Shut down issues windows xp sp3

[mikesteven]

All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. Svchost
is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media
controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to fix
this problem?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf]

All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. Svchost

is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media
controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to fix
this problem?

Thanks,

Mike

Try the following:

Go to Start > Run and enter REGEDIT and press OK. This fires up the
registry editor.

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Edit the
following keys:

1) AutoEndTasks: Default is 0, make it 1

You can also try the following settings under the same branch:

2) ForegroundLockTimeout: Default is 20000, make it 0

3) HungAppTimeoutefault is 5000, try 1000, if it's still slow, try
500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as it could
really make programs / services that need a momentd or two to end
act...funny.

4) WaitToKillAppTimeout: Default is 20000, try 1000, if it's still
slow, try 500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as
it could really make programs / services that need a moment or two to
end act...funny.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control

1) WaitToKillServiceTimeout: Default is 20000, try 2000. I don't use
this setting personally and it's questionable whether XP supports it
or not.

When you finish, reboot. Log into XP and then do a shutdown and see
how long it take.

If some of the keys above don't exists, just create them using the
right mouse button.

#1 is a String Value
#2 is DWORD value
#3 is a String value
#4 is a String value

Good luck.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows.
Svchost
is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media
controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to
fix
this problem?

Thanks,

Mike

If it is really "all of a sudden" then a System Restore will most likely fix
it.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Did this behavior only start after you'd installed WinXP SP3?

Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows
XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3"

 

[mikesteven]

It did not start after sp 3 was installed, but then there were more windows
updates which I downloaded. I just can't remember the exact date this problem
started.
Mike