Slow Shutdown?

[JayCool]

I recently over-installed XP Pro, and now it seems to take longer to shutdown 🙁 Any tips? Does Bootvis improve shutdown times or just "Boots"?

 

[Khayman]

open regedit

go to
Hkey_Local_Machine/system/controlset001/control

then change waittokillservicetimeout to a lower number like 3000 or 4000

also try going to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

and changing HungAppTimeout & WaitToKillAppTimeout to about 200 or 300

 

[allan]

BootVis is just for Boot time. Try this link:
http://www.tweakxp.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=532

 

[JayCool]

I did the registry tweaks, but do you have the original registry settings?

 

[Sage]

Nvidia Driver Helper

If you have an Nvidia video card and are running nvidia reference drivers go to Services - disable the service nvidia driver helper.