Hi Fredrick - Here's some additional info (one of my "standard" posts) that
may be of help:
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.
If you decide that you do need to keep it, 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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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP
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