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I'm not sure if this is a programming question exactly, but it does affect my work quite a bit. I have a project I'm working on where a program has to perform certain tasks on startup. The project itself is no problem, but testing it is. Windows XP and Vista is taking a long time to shutdown.
When Windows tries to shut down the hard drive sometimes seems to thrash constantly. It can take from 1 to 3 minutes with the windows screen sitting there saying "Shutting down please wait." There is no indication of what is happening and I can't seem to monitor the process because any programs I try to leave running get terminated. Restarts seem to go bit faster.
I've disabled automatic windows updates so that's the problem. I've also ran anti-virus and anti-spyware programs and the system appears to be clean. I generally have a few browser windows open, putty, python and visual studio.
- Why does Windows XP/Vista take so long to shutdown sometimes but not all the time?
- What exactly happens during the shutdown process?
- Is there anything I can do to speed up the shutdown process?
Thank you
I'm struggling to see the programming angle here... – skaffman – 2009-08-17T20:51:59.887
Should go on SuperUser probably. – EBGreen – 2009-08-17T20:58:21.340
Re #3, Ivo had a trick in the Windows tweaks thread http://superuser.com/questions/3864/which-windows-tweaks-do-you-use-and-they-actually-work/4976#4976.
– hyperslug – 2009-08-17T21:09:24.873You can make Windows shutdown faster by changing how long it waits for services and applications to be killed with a few registry tweaks as described in this article.
– martineau – 2012-08-06T19:00:16.983