SPEED UP SHUTDOWN TIMES

DON’T HAVE WINDOWS CLEAR YOUR PAGING FILE

1. Run regedit.exe
2. Go to --- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
3. Change the value of ClearPageFileAtShutdown to 0
4. Close the Registry and reboot

Sometimes it takes windows a long time to shut down because it's waiting to see whether a service will stop on its own before prompting you to manually shut it down. Windows, by default, waits 20 seconds before prompting you, which can sometimes seem interminable. You can hack the Registry to have Windows ask you sooner than 20 seconds.

1. Run regedit.exe
2. Go to --- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
3. Look for WaitToKillServiceTimeout value.
4. Set the value in milliseconds (ex: 15000 is 15 seconds)
5. Close the Registry and reboot

It's a good idea to start lowering it in increments of no more than 5 seconds. Never lower it less than 5000, or you might lose data or your PC might not shut down properly