Re: XP slow shut down

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From: R. McCarty (PcEngWork-NoSpam__at_mindspring.com)
Date: 06/16/04 

Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 00:51:13 GMT

It could be related to writing out the Users Registry data at shutdown.
Microsoft has a add-on Service called "User Profile Hive Cleanup".

This may or may not help, but details and download available at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b286e6d-8912-4e18-b570-42470e2f3582&DisplayLang=en

"AlCamp" <anon@anon.net> wrote in message
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> My new XP system has been starting, shuting down, and restarting in around
> 20-25 seconds... which is just fine.
>
> Recently though, something has happened to my shut down and restart time.
> It now takes about 1.5 minutes to get to the "logging off" and "saving
> settings" screen. (starting still seems to only take 15-20 seconds to get
> to the "sign on" screen... which is OK)
>
> I can't seem to find any info on this problem in the XP Knowledge Base
> (searching on "slow shut down" or "shut down").
>
> I tried TerminalServices/StartUpType = Manual, and Computer Configuration
> (security Options) Shutdown = "Clear virtual memory pagefile"... as
> suggested by PCWorld. I also tried shutting down all my apps manually
> before shutdown/startup, but there was no difference.
>
> I'm also up to snuff on my WindowsXP updates.
>
> Can anyone helpget me going in the right direction to try to solve this
> problem? Any help would be appreciated... and thanks in advance.
>
> Al Camp
>
>