WinXP Shutdown Fading

[Guest]

Is there a way to disable the fading when we shutdown windows xp ?
By GPO or registry.

Thanks

 

[Ace]

In my organisation we force 'classic' logon and theme onto Windows XP by
Group Policy, and there is no fading effect.
Right-clicking My Computer on your desktop, finding your way through
Properties onto the Advanced tab, then to the Performance settings;
you'll find a tab called 'Visual Effects'.
I personaly normally disable everything there, as for example I have
absolutely no need for a shadow under my mouse cursor.
I have not checked if these visual effects are available in the policy
editor in my Server 2003 environment, and I do not know your server
environment.

 

[Guest]

I also force classic and I had disabled all the features of the visual
effects tab but I still have the fading effect at shutdown....

I also have a 2003 server environment.

Sorry for my poor english... I'm french canadian.

 

[Bob I]

Any reason you don't just press the enter key to confirm shutdown?

 

[Guest]

I'm using a remote software (dameware) on a slow connection and when the
fading start it took about 2-3 minutes to have the screen refresh.

 

[Bob I]

Then issue a shutdown.exe in the run box instead.

shutdown -r for restart

shutdown -s for shutdown

 

[Ace]

In DameWare Mini Remote Control, go to View, Default Properties
Adjust the settings for Remote Options, Display Options, RDP to suit your
needs.
You may find however that DameWare, although a very nice program.. is
actually slower than Microsoft RDP.

Another option is UltraVNC which now has similar options in comparison to
DameWare Mini Remote Control.