XP takes too long to shutdown

[Ameer K.]

Hi, I am facing a slight annoyance with my newly built
computer. Windows XP seems to take a considerable amount
of time shutting down. It takes a long time to go through
the "Saving settings...Logging off...Shutting down
windows" screen. My system is pretty fast so I dont think
its the system thats lagging. My HDD is pretty blank and
I have no applications running, which would take time to
shutdown. I really have no idea whats causing this, but
its really annoying! If anybody has any suggestions
please help. Thanks alot!

 

[rad]

How long have u had it? Have u tried running a virus scan?

 

[t.cruise]

I had a similar problem, and found that it was my USB ZIP drive that caused it. When I
turned off the power for the ZIP drive, booting and shutting down was MUCH faster. Try
turning off the power to each (if any) of your USB peripherals, and see if the shutdown
time improves. For a while after that, I only powered on the ZIP drive when I needed to
use it. Finally I burned all the files on the ZIP disks to CDRs, and got rid of the USB
ZIP drive.

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

It could be a service that is not responding properly. I have seen computers
with certain types of anti-virus programs delay in shutting down. How much
time are you talking about?

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Plato]

Hi, I am facing a slight annoyance with my newly built
computer. Windows XP seems to take a considerable amount
of time shutting down. It takes a long time to go through

Hit shutdown. Go to bed.

 

[Richard Goh]

When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services
currently running. Every once in a while the service does not shut down
instantly and windows gives it a change to shut down on its own before it
kills it. This amount of time that windows waits is stored in the system
registry. If you modify this setting, then windows will kill the service
earlier. To modify the setting, follow the directions below:

Start Regedit.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
Click on the "Control" Folder.
Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
Right click on it and select Modify.
Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).