XP Service Pack 2 slows rebooting & shut down

[Maurice]

I did a clean install of XP Pro and installed the Service
Pack 2. It now takes an extremely long time for a reboot
and/or shut down to transpire from start to finish. Has
anyone experienced this? Doew anyone know why this
annoyingly longer time is occuring?

Thanks,
Maurice

 

[Chris Devol]

I did a clean install of XP Pro and installed the Service
Pack 2. It now takes an extremely long time for a reboot
and/or shut down to transpire from start to finish. Has
anyone experienced this? Doew anyone know why this
annoyingly longer time is occuring?

Thanks,
Maurice

I've experienced this too. No idea why.

 

[Guest]

Here are few suggestions:
Description of the Disk Cleanup Tool in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310312&Product=winxp

How to Perform Disk Error Checking in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315265&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Analyze and Defragment a Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;305781&Product=winxp

How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310560

How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310353

 

[Incognitus]

I've experienced this too. No idea why.

I changed: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

From the default of 20000.

Before SP2, shutdown occured in 5 seconds are less, afterwards 30 seconds,
after the regedit 7 seconds or less. I keeping an eye open for possible
problems due to the regedit.