Here are some techniques that can be used to speed up your windows shutdown process that is by modifying several registry on your windows.
1. Used to close all applications during shutdown (auto kill).
- Log into your registry editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit)
- Go to the following registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
- Find a key with the name "AutoEndTasks" key and right click it and select Modify, change the Value data to 1.
2. Used to change the time to close an application if an application is Hang.
- Log into your registry editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit)
- Go to the following registry
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop
- Find a key with the name "WaitToKillAppTimeout" and "HungAppTimeout".
- Right-click each key and select Modify and change the Value Data to 1000.
3. Used to disable the Paging File Clearing facility.
Before using this step you can see what purpose here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paging_file paging file.
- Log into your registry editor (Start -> Run -> Type regedit)
- Go to the following registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ SessionManager \ Memory Management
- Find a key with the name "ClearPageFileOnShutdown".
- Right-click the key and select Modify and change the Value Data to 0 if the Value Data not equal to 0.
