Shutdown Faster: "WaitToKillService" Tweak Can Cause Problems?
Aug 26, 2004
1) Start - Run - RegeditNavigate to the following Registry key:HKEY CURRENT USERControl PanelDesktopDouble click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it: Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000 Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000 Reboot
If still having a problem, make the next change: 2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlRight-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000 NOTE:The lowest value Windows will recognize is 1000 (1 second) ADVISORY: While rare, the "WaitToKillService" tweak can cause problems.If an application is in the process of saving data and the associated service is stopped prematurely, the data will not be saved and may be lost.
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