Help to Speed Up Shut Down Time

[linkiat]

hi i have been having some problems lately. usually when i shut down my PC, the hard disk will be working non stop and the shut down wil take effect in about 15 - 20 seconds.

lately, I notice that the hard disk works in spurts, runs for a moment, then stops, pauses the runs again and finally shuts down. about 30 seconds.

anyone has encountered this phenomeon before and how you went about solving it ? I'm using Norton AV and Internet Security but I doubt they're the problem since I've uninstalled them and they're the same.

I have a P4 1.60A @ 2.3 GHz, 256 MB DDR Ram and 512 MB page file size.

Thanks for your help!

 

[WyrmMaster]

Defrag, speeds up everything.

 

[stool]

Try disabling "fast shutdown"
Run msconfig, choose the General tab, click Advanced, then turn on Disable fast shutdown and click OK twice.
See if this helps.

 

[weasel]

if you disable fast shut down, woudn't that slow it down?
i've used a registry hack for this but cant seem to find it, but it makes a big improvement.
check some of the links in this thread- http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56588

 

[Zuck Gou :)]

Go download the MS tool 'Bootvis' (or something similar) and it'll automatically speed things up. It's free and on the MS site I think. I know its for boot but it cured my problem of a slow shutdown.

I'll see if I can find a link.

 

[Zuck Gou :)]

http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/fastboot/default.asp