Speed Up XP Quick Tips Part 2
By now you should have a system that starts up pretty fast, so lets look at how you can speed up shutdown times.
Speed Up Windows XP Shutdown
Note: These cool tweaks will require the Windows Registry to be edited and should only be performed if you know what you are doing. All edits to the Registry are at your own risk.
1) Don’t Clear the Paging File
Everytime XP shuts down it clears the paging file. This can take a bit of time, so if this is switched on, here is how you can turn it off.
goto: start->run, then type: regedit
Browse to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
Double click on ClearPageFileAtShutdown, and set the value to 0. Close the registry editor and reboot.
2) Kill Open Applications Faster on Shutdown
When XP shuts down it can take a hell of a long time to close applications. By changing these settings, you can speed that up quite a bit.
In the registry editor, goto: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Change the following values (set them to something much lower, eg: 2000):
WaitToKillAppTimeout
HungAppTimeout
Now also change those same values in:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
3) Kill Services Faster on Shutdown
This will reduce the amount of time XP waits to kill services during shutdown.
In your registry editor, goto:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Edit the value, WaitToKillServiceTimeout, and set it to something much lower, eg: 2000.
Thats it. Now you should have a super fast XP shutdown.
