Increase Your Shutdown Speed

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown. -Go to Start then select Run Type 'Regedit' and click ok -Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\' -Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' -Right click and select 'Modify' -Change the value to '1000' -Click 'OK' -Now select 'HungAppTimeout' -Right click and select 'Modify' -Change the value to '1000' Click 'OK' -Now find 'HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop' -Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout' -Right click and select 'Modify' -Change the value to '1000' . Click 'OK' -Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\' -Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout' -Right click and select 'Modify' -Change the value to '1000' Click 'OK'