Improve XP Shutdown 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’
I hope you found this guide useful and that implementing these tweaks will give your XP installation a second lease of life!
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