Windows XP Shutdown Much Faster
April 18, 2009 Windows XP Tips
Before you jump into editing your registry it is highly advisable to first 
create backup of your registry.
1. Open your registry editor. Click Start>Go to RUN and type REGEDIT.
2. Navigate to the following keys HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, scroll down and look for HungAppTimeout and change the default 5000 to 1000 then click OK.
3. Scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout and change its value from 20000 to 1000 then click OK. Don’t close your registry editor yet.
4. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control and double click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout then change its value to 1000 then click OK.
5. Now, navigate to HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop and change HungAppTimeout value to 1000 and click OK.
6. Scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout change it to 1000 and click OK.
You are now done. Your XP will now shutdown much more quicker.
