Shutdown XP Faster

Shutdown XP Faster I
When a user shuts down Windows XP, first the system has to kill all services currently running. To know the service, you can press CTRL+ALT+DEL and click tab Processes.

Every once in a while the service does not shut downinstantly and windows gives it a change to shut down on its own before it kills it.This amount of time that windows waits is stored in the system registry.If you modify this setting, then windows will kill the service earlier. To modifythe setting, follow the directions below:

Start Regedit.
To start it, you can do step like in Make Fast Your Start Menu tutorial.

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 2000 (Mine is set to 200).


Shutdown XP faster II
It takes long time to restart or shutdown windows xpwhen the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. to solve this problem you must disablethis useless sound.

click start button then go to settings -> control panel -> Sound,Speech and Audio devices -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sounds,then under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.

now from sounds you can select,choose "none" and then click apply and ok.now you can see some improvements when shutting down your system.