Help Windows XP turn off faster

One of the most frustrating things in Windows XP is the long wait in the shutdown process, so I recommend giving you some adjustments in the registry that make Windows shutdown faster than usual.

Usually what's happening is one or more applications are hanging up to 20 seconds ( in the Registry all values ​​are set to ms ) while waiting for the operating system to shut down. Before making any changes to the Registry, you should create a backup for security purposes.

The first thing that you need to do is access the Registry by going to Start> Run and typing 'regedit' (without the '' sign) then clicking OK.

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When you open the Registry Editor, the first change we made is in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop, find the HungAppTimeout component and change the default value to 5000 to 1000 and then click OK.

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Then scroll to the WaitToKillAppTimeout section and change the value to 20000 to 1000, then click OK. Keep Registry Editor open because we must change more than 3 values ​​in two different sections.

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Next, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Control and double-click WaitToKillServiceTimeout, set the value to 1000, and then click OK.

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Finally we need to navigate to the HKEY_USERS DEFAULT Control Panel Desktop and set the value HungAppTimeout to 1000, then click OK.

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Next, scroll down and find the WaitToKillAppTimeout, set the value to 1000 and click OK.

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