saving settings takes ages

[Andy]

w2kpro shutting down from logged onto domain (DHCP) with w2kserver, takes
ages sitting there on the 'saving settings' screen. why?
Also, how do you make the numlock light come on before logon????

trivial problems I know, but important to customer!

TIA,

Andy

 

[Jimmy Andersson [MVP]]

To turn on the [NumLock] key, set the following Registry value to 2:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators


By default, Windows sets the InitialKeyboardIndicators value to 0 (which
turns the [NumLock] key off).


You can turn on the [NumLock] key in the default profile so that all new
users who log in to a computer have NumLock enabled by setting the following
Registry value to 2:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Keyboard\InitialKeyboardIndicators


Regards,
/Jimmy

 

[Guest]

You can always disable save settings, but its still slow on shutdown. Here's
how to disable it:

User Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
System Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Create a DWORD value called: 'NoSaveSettings' (without quotes)

Set the value to 1 to disable save settings or 0 (zero) to re-enable save
settings at exit.

All save setting does is icon positions etc, which stay where they are
anyway when you restart.

--------------------------------------------

Regarding your NumLock:

Press the button when in Windows mode to light up the number lock light.
Then with every boot it will stay lit.

There is another way if what I wrote above or what the other user wrote is
that it could be disabled in the BIOS.

I hope this helps.

 

[Phil]

You can always disable save settings, but its still slow on shutdown.
Here's how to disable it:

User Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ex
plorer System Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\E
xplorer

Create a DWORD value called: 'NoSaveSettings' (without quotes)

Set the value to 1 to disable save settings or 0 (zero) to re-enable
save settings at exit.

All save setting does is icon positions etc, which stay where they are
anyway when you restart.

--------------------------------------------

Regarding your NumLock:

Press the button when in Windows mode to light up the number lock
light. Then with every boot it will stay lit.

There is another way if what I wrote above or what the other user
wrote is that it could be disabled in the BIOS.

I hope this helps.

Thanks all, will try these soon.

Andy

 

[the gnome]

try this link.


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&displaylang=en


wored for me .


the_gnome

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

Andy fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

w2kpro shutting down from logged onto domain (DHCP) with w2kserver,
takes ages sitting there on the 'saving settings' screen. why?
Also, how do you make the numlock light come on before logon????

trivial problems I know, but important to customer!

TIA,

Andy

start
run
type
gpedit.msc

navigate to

Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
System
Logon

Maximum retries to unload and update user profile ...

set enabled and to say 5 ... default if not configured is 60!!

also see

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837115&Product=win2000

in particular

"User Profile Hive Cleanup Service"

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en