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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Improve windows xp shut down speed




This tweak  reduces  the time xp  waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.




Go to Start then select Run

Type 'Regedit' and click ok

Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'


Now select 'HungAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'




Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'

Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'



Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'

Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'

Right click and select 'Modify'

Change the value to '1000'

Click 'OK'





Enjoy  this tweak