Misc: Shut Down XP Faster

stratoskater · Post by **stratoskater** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:24 pm

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).

Waverunner · Post by **Waverunner** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:06 am

PEOPLE - If you do not know what you are doing, DO NOT OPEN YOUR COMPUTER IN REGEDIT! You could seriously harm your computer by altering even the slightest thing. I would stay out of regedit if you don't know what you are doing....

Katarn · Post by **Katarn** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:24 am

nice, stratoskater, this could really help the insanely slooooow shutdown procedure.

[cc]z@nd! · Post by **[cc]z@nd!** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:50 pm

anothar way is...

right-click on desktop, select new>shortcut

in the "location" line, type "shutdown -s -t 0" (without quotes, and that's a zero, not an "oh")

name the file, give it the red shutdown icon (right-click on the shortcut, properties, in there) and now, one double click and your pc shuts itself off!

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Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:58 pm

could it be that that is the same when you hold the shutdown button on your computer(outside) for seven second?Thats not propper shutdown.

Bob The GoatGod · Post by **Bob The GoatGod** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 5:37 am

What command do u use to invoke hibernate. I looked and u can only shutdown, restart, and logoff with shutdown.exe.

Dispraiser · Post by **Dispraiser** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:48 am

Yes, I miss hibernate as well. It used to be that if you pressed the turn off computer button in the start bar, then held down shift it would pop up in place of standby, but it appears as though a recent windows update removed it for some reason.

EDIT: Nevermind, this topic made me think it was probably my fault that it was gone, since I can't see windows removing it.. I checked, and my settings were wrong. Oppsay.

Tiptup300 · Post by **Tiptup300** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:05 pm

I saw it in a magazine once

rossgemuend · Post by **rossgemuend** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:09 pm

thanks for the info stratoskater, i've set mine like yours and it is noticably faster