Windows Vista Slow Shutdown Fix

Vista - Slow Shutdown. Yes, a program or driver or service is refusing to shut down. Thats a huge vista problem. Why vista doesn't have better control I don't know. I forced the issue though by making vista KILL all programs, demons, etc much quicker.

Normally vista is set to take 2. My out of the box Vista compter would remain on for hours if I let it promting me to routinely force shutdown. I am now using a risky approach by modifying that registry entry to kill in half the designated 2. Rebooting seems faster too as if I've cleaned up a bad program.

Its risky because some programs may not be able to write data back in time but in my view, screw that program. Just make sure you've saved any docs you've got open. Who cares about the rest. Backup your registry. Regeditgoto . Best to start with 1. Hope that helps. PCmag wrote that Microsoft is trying to get users to use the hybrid sleep mode instead of shutting down.

I have used it by setting my laptop power options to sleep when I close the lid. But still, when I want to shut down, shut down now dang it!!!! My opinion is that Vista sucks anyway. This isn't the only problem I've had with it by a long shot.

Sure there has been some potentially cool advances and tools for master users. But Microsoft doesn't seem to get that the important thing is the user experience, not their vision of how you should interact with your own comptuter. So I'm moving to linux. I've built a kubuntu (8 beta with kde) desktop server machine and I really like it. I have full control and can change what I want. There are plenty of productivity programs in the open source world so I don't miss  hardly a thing. I am probably soon going to partition this Vista laptop and setup ubuntu linux on it as my default OS and use Vista only for those  rare things where I dont' have a choice program wise.

I figure that if someone has to learn enough to make registry edits on Vista to make it work, why not just go for full control????? Microsft said Vista was a work in progress. Why not then go to an OS where the progress has been much greater.

The conventional wisdom that Vista is slow to start up and slow to shut down. Five secrets to faster Vista. This guide details how you can troubleshoot and fix a slow. Fix slow boot – Guide for Windows.

Compatible Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32/64 bit), 8.1. There are two ways to fix Slow. To solve the slow shutdown and startup of Windows Vista. Fix Windows Vista Slow Startup and Shutdown. Windows Vista; Windows; Search Community member;. Have done registry fix / defragmented / spyware scan / full scan. Vista - slow load up and shut down.

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