How to make Windows XP system shut down faster?

It’s very common, Windows system is getting shut down slowly & slowly and we are sitting in front of it praying to shut down quickly, but in vain. One of the biggest annoyances in Windows XP is waiting for what seems an eternity while it shuts down. There are a couple of registry tweaks that helps in shutting down Windows more quickly.

Before making any changes to the Registry it is highly advisable to have backup of data.

• First of all you need to access the Registry by going to Start -> Run and type in “regedit” (no quotes) then click OK.

• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Control Panel -> Desktop, and then scroll down to HungAppTimeout and change the default 5000 to 1000 then click OK.

• Then scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout from 20000 to 1000 then click OK.

• Next we are going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> System -> CurrentControlSet -> Control and double click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 1000 then click OK.

• Finally, we need to navigate to HKEY_USERS -> DEFAULT -> Control Panel -> Desktop and change HungAppTimeout to 1000 and click OK.

• Then scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout to 1000 and click OK.

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