Faster Shutdown

We can easily make the shutdown faster in Windows XP by tweaking the registry.It considerably decreases the shut down time in case of XP.

Start>Run>Regedit>ok
now navigate to the following key:-

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\DesktopHighlight the 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' (the default should be 20000).
Now highlight the 'HungAppTimeout' value
Set it to '1000' .

Start>Run Regedit>ok
Now navigate to the following key:-

HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop'
Highlight the 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000' (the default should be 20000).
Now highlight the 'HungAppTimeout' value.
Set it to '1000'

start>Run>Regedit>ok

now navigate to the following key:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\'

Highlight the value 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'

Change this value to '1000.'

Exit registry editor and reboot computer to get the result.