Is there anything I can do to fix or improve a rather slow shutdown? My startup seems ok , just about normal, but the shutdown has recently increased to just about 2 minutes which is a lot longer than it used to be which was just about 15 seconds or so. I have been running Microsoft Security Essentials as an antivirus for over a year now so it is not likely to have caused the problem.
SOLVED Slow shutdown
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Just to tidy up this thread I want to pass on that I have managed to resolve this issue by perusing contributions by other people to this problem in various other locations. I tried nearly all the suggestions but what eventually worked for me was this: Open regedit.exe by writing ...regedit ...in Search programs and files in Start Menu. The new window gives you the registry. Then open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then... SYSTEM, then... CurrentControlSet, then... Control, then...Session Manager, then... Memory Management. Click on Memory Management once and you get a row of different files in the right hand panel. From these pick ClearPageFileAtShutdown (the second one in my computer), by clicking it once (it will highlight). Then double-click the highlighted file and you will get a small window called Edit DWord (32-bit) Value. In this window you will se a highlighted number. Change it to 0 , if the number is 1, and then click OK. This small adjustment worked like a treat for me and the computer shuts down again in 10-15 seconds.
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Great. Good bit of research!
You may find this helpful. I see you know how to edit the registry. You may have programs which are "hanging" a little when you shutdown.
Open Regedit then HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
In the right pane, look for these entries:
HungAppTimeOut: Give it to 1000 (the original value is 5000 miliseconds)
WaitToKillAppTimeout: Give it to 2000 (the original value is 20,000 miliseconds).
Usual precaution: Back up your registry before proceeding.
You may find this helpful. I see you know how to edit the registry. You may have programs which are "hanging" a little when you shutdown.
Open Regedit then HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
In the right pane, look for these entries:
HungAppTimeOut: Give it to 1000 (the original value is 5000 miliseconds)
WaitToKillAppTimeout: Give it to 2000 (the original value is 20,000 miliseconds).
Usual precaution: Back up your registry before proceeding.
Thank you for your kind comments.
For your feedback regarding your additional advice: I do not possess a file called HungAppTimeOut under HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop, maybe because I have a desktop PC and not a laptop; but I altered the DWord Value for WaitToKillAppTimeout to 2000 from an original 5000 with no adverse effects but neither any discernible beneficial ones either so far.
For your feedback regarding your additional advice: I do not possess a file called HungAppTimeOut under HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop, maybe because I have a desktop PC and not a laptop; but I altered the DWord Value for WaitToKillAppTimeout to 2000 from an original 5000 with no adverse effects but neither any discernible beneficial ones either so far.