Daily Archive for November 26th, 2008

Speeding Up Windows XP Shutdown

Published on November 26, 2008 in blogging. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Ever go to shutdown to reboot your PC and find it takes forever due to an application hanging? The default time to kill a process is 20 seconds of precious time. Now that may not seem like a lot but if you are in a hurry to get away from your PC and just want the darn thing to shutdown it can seem like a lifetime. Here is how to reduce that time significantly with a couple of reg hacks. Using regedit…

    Under HKEY_USERS\DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop, change the values for WaitToKillAppTimeout and HungAppTimeout to 1000 or 2000 (this is in milliseconds)

    Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, change the values for WaitToKillAppTimeout and HungAppTimeout to 1000 or 2000

    Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control, change the value for WaitToKillAppTimeout to 1000 or 2000

Use the same numeric values for all 3 registry settings. Now shutting down Windows should be significantly quicker.

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French Pete Creek

Published on November 26, 2008 in blogging, Oregon and photography. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

The second in a series of shots from the Aufderheide Memorial Drive in Oregon. This one is of French Pete Creek. We followed along the French Pete Trail #3311 into the Three Sisters Wilderness.

French Pete Trail

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