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| Thread ID: 113213 | 2010-10-10 04:42:00 | Getting Vista to shutdown without stopping | tuiruru (12277) | Press F1 |
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| 1143160 | 2010-10-10 04:42:00 | Hi When I go to shutdown Vista I finally end up with a mainly black screen where I have to click on a red “Shutdown Now” button to complete the shutdown. Is there anyway to disable this and force Vista to complete the shut down on its own? Thanks I'm using Vista Home Premium SP 2 |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1143161 | 2010-10-10 04:58:00 | See if this fixes it www.arsgeek.com Or it maybe an ACPI issue? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1143162 | 2010-10-10 05:11:00 | Thanks Speedy - I'd already done that from that link. Wot's an ACPI issue? |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1143163 | 2010-10-10 05:18:00 | Its an option in the BIOS. Whats the mobo?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1143164 | 2010-10-10 05:48:00 | Sounds a bit like a program running in the background is slowing/holding the shutdown sequence.( mother board telling the PSU to shut down) Then when it finally does want to shut down, its past its timer to do so. You can try this fix, but be warned - it can have a bad effect if the timer is set to low Quick shutdown (www.webtlk.com) also Read this (www.webtlk.com) and Other options (techinfo.co.in) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1143165 | 2010-10-10 06:08:00 | So did you clone your previous install onto the 1tb drive? If not (is a fresh install), did you reinstall the motherboard drivers? :2cents: | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1143166 | 2010-10-10 20:58:00 | Hi Guys Sorry about the delay in replying but I was out yesterday and then decided to image my primary drive to the WD 1TB External – see here: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz Speedy – I don't know what the details of the MBO are – where do I find them? The laptop was advertised with the following specs: Toshiba Satellite A300/V01 Notebook Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 (2.4GHz) 1066 RAM: 2GB + 2GB DDR2 (800MHz) (Total 4GB) HDD: 320GB + 320GB SATA (5400rpm) (Total 640GB) Display: 15.4" WX 200 CSV Optical: DVD-SuperMulti (DL) 12.7mm Graphics: ATI M86 Graphics Card with 512MB Dedicated Graphics Memory Bluetooth: BT V2.1 + EDR Wireless: WLAN (Intel 802.11a⁄g⁄n) Networking: 1Gbps LAN Webcam: 1.3 Megapixel I⁄O: TV-Out, HDMI-CEC, FM Tuner, Expresscard, Microphone, Bridge Media Slot Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Warranty: 1 Year Wain – I've looked at the links you kindly posted. The KillServiceTime and PageFile otions I had obviously played with in the past and have been set along the lines suggested. The one about Vista reporting programs slowing down shutdown showed that Open Office 3.1 was slowing it up so I've taken that out of starting up at boot. This one: 1. Click Start. 2. In the seach box, type regedit and hit Enter. 3. Locate the following key in the registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop 4. In the right pane look for this sub-key: AutoEndTasks 5. Right-click on AutoEndTasks and give it the value 1. 6. Exit the registry. Turn your computer on and off to apply the change. I've had a look at but there's no AutoEndTasks sub-key showing – how do I put that in? Even with the above (apart from the last one) in place I still end up (albeit quicker) with the screen that says: “The following processes are still running: TaskEng – Task Scheduler Engine Process Task Scheduler is executing shutdown tasks and stopping the tasks that are already running. To close the programs and turn of your computer click “Shutdown” now You may lose work you haven't saved” Then it just sits there 'till I click the button.... Thanks again |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1143167 | 2010-10-11 01:07:00 | Well, finally seem to have cracked it! It was the first one below that did it but I've included the rest in case they are useful to other people. Note: I had to add all of these keys to the registry on my machine. Thanks for all the help folks - F1 at it's best as usual! "How to Speed Up Windows Shutdown Waiting for your Windows to shut down completely can be a frustrating task especially when you are rushing to go somewhere. Your recalcitrant Windows OS might take its own sweet time to close all the programs and shut down completely. If this problem continuously harasses you, you could just make some amendments to the Windows registry and it will help to speed up your Windows shutdown process. As you might be fully aware, the Windows registry is an important directory to store settings and options for your Windows OS. It contains all information and settings for your hardware devices as well as your software applications. You might have big trouble if things go wrong. Hence it is better to back up your Windows registry before doing anything to it. Once you have backed up your Windows Registry, you can start amending some registry files to speed up your computer shutting-down process. To shut down your computer in a hurry, sometimes the process of closing down the programs will slow you down. The repetitive pop-up messages asking if you really want to quit can be really annoying. To speed up and force these programs to close down, a few registry files you need to amend are as follow: Registry File: AutoEndTasks Function: To end running tasks and automatically shutdown How to change: a. Go to “Start”, click “Run” and type “regedit” to open Windows Registry directory b. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop c. Look for the Registry Key called AutoEndTasks . Right-click, select Modify and Change the value to 1. d. Exit Windows Registry Registry File: WaitToKillApp Function: To set the interval time for Windows OS before killing the applications users attempt to close How to change: a. Go to “Start”, click “Run” and type “regedit” to open Windows Registry directory b. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop c. Look for the Registry Key called WaitToKillApp. Right-click, select Modify and Change the value to 1000. d. Exit Windows Registry Registry File: HangAppTime Function: To set the hang time for the app before closing How to change: a. Go to “Start”, click “Run” and type “regedit” to open Windows Registry directory b. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop c. Look for the Registry Key called HangAppTime. Right-click, select Modify and Change the value to 1000. d. Exit Windows Registry Registry File: WaitToKillServiceTimeout Function: To set the time for Windows to wait before ending Microsoft Services. How to change: a. Go to “Start”, click “Run” and type “regedit” to open Windows Registry directory b. Go to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop c. Look for the Registry Key called WaitToKillServiceTimeout. Right-click, select Modify and Change the value to 1000. d. Exit Windows Registry Apart from making changes to the four registry files above; another registry file you could probably change is ClearPageFileOnShutdown. When windows is shutting down, it will automatically remove and clear the contents of the pagefiles for security reasons. The cleaning process might take some time and slow down your closing process. If you are willing to compromise your system’s security, you can amend the registry settings to disable the Windows to do the clearing of paging files. Registry File: ClearPageFileOnShutdown Function: To clear the paging files How to change: a. Go to “Start”, click “Run” and type “regedit” to open Windows Registry directory b. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Session Manager\Memory Management c. Look for the Registry Key called ClearPageFileOnShutdown. Right-click, select Modify and Change the value to 0. d. Exit Windows Registry" |
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