes back that
value?

Why ControlSet001 instead of CurrentControlSet?

 

[Jonas Pfeifer]

Why ControlSet001 instead of CurrentControlSet?

It happens when I change it in either CurrentControlSet, Controlset001 and
COntrolSet002.



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Jonas P.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

since I have recently reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP3 on a THinkPad
X61s-Machine I experience the following problem:

when I change the value
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\WaitToKillServiceTimeout

from 20000 to 2000 (to speed up the shutdown-process), the value
has been changed back to 20000 five minutes or one reboot later.
Does anybody has an idea why that happens?

Might there be any program on the system that changes back that
value?

Why ControlSet001 instead of CurrentControlSet?

It happens when I change it in either CurrentControlSet,
Controlset001 and COntrolSet002.

Scan your system for malware.
(MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware are two decent free programs to do this
with - full scans.)

Is this a personal system - not joined to any domain?

You should be changing the setting in CurrentControlSet.

 

[Kelly]

Try adding save settings on exit from line 54: right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Added info:

Shutdown Event Tracker - Line 373:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Power the Computer Off or Reboot After Shutdown

This edit controls whether Windows should automatically power down or reboot
your computer once it has finished the shutdown process.

Power Off or Reboot After Shutdown (Line 76)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

User Profile Hive Cleanup Service (Line 36) Right hand side
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

This edit automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from
shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.

Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown (Line 76)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Shutdown.Exe - Andrej Budja (Line 52)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Enable Monitor Power-off on Logon Screen (Line 160)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

This edit allows you to configure Windows so that you receive verbose
startup, shutdown, logon, and logoff status messages. This may be helpful to
in troubleshooting slow startup, shutdown, logon, or logoff behavior.

Startup/Shutdown/Logon/Logoff Status Messages (Line 69)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

View Log Events by Code or List or Clear (Line 126)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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