Slow shut down

[Jody]

My Win2000 is very, very slow when shutting down. Are
there any suggestions how to speed up this process?

Thanks

 

[John Thow]

My Win2000 is very, very slow when shutting down. Are
there any suggestions how to speed up this process?

Thanks

Have a look at the application event log for event id 1000 from userenv.
"Windows cannot unload your registry class file. If you have a roaming
profile, your settings are not replicated. Contact your administrator.

DETAIL Access is denied. , Build number ((2195))."

If that's there at shutdown, check out:-

http://www.citrix4ge.de/ctxsffaq/index.htm#prof and apply to Robin Carron for
a fix.


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[Jim Byrd]

Hi Jody - 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, say, 5000 ms instead of the default 20000.

(I can verify that these last two make a HUGH difference in shutdown times.)

Two last areas 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). And check and be sure that you don't
unintentionally have Clear the Windows Paging File turned on. See here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314834


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Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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