Shutdown speed of PC depends upon the operating system and the programs that are running in the system. When you click shutdown button in windows xp, it takes too much time to make PC shutdown properly. This is because it automatically close the running program which were using by the system. In windows xp shutdown waiting time can be decrease by registry hack…

To make win xp shutdown faster follow the steps shown below:

• Goto “Start” menu and then “Run”
• In “Run” type “Regedit” and press ‘OK’
• A window will open and here search following location in right side of the window

“HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop”

• At this location select“WaitToKillAppTimeout”
• Now right click on it and select “Modify”
• Change the value to ‘1000’ and press ‘OK’
• After this select “HungAppTimeout” and right click on it
• Select “Modify” to change the value to ‘1000’ and press ‘OK’
• Go back to the right side of the window and search this location

“HKEY USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop”

• Here select “WaitToKillAppTimeout” and right click on it
• Select “Modify” to change the value to ‘1000’ and press ‘OK’
• Now again go back to right side of the window and search this location

“HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\”

• Now select “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” and right click on it
• Select “Modify” to change the value to ‘1000’ and press ‘OK’

At the end close this window and shutdown PC. Now your PC will shutdown much faster than before.