If your system is taking a lot of time to shutdown,then - This tutorial is for you . Did you know that Windows XP keeps a couple of values in its registry which determines how long to wait before shutting down open applications and services once the shutdown command has been given . There are two settings and converting them to lower values , you can decrease the amount of time that Windows XP needs to properly shut itself down . Here are a couple of steps you can take to speed up the shutdown process:

Step 1

1. Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\’
2. Select the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
3. Change it to ‘1000?.
4. Next select the ‘HungAppTimeout’ valu.
5. Change it to ‘1000? also.

Step 2

1. Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\ControlPanel\Desktop’
2. Select the ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’ value.
   Changet it to ‘1000?.
   Next Select the ‘HungAppTimeout’ value.
   Change it to ‘1000? also.

Step 3

1. Open regedit and goto ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\’
2. Select the value ‘WaitToKillServiceTimeout’
3. Change this value to ‘1000.’

That’s all folks.This will hopefully Speed up Windows XP Shutdown.

Note : Please be careful when editing the Registry; you can do a lot of damage here. Don’t change or delete anything unless you know exactly what it is.

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