MY LAPTOP TAKING TOO LONG TIME TO SHUTDOWN COULD U TELL MINIMUM TIME REQD. TO SHUTDOWN

Can u tell which operating system u uses and what is ur laptop configuration?

Windows XP PROFESSIONAL SEVICE PACK 2

INTEL CENTRINO DUO T2350@1.86 GHZ,120 GB HDD, 781MHZ .99GB DDR ,

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.

• Go to Start then select Run
• Type 'Regedit' and click ok
• Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop'Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
• Right click and select 'Modify'
• Change the value to '1000′
• Click 'OK'
• Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
• Right click and select 'Modify'
• Change the value to '1000′
• Click 'OK'
• Now find 'HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop'
• Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
• Right click and select 'Modify'
• Change the value to '1000′
• Click 'OK'
• Now find 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControl'
• Select 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout'
• Right click and select 'Modify'
• Change the value to '1000′
• Click 'OK'


You can change this 100 value to a bit more minimum value if u want

and What are the tweaks for improving windows startup speed ??