Xp Takes Ages To Shutdown

[Miyake]

When ever i shut down Xp Pro it saves myy settings fine then moves on to the Windows is shutting down stage then it takes at least 5 minutes for it to power off. i have to hold my finger on the power button for 15 seconds for it to shutdown in a hurry, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)

[asmithz]

Dont hold the button down, thats not good for the comp. Its normal for it to take that long go to tweakxp.com (http://tweakxp.com) this may help.

[Miyake]

and what am i looking for mate?

[asmithz]

Ok let me find it for you. ;)

[asmithz]

http://www.tech-forums.net/computer/topic/3607.html

[shn]

Take a newly installed version xp that has just been installed and shut it down. It will shutdown just like that in a snap.

Now take a version of xp that you have all your favorite apps and settings on and try shutting it down, it will take a long time. Computers running xp seem to shut down faster when they dont have hardly any other programs installed. But by the time you put the service packs, applications, etc. on it it takes a while to shut down.

If you cant wait that long then just hold your finger on the power on button like you said before and it will shutdown instantly. Unless your working on a document or project that you didnt save, its not gonna hurt your pc or o.s. to turn it off like that. :)

[clocker]

I disagree with the above.
On my machine running XP pro with a lot of programs running, shutdown takes about 15 seconds.
The entire restart cycle takes 35-40 seconds.

Make sure that you are not clearing the page file at shutdown.
That can slow things down dramatically.

[Rat Faced]

Get and run "XP Antispy".

This turns off a load of apps in XP that you dont need (and in some cases certainly dont want) running in the background.....speeds up the loading/shutting down.

[shn]

Originally posted by clocker@20 September 2003 - 17:01
I disagree with the above.
On my machine running XP pro with a lot of programs running, shutdown takes about 15 seconds.
The entire restart cycle takes 35-40 seconds.

Make sure that you are not clearing the page file at shutdown.
That can slow things down dramatically.
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[clocker]

Pardon?

[shn]

http://shn.free-host.com/cluepon.jpg

[clocker]

shn,

I gather that you disagree with something I said.
Would you care to elucidate?

Catchy pictures don't count.

[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by clocker@ 20 September 2003 - 23:01
I disagree with the above.
On my machine running XP pro with a lot of programs running, shutdown takes about 15 seconds.
The entire restart cycle takes 35-40 seconds.

Make sure that you are not clearing the page file at shutdown.
That can slow things down dramatically.
Have to say that i agree. XP shuts down in no time.

[3rd gen noob]

xp takes me about 15 seconds or so to shut down usually
although if i've just been working the computer hard (playing a game, encoding video etc) it usually takes a little while longer...

[shn]

Originally posted by clocker@20 September 2003 - 17:59
shn,

I gather that you disagree with something I said.
Would you care to elucidate?

Catchy pictures don't count.
No not really. I figured I would see if I could get you all rouled up since its the weekend and all.

You obviously have a calm composure. Anyone else would have started flaming after the first pic post. :P

[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:02
No not really. I figured I would see if I could get you all rouled up since its the weekend and all.

You obviously have a calm composure. Anyone else would have started flaming after the first pic post.
Not really funny though, is it. :(

[clocker]

Originally posted by shn@20 September 2003 - 17:02

No not really. I figured I would see if I could get you all rouled up since its the weekend and all.

You obviously have a calm composure. Anyone else would have started flaming after the first pic post. :P
Ah.

I am a veteran of "World News and Events".

I will rise to the bait, but I like to wait till I think I have a fatal killshot.

[shn]

Originally posted by LTJBukem+20 September 2003 - 18:05--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (LTJBukem &#064; 20 September 2003 - 18:05)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:02
No not really. I figured I would see if I could get you all rouled up since its the weekend and all.

You obviously have a calm composure. Anyone else would have started flaming after the first pic post.
Not really funny though, is it. :([/b][/quote]
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[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:09
http://shn.free-host.com/fucktardgood.gif
Don&#39;t be a prat.

[I.am]

Originally posted by shn+20 September 2003 - 19:09--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (shn @ 20 September 2003 - 19:09)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by LTJBukem@20 September 2003 - 18:05
<!--QuoteBegin-shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:02
No not really. I figured I would see if I could get you all rouled up since its the weekend and all.

You obviously have a calm composure. Anyone else would have started flaming after the first pic post.
Not really funny though, is it. :(
http://shn.free-host.com/fucktardgood.gif [/b][/quote]
You&#39;ve got some big attitude problem&#33; <_<

[N£MO]

This looks a fun topic. :sleeping:

My Xp takes no longer then 20 seconds to shutdown.

[pol]

about 30sec here too, and shn just because you "Denounced Membership 09/17/2003" doesnt mean you need to talk shit <_<

[shn]

Has this become a topic of "How Long It Takes For Your Xp to Shutdown."?

Really though, who cares how long it takes your xp to shutdown. Besides other things Ive only seen a few people that have offered a solution to the topic starters problem or a reason why it may be happening.

Everyone else is boasting about how fast their box shuts down............big deal.
But how long does it take for you boasters to stfu? <_< 15 seconds, 10 or maybe youll shut the hell up right now..........that would be super&#33; :)

[pol]

Originally posted by shn@21 September 2003 - 00:28
Has this become a topic of "How Long It Takes For Your Xp to Shutdown."?

Really though, who cares blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah


:sleeping: :sleeping: ..... :huh: ..... :sleeping: :sleeping:

[N£MO]

Originally posted by shn@21 September 2003 - 01:28
Has this become a topic of "How Long It Takes For Your Xp to Shutdown."?

Really though, who cares how long it takes your xp to shutdown. Besides other things Ive only seen a few people that have offered a solution to the topic starters problem or a reason why it may be happening.

Everyone else is boasting about how fast their box shuts down............big deal.
But how long does it take for you boasters to stfu? <_< 15 seconds, 10 or maybe youll shut the hell up right now..........that would be super&#33; :)
http://stfuproductions.com/stfu.gif

[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by shn+ 21 September 2003 - 00:28--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (shn &#064; 21 September 2003 - 00:28)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Has this become a topic of "How Long It Takes For Your Xp to Shutdown."?[/b]

Yes, since you said:-

<!--QuoteBegin-shn@ 20 September 2003 - 22:51
Take a newly installed version xp that has just been installed and shut it down. It will shutdown just like that in a snap.

Now take a version of xp that you have all your favorite apps and settings on and try shutting it down, it will take a long time. Computers running xp seem to shut down faster when they dont have hardly any other programs installed. But by the time you put the service packs, applications, etc. on it it takes a while to shut down.

If you cant wait that long then just hold your finger on the power on button like you said before and it will shutdown instantly. Unless your working on a document or project that you didnt save, its not gonna hurt your pc or o.s. to turn it off like that. [/quote]

No-one&#39;s boasting. They&#39;re just pointing out that you&#39;re talking crap.

On topic. To speed up shutdown, and XP on the whole, disable all non essential services. Goto - blackviper (http://blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm)&#39;s site.

[shn]

Originally posted by LTJBukem+20 September 2003 - 18:40--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (LTJBukem @ 20 September 2003 - 18:40)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:28
Has this become a topic of "How Long It Takes For Your Xp to Shutdown."?

Yes, since you said:-

<!--QuoteBegin-shn@ 20 September 2003 - 22:51
Take a newly installed version xp that has just been installed and shut it down. It will shutdown just like that in a snap.

Now take a version of xp that you have all your favorite apps and settings on and try shutting it down, it will take a long time. Computers running xp seem to shut down faster when they dont have hardly any other programs installed. But by the time you put the service packs, applications, etc. on it it takes a while to shut down.

If you cant wait that long then just hold your finger on the power on button like you said before and it will shutdown instantly. Unless your working on a document or project that you didnt save, its not gonna hurt your pc or o.s. to turn it off like that.

No-one&#39;s boasting. They&#39;re just pointing out that you&#39;re talking crap.

On topic. To speed up shutdown, and XP on the whole, disable all non essential services. Goto - blackviper (http://blackviper.com/WinXP/service411.htm)&#39;s site. [/b][/quote]
Furst of all you cant disable services like antivirus, web server, ftp, and other services that you need.

The reason I made the analogy before is because a newly installed system with none of those services on it will shut down a lot quicker. The antivirus service alone will delay any computer from shutting down quickly, now add that to about 15 other services that some people, unlike you, do need and youll have to wait for those services to be shut down accordingly.

And the fact of the matter is I could care less. I havent shut my main computer down in about a month and most of the times go longer than that before its even shutdown.

What are you trying to conserve energy or something by shutting your computer down every night? Are you that broke? I dont even shut down my boxes enough to give the type of time frames that it takes for my boxes to shutdown like you people are giving.

Do you sit there with a stopwatch? <_<

[pol]

Do you sit there with a stopwatch?&nbsp; <_<

no, but we dont sit and give bad advice either. we&#39;re saying how long it takes to shutdown so that he can recognise something might be wrong and get it sorted - and not by just "holding down the power button" as you suggested on the first page. have you given up on the forum altogether, as i see that as well as your member title your also posting crack links now as well <_<

[shn]

Image removed

[pol]

Originally posted by shn@21 September 2003 - 01:04
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even your pics dont work, dumbass <_<

edit - and i&#39;d rather see the red x than that, you sick fuck <_<

[clocker]

Originally posted by shn@20 September 2003 - 17:49


Do you sit there with a stopwatch? <_<
Actually, yes I have.

I&#39;m interested in how my system works.

For example, when I first read about BootVis, the author of the article claimed that he cut 30-40 seconds off his boot time.
I wanted to see if this was true or just exaggeration so I timed my boot cycle before and after using the program.
It does work, BTW.

My backround is with racing machines and you simply can&#39;t afford to hope that something will work- you have to know. Just taking someone&#39;s word doesn&#39;t cut it.
Testing is the only way to know.

That&#39;s how I know for a fact that clearing your page file at shutdown makes a big difference.
I timed it.

[I.am]

Originally posted by pol+20 September 2003 - 20:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (pol @ 20 September 2003 - 20:08)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-shn@21 September 2003 - 01:04
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even your pics dont work, dumbass <_< [/b][/quote]
I have a better solution to all this.

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@shn

**You will be ignored from now on&#33;**

you better live in your own "denounced world."
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[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by shn@ 21 September 2003 - 00:49
Furst of all you cant disable services like antivirus, web server, ftp, and other services that you need.

The reason I made the analogy before is because a newly installed system with none of those services on it will shut down a lot quicker. The antivirus service alone will delay any computer from shutting down quickly, now add that to about 15 other services that some people, unlike you, do need and youll have to wait for those services to be shut down accordingly.
&nbsp;
God. :blink:
You really don&#39;t have a clue, do you? You make yourself out to be this tech savvy linux user, but you&#39;re completely clueless. Who the hell suggested shutting down your av? I posted a link to a great site that explains clearly what services can safely be stopped.

[shn]

Well for starters I wouldnt put linux in this if I were you. Whenever I do tell my linux system to shutdown, which is not that often, it shuts down immediately. However one thing you will see in verbose mode when you shut down a linux system is all the services that its shutting down. Whether they be inetd services or xinetd services it tells you that they have to be shut down accordingly.

The problem with xp is that it lets the services have full control over when they shut down and how. If a service stalls the its not going to shut down as fast.

Linux has a "service" (inetd xinetd) that takes control and shuts down all services whether they want to shut down or not, thus, shutting the system down cleanly and quickly.

So yes I do have a clue and you obviously dont have a clue that I could care less about what you are talking about. :)

[Mik3ll]

Do you have a nVidia graphics card? One of the programs on it (NvSvc) makes to take a while to shutdown. You can shut it off with startup manager.

[Wolfmight]

if someone already posted this.. sorry (heh didnt want to read the whole thread)

Get Diskeeper 8:
goto Action>Change your settings>Set a boot-time defragmentation

This should help.


If not, also:
Get Bootvis:
Run Optimize

[LTJBukem]

Originally posted by shn@ 21 September 2003 - 01:22
So yes I do have a clue and you obviously dont have a clue that I could care less about what you are talking about. :)

OK then. But don&#39;t you mean you couldn&#39;t care less. That&#39;s usually the way it goes. :P

[clocker]

Originally posted by shn@20 September 2003 - 18:22


So yes I do have a clue and you obviously dont have a clue that I could care less about what you are talking about. :)
All the info about Linux is faintly interesting I suppose, but the original post is about XP.
What Linux does/doesn&#39;t do is irrelevant here.

[pol]

@shn - and i just noticed your edit on your pic on page 2, care to remove it, sicko ? <_<

[Rat Faced]

Can you please stop the flaming now?

[The King]

Clean all the crap of your PC and it might help ;)

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by clocker@21 September 2003 - 01:08
My backround is with racing machines and you simply can&#39;t afford to hope that something will work- you have to know
as in cars?
i&#39;m intrigued...

[clocker]

As in bikes, actually.

Superbike and GP roadracers.

[fr600]

I think ur windows have prob in the explorer.exe file. You gotta reinstall windows. Thats the only solution...

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by clocker@21 September 2003 - 03:46
As in bikes, actually.

Superbike and GP roadracers.
interesting...i never knew...

[shn]

:angry:

[Hellie]

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Hey ashley is this Arnold or Webster? :D

[Storm]

hahahaha........... this thread is funny...........

1 person pisses the rest off................. LoL

[shn]

Originally posted by Hellie@24 September 2003 - 06:31

http://shn.free-host.com/mini-who_cares-coleman.jpg
Hey ashley is this Arnold or Webster? :D
I think its arnold.

[pingus]

HERE WE GO FOLKS

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#092;SYSTEM&#092;CurrentControlSet&#092;Contro
l
Modify/Create the Value Name [WaitToKillServiceTimeout] according to the Value Data listed below.
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: WaitToKillServiceTimeout
Value Data: [Default = 20,000 (expressed in milliseconds) Modify to preference.]
*set to 1000*
it will definately speed up the shutdown of your pc.
Exit Registry and Reboot

YOU WILL SHUT WINDOWS IN HEART BEAT GOOD LUCK.////

[clocker]

Originally posted by pingus@25 September 2003 - 20:22
HERE WE GO FOLKS

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE&#092;SYSTEM&#092;CurrentControlSet&#092;Contro
l
Modify/Create the Value Name [WaitToKillServiceTimeout] according to the Value Data listed below.
Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: WaitToKillServiceTimeout
Value Data: [Default = 20,000 (expressed in milliseconds) Modify to preference.]
*set to 1000*
it will definately speed up the shutdown of your pc.
Exit Registry and Reboot

YOU WILL SHUT WINDOWS IN HEART BEAT GOOD LUCK.////
Where did this info come from?

[clocker]

Oh Oh.

Flood control on my first post in an hour?

I think not...