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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

How to Speed Up Windows 7 Shutdown

                                   

METHOD ONE


Using a REG File Download

Speed up Desktop and Shutdown win 7

1. Click on Save, and save the .zip file to the desktop.
2. Open the .zip file and extract the .reg file to the desktop.
3. Right click on the extracted .reg file and click on Merge.
4. Click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK when prompted.
5. Log off and log on, or restart the computer to apply the changes.
6. When done, you can delete the downloaded .reg and .zip files if you like.

METHOD TWO


Using a Registry Script
Here is a registry script that you can paste into notepad and save as a .REG file. Then follow step three above.
(details are given at the end of the code to explain what each registry command does)

Please save your registry before you make these changes. To do so, type in start menu ''regedit''. Select file and export. (Name the file Full registry around 35 megs). You may also write down original settings and reset.
Code

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"=dword:00000001

"LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo"=dword:00000001

"NoResolveSearch"=dword:00000001

"NoResolveTrack"=dword:00000001

"NoInternetOpenWith"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

"HungAppTimeout"="1000"

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000"

"LowLevelHooksTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]

"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-19\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

"HungAppTimeout"="1000"

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000"

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20\Control Panel\Desktop]

"AutoEndTasks"="1"

"HungAppTimeout"="1000"

"MenuShowDelay"="0"

"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="2000"

NoLowDiskSpaceChecks = Low Disk Notification

deactivated

LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo = Determines whether Windows traces shortcuts back

to their sources when it cannot find the target on the user's system.

NoResolveSearch = Prevents the system from conducting a comprehensive search

of the target drive to resolve a shortcut.

NoResolveTrack = Prevents the system from using NTFS tracking features to

resolve a shortcut.

NoInternetOpenWith = Specifies whether to use the Microsoft Web service

for finding an application to open a file with an unhandled file association.

AutoEndTasks = Specifies whether user processes end automatically when

the user either logs off or shuts down Windows .

HungAppTimeout = Specifies how long the system waits for user

processes to end after the user clicks the End Task command button in

Task Manager.

MenuShowDelay = Specifies the interval from the time the cursor is

pointed at a menu until the menu items are displayed.

WaitToKillAppTimeout = Specifies how long the system waits for user

processes to end after the user attempts to log off or to shut down

Windows. When the time specified in this entry expires, the End

Task dialog box appears, stating that the process did not respond.

If the value of AutoEndTasks is 1, the system ends the process

automatically.

LowLevelHooksTimeout = This tweak changes the time to wait to kill

a service, which is not responding

WaitToKillServiceTimeout = Determines how long the system waits

for services to stop after notifying the service that the system is

shutting down.

Method 3

I encountered a problem of my PC with Windows 7 shutting down too slow (about 80 seconds). Being otherwise really happy with Windows 7 and it's stability, I investigated what causes this slow shutdown.

Turns out the solution was pretty easy. Some Windows 7 tuning utility allowed me to set some "security setting" which deleted the pagefile.sys each time I was shutting down the computer. Luckily, I stumbled upon this site with solution.

1. Run gpedit.msc

2. Find the thread Computer configuration/Windows settings/Security settings/Local ploicies/Security options/

3. Find the Shutdown:Clear virtual memory pagefile setting

4. Set it to Disabled

5. Reboot

And that's it. My computer now shuts down in about 20 seconds. Of course, you don't need to shut down your computer every day, just put it to sleep or (when traveling) hibernate, but sometimes it is necessary and it is handy when shutting down the computer with Windows doesn't take too long.

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