Shut down faster in Windows XP

You can boil a certificate while waiting for Windows XP to shutdown. If your computer doesn't know how to say goodbye, you should consult some tips below.

Do not turn off the device, leave it in hibernation (Hibernate)

There are only two reasons for Windows shutdown: to save power and to restart the operating system when you feel it works too slowly. If nothing really bad happens, Windows XP can work normally daily or even weekly. So instead of turning off your system, set it to 'sleep'.

Put Windows in Hibernate mode, the computer will copy the contents of the machine's RAM to the hard drive, then turn everything off. With this storage, if you look from the physical perspective, the electricity is turned off (these two activities are quite similar). Using XP's hibernation mode, when 'awakening' takes less time when it ends and restarts.

Set it as follows: Right-click the desktop, select Properties > Screen Saver tab> Power . , select the Hibernate tab and click Enable hibernation (be sure to make sure you have enough disk space)> click OK two times to close all windows. When you need to use Hibernate, go to Turn off normally, in the Turn Off computer window, hold down Shift , the word Stand By will be replaced with Hibernate> click if necessary.

Close the program

Windows only turns itself off after all other programs have been closed, which takes a lot of time if many applications are still not closed. Of course, you can perform closed applications to speed up the computer shutdown.

However, if the shutdown is too slow compared to normal, you should try to close the running programs (including applications and systems on the system tray) before turning off Windows. Your system turns off faster if one of those programs is closed.

Consider broken drivers

Improperly installed drivers are also the cause of slow shutdown. Check to see if any device drivers need to be reinstalled. To do that, right-click My Computer and select Properties > Hardware > Device Manager . Take a full look to see if there is a yellow question mark or red exclamation mark. Their meaning is as follows: a yellow question mark indicates that Windows is using a driver of the same type, not the appropriate driver, and the red exclamation mark indicates that the device is not working.

Drivers for sound cards, graphics, and printers often need to be reinstalled every time Windows is reinstalled. You can go to the vendor's website to download the correct device driver and then proceed with the installation for the device. Normally, when you buy the device, you will be provided with a driver disk. How to proceed to reinstall the following drivers: right-click the option to upgrade the driver in Device Manager, select Update Driver , skip the Wizard screen, select " No, not this time " for the question need to upgrade Windows. Then select the " Specified location " option when it appears. Then select the file you want to install in the driver files, click OK to install it. After finishing installing the driver, close all opened windows.

Close Terminal Services (Terminate Terminal Services)

Windows XP Terminal Services can also cause slow shutdowns. If you've never used a remote workstation, you won't need remote support, fast user transfers, end servers and other Terminal Services. To close it, select Start > Run , type services.msc / s , then press Enter . Find and double-click the terminal services list. (Of course, if you don't have the terminal services installed, slow shutdowns can be caused by other causes). Change " Startup type " to Disabled or Manual then click OK .

Do not delete virtual memory

If you use Windows XP (but not the Home version), you can speed up the shutdown process by not clearing virtual memory whenever Windows is turned off. Select Start > Run , type gpedit.msc , and press Enter . Go to Computer ConfigurationWindows SettingsSecurity SettingsLocal PoliciesSecurity Options in the left pane. In the right window, go to Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile . If this option is enabled, double-click it to select Disabled , then click OK .

Reduce waiting time for Windows

You can speed up the shutdown process by reducing the time Windows waits for a program to stop in the correct way before shutting down. Select Start > Run , type regedit , and press Enter . In the menu on the left you go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl . Double-click the WaitToKillServiceTimeout entry in the right window. Set this value to less than the default value of 2000 (2s) , possibly to 1000 , and then press OK to restart the system. However, this job may affect data that you have not saved.