Improve Shut Down Time in Windows XP


Does it take ages for you to shutdown your PC? this registry tweak will speed it up!

Click “start”, “Run” and type in regedit. If you did everything correct your window will look like this…

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Click the “OK” button and this window opens…

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Double-click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE”, double-click “System”, double-click “CurrentControlSet”, double-click “Control”, double-click “Session Manager” and finally double-click “Memory Management”. If you did everything correct your window will look like this…

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Like seen in the above screenshot, double-click “ClearPageFileAtShutdown”. Your window will look like this…
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See where it says “Value Data”? delete whatever is in that text box and type in 1 and click “Ok”.