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Long Shutdown Time

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My computer takes a really long time to shut down. A few minutes at the least. What are some ways to reduce the time?

Name: kkk
Date: July 20, 2003 at 17:09:12 Pacific

Reply:

one program is stalling the shutdown process. you must sort out which one it is.

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Name: wawadave
Date: July 20, 2003 at 17:15:23 Pacific

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you can use ctrl,alt,delete to see whats hanging and heres a good sight for shut down problems. http://www.aumha.org/

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Name: Johnw
Date: July 20, 2003 at 17:38:29 Pacific

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http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/archive/39/2002/04/4/1003 Start Regedit. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control. Click on the "Control" Folder. Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" Right click on it and select Modify. Set it a value lower than 20000 ( can go down to 200 )

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Name: teri
Date: July 20, 2003 at 20:09:43 Pacific

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I am guessing here but you may want to read this site. Some of it may apply to you. http://aumha.org/win5/a/shtdwnxp.htm

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HUGE problem.....wise0132...

random restarts

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