Shutdown and Restart Windows XP Faster

Slow in shutdown or restart Windows XP? Actually it’s very easy to make it VERY fast. It’s as simple as a “shutdown” command with some switches to launch by a shortcut or Run in Start menu. And you can also make it by Registry Editor.

Create Shortcuts

• To restart Windows XP: shutdown -r -t 0
• To shutdown Windows XP: shutdown -s -t 0

• -r means reboot.
• -s means shutdown.
• -t switch tells the system how long to wait to kill processes before shutting down.

Run Commands

1. Open Start menu and click Run.
2. Type “shutdown -r -t 0” or “shutdown -s -t 0“, and press Enter.

Tweak by Registry Editor

1. Open Start menu and click Run.
2. Type “regedit” and click OK.
3. Find HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control
4. Find a parameter called “WaitToKillServiceTimeout” in the Control folder. Double click it and set the number to a lower number, e.g. 1000 (refers to 1 second) or even 0.

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