Improve Shutdown Time in Windows Vista

Does it take you ages to shutdown your Windows Vista? This tweak will force Windows Vista to shutdown in 5 seconds!

WARNING: THIS TWEAK MIGHT CAUSE AN ERROR ON SHUTDOWN WITH SOME NON-MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS.

Click  (Start button) and click “Run”. This window now opens…

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In this window type “regedit” into the text box. Your window will now look like this…

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Press “OK” and this window opens…

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In this window, double-click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and a whole confusing menu now opens. Don’t worry, just follow these simple steps and it will be a breeze:

1. Double-click “SYSTEM”
2. Double-click “CurrentControlSet”
3. Single-click “Control”

If you did everything correct you will now see this window…

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Double-click “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” and your window now looks like this…

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Look at the above screen shot and make sure your window looks exactly the same and click “Ok”. When you are done, just go ahead and close Registry Editor.

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