Tip of the day

**dragon2309** · 07-11-2005, 12:24 AM

I just found out something really cool and it has speeded up my shut down times imensely. What it does is wait for less time for services to end upon shutdwn. I dont know about you guys but my PC used to sit there for ages and then finally shut down.

Open up regedit and browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then go to SYSTEM, then CURRENT CONTROL SET, then CONTROL. In the right hand pane there is an entry called WaitToKillService. Simply double click on this entry and change the value to 200.

Reboot and see how quickly it shuts down. BRILLIANT

kof2000 · 07-11-2005, 01:51 AM

is there one for boot up faster? like in 2 milliseconds?

**The_Other_One** · 07-11-2005, 02:08 AM

That's called an Atlon 64

kof2000 · 07-11-2005, 02:24 AM

i have one but it takes 2 minutes.

dyserq · 07-11-2005, 04:45 AM

Uhh should i backup my registry files first? just in case?

spacedude89 · 07-11-2005, 04:46 AM

doesnt help that much

dyserq · 07-11-2005, 02:14 PM

O ok ...
I'll see how fast it is shutting down once i've changed it lol
I've had the computer running the whole day

aramp1 · 07-11-2005, 03:46 PM

It wasn't that much faster for me.

**dragon2309** · 07-11-2005, 06:34 PM

Really, i saw a speed increase. Or maybe it was my imagination wanting me to see an icrease, ah well. It burned a couple of minutes of boredom didnt it....??

**The_Other_One** · 07-11-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kof2000

i have one but it takes 2 minutes.

Two minutes?! Both my laptop and old Athlon are easilly less than a minute, and main system's less than 30 seconds.

Well, back to the topic, I noitced a pretty big difference in my laptop. It wasn't too bad to begin with, but now it's almost instant

07-11-2005, 12:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,343	Tip of the day I just found out something really cool and it has speeded up my shut down times imensely. What it does is wait for less time for services to end upon shutdwn. I dont know about you guys but my PC used to sit there for ages and then finally shut down. Open up regedit and browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, then go to SYSTEM, then CURRENT CONTROL SET, then CONTROL. In the right hand pane there is an entry called WaitToKillService. Simply double click on this entry and change the value to 200. Reboot and see how quickly it shuts down. BRILLIANT __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

07-11-2005, 01:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	is there one for boot up faster? like in 2 milliseconds? __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

07-11-2005, 02:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	That's called an Atlon 64 __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

07-11-2005, 02:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	i have one but it takes 2 minutes. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

07-11-2005, 04:46 AM	#6 (permalink)
spacedude89 Diamond Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,419	doesnt help that much __________________ Desktop: Abit AW9D-MAX ~ Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.4GHz ~ Radeon X1900GT Laptop: HP ~ Core Duo T2050 ~ nVidia 7600 First smiles, then lies. Last comes gunfire.

07-11-2005, 04:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
dyserq Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 134	Uhh should i backup my registry files first? just in case?

07-11-2005, 02:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
dyserq Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 134	O ok ... I'll see how fast it is shutting down once i've changed it lol I've had the computer running the whole day

07-11-2005, 03:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
aramp1 Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Age: 33 Posts: 205	It wasn't that much faster for me. __________________ ARAMP1 Gigabyte GA-8GPNXP Duo Motherboard Intel LGA 775 P4 640 3.2GHz Processor Corsair WMS Extreme DDR PC-3200 Memory Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce 6800 256 MB Video Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10K RPM Harddrive Plextor PX-716SA/SW 16X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Mitsui USB digital card reader/floppy

07-11-2005, 06:34 PM	#9 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,343	Really, i saw a speed increase. Or maybe it was my imagination wanting me to see an icrease, ah well. It burned a couple of minutes of boredom didnt it....?? __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

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