[ashmehta]

Hi folks, is there anyway to make Windows Vista turn on faster and Switch off faster please. Thank you. Ash

[thingie2]

you could try putting it into hybernation instead of shutting down, that should be alot quicker

[serverguy]

You can also see what programs load at startup..

Start - Run

Type msconfig

Click on Startup and see whats there and if you don't need it to automatically start then disable it.

If you're unsure what any of the programs are ask here or Google them first before disabling them.

[ashmehta]

Originally Posted by serverguy

You can also see what programs load at startup..

Start - Run

Type msconfig

Click on Startup and see whats there and if you don't need it to automatically start then disable it.

If you're unsure what any of the programs are ask here or Google them first before disabling them.

hiya thanks for the reply. I have already done this but what frustrates me is the shutdown. is there anything that can speed this up

[serverguy]

You can try changing how long Vista will wait when trying to kill a process at shutdown.

1. Open regedit.exe
2. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l]
3. Change the value of “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” to 5000

Make sure you have a System Restore Point set before you do this.

What it basically does is reduce the time it will wait before it will automatically kill processes that don't respond at first.

I think the default is 20,000 (20 seconds) so you can bring it down as far as you want but I suggest staying above 1,000.

[ashmehta]

Originally Posted by serverguy

You can try changing how long Vista will wait when trying to kill a process at shutdown.

1. Open regedit.exe
2. Navigate to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l]
3. Change the value of “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” to 5000

Make sure you have a System Restore Point set before you do this.

What it basically does is reduce the time it will wait before it will automatically kill processes that don't respond at first.

I think the default is 20,000 (20 seconds) so you can bring it down as far as you want but I suggest staying above 1,000.

thanks you mate. i have already noticed it closing down faster. Ash

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by ashmehta

thanks you mate. i have already noticed it closing down faster. Ash

No problems.

How much faster do you think it goes down?

[ashmehta]

Originally Posted by serverguy

No problems.

How much faster do you think it goes down?

well it used to take atleaset 1 min. now its about 20 sec approx.

do you know any other tips to make it fast like xp, as in when you are using it

[Hybr!d]

How much RAM do you have, Vista ideally needs 2GB minimum.

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by ashmehta

well it used to take atleaset 1 min. now its about 20 sec approx.

do you know any other tips to make it fast like xp, as in when you are using it

Vista is always going to be slower than XP if used on the same computer, because it is inherently more complex and resource hungry.

Have you defragmented your HD recently?