How can I make Windows shutdown faster?

I ran a few searches and couldn't dig up anything

I read somewhere, though maybe not in these forums, on how to make Windows shutdown faster by modifying "kill times" and other tweaks, but I never got to using them..

Anyone know?

Also, my laptop power settings are set to go in Standby automatically when I close the lid. If I manually tell the computer to Shutdown, then I close the lid and walk away, will the computer Shutdown or go in Standby?

Thanks,
Bren

 

browse around on annoyances.org, that's where i got the tweaks you're talking about.

 

I would imagine that If you have already told the computer to shut down it would not change its course of action and go to standby

 

I think so too, but I would change the lid close behavior to "do nothing" anyway. No reason to stand by, just another potential annoyance.

 

it is to do with kill time in the windows registry editor..........

but until we find the exact way for you, try this program:

http://www.filesland.com/companies/Waresoft-Software/21521-download.html

 

An application that is hung usually won't respond to the shutdown sequence's attempt to close it. As a result, you must wait a preset time before you're asked to end the task that's hung. To avoid this problem in the future, you can use the Registry to instruct Windows to shut down immediately and not wait on hung tasks. (Be sure you know exactly what you're doing before you modify the Registry.)

Click Start and select Run. In the Run dialog box, type regedit and press ENTER or click OK. When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following Current User key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\CONTROL PANEL\DESKTOP. Double-click the key value called AutoEndTasks. Change the data value from 0 (disabled) to 1 (enabled). Click OK and restart your computer.




if you are not happy with that, then try this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

it is set at 20000ms..........you can bring it down to as many as you like!......be careful though, this will kill everything as it is shutting down and could cause problems after and or decrease your start up time.



try this bro and let us know how you went!

 

Thanks dublin_101, I will try that out.

I have also dug up:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > WaitToKillServiceTimeout

Bringing that down reduces the wait time for shutdown to kill service applications.