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Friday, May 22, 2009

Vista Fast Shutdown


Open Regedit (WINDOWS KEY + R on your keyboard, or by clicking Start and typing on the search bar "regedit" without quotes. Hit EnterNavigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l] On the right panel look for the "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" string and change it value to 1000 by right clicking the string and selecting Modify...Default Value WaitToKillServiceTimeout=20000Modified value WaitToKillServiceTimeout=5000Modified value WaitToKillServiceTimeout=1000 (extreme, use it at your own risk)I found 3000 worked nicely but try the 5000 first. 3000 does sometimes leave some programs lagging which then need a further key click.

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