Speed Up Windows XP Shutdown Time

Posted on May 22nd, 2009 in System Settings by admin

If you ever get frustrated waiting for your XP machine to shutdown (I just walk away), then you can perform this tweak that will speed up the shutdown time.

Just follow these dot points to speed up your shutdown time, but this is a registry edit so remember to backup your registry before performing any tweaks.

  • Open regedit
  • Navigate to this location
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
  • Create these new DWORDS and set the value to this number
    • AutoEndTasks=1
    • HungAppTimeout=4000
    • WaitToKillAppTimeout=4000
    • WaitToKillServiceTimeout=4000
  • You should find that your XP shutdown speed will be faster

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