Shutting Down

[Steve]

Windows XP takes forever to shut down or for a user to
log off - any ideas on how to fix this?

[Ramesh [MS-MVP]]

Hi Steve,

This behaviour is normal if the system is configured to clear page file at
shutdown. Turn off this feature and test the behaviour.

Open Registry Editor (Click Start > Run > Regedit.exe)
Browse to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \
Session Manager \ Memory Management
Set "ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000000

If this does not help, you need to set AutoEndTasks to 1.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks" =1

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Regards,

Ramesh (MS-MVP)

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Windows XP takes forever to shut down or for a user to
log off - any ideas on how to fix this?