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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Improve Your XP Shutdown Speed

  1. This tweak reduces the time Windows 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\Cur rentControlSet\Control\'
    Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
    Right click and select 'Modify'
    Change the value to '1000'
    Click 'OK'

    That's all and Enjoy your XP Shutdown Speed now!

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