Hi Peggy - See ***** below.
You might want to check and see if you've installed Hotfix Q329170. If so,
and unless you're sure you need it, it apparently causes major slowdowns on
shutdown and should be removed. See here to decide about whether you need
this hotfix:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329170. There's been a lot
of discussion about this in microsoft.public.win2000.general nws gp
recently. If you decide to remove it, go to your Control Panel|Add/Remove
Programs and see if Q329170 is listed as installed and, if so, remove it.
This "hotfix" is also installed as part of SP4, and thus can't be removed
separately if you've installed that.
************ If you decide that you do need to keep it, or you have SP4
installed, an alternative that's been proposed that will allow you to be
able to exit normally even with the hotfix is to run "net stop spooler"
(without the quotes) from a cmd window before shutdown. You might want to
consider adding that to a logout script that stops the spooler at shutdown,
and kept the hotfix in that case. (I've verified that this works, BTW.)
MS has a fix available if you phone them. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814770
plus (Courtesy of Steve Parry)
start > run > gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration> Administrative Template
System > Logon > Maximum retries to unload and update user profile ... set
enabled and to say 5 ... default if not configured is 60!!
and then (added by me) set waittokillservicetimeout at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
to 5000 ms instead of the default 20000.
(I can verify that these last two make a HUGH difference in shutdown times.)
One last area to check. Unless you actually use them, it has been reported
that unchecking Enable Offline Files in Folder Options|Offline Files tab
substantially decreases the shutdown time (presumtively by eliminating the
"Synchronize all offline files" step).
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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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