Shutdown

[Jeff T.]

My bootup really isn't to bad but the shutdown seems slow.
Can I fix this?
Jeff

 

[Devil_Himself]

WINDOWS XP SHUTDOWN & RESTART TROUBLESHOOTING
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.php

WINDOWS SHUTDOWN & RESTART CENTER TROUBLESHOOTING in 15 STEPS
http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/shutdown.htm

Advanced troubleshooting for shutdown problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308029

 

[Plato]

My bootup really isn't to bad but the shutdown seems slow.
Can I fix this?

Get rid of any background apps you dont need to run 24/7

 

[Newbie Coder]

Jeff,

I am sure you have a lot of applications running in the system tray which can be removed

How many processes are running?

Is the machine set to flush caches at shutdown?

Delete Temporary Internet files & files from Temp folder (User & Windows)

Delete old & unused profiles

 

[Gerry]

Jeff

As the Devil Incarnate says but you might also try this suggestion.

Download and install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
Download details: User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
http://snipurl.com/5b61

UPHClean v1.5e readme.txt
http://snipurl.com/ko8m

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Thee Chicago Wolf]

My bootup really isn't to bad but the shutdown seems slow.

Can I fix this?

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

 

[Newbie Coder]

Never click a Tiny type URL

The Microsoft full link is:

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

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