Sudden shutdown slowdown


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    Sudden shutdown slowdown


    After doing a startup optimization with Windows Performance toolkit, though the startup speed boosted, but shutdown became slow. It was around 4-6 seconds earlier, but now it's around 8-20 seconds. There doesn't seem much activity going on with the HDD during shutdown. Dunno what's happening out there. help is appreciated.

    I made a boot trace with xbootmgr.

    I have attached the .etl and a parsed .xml file.

    XML file has this content:

    Code:
    <results timeFormat="msec">
      <shutdown>
        <timing shutdownTime="13809" servicesShutdownDuration="485">
          <perSessionInfo>
            <sessionShutdown sessionID="1" startTime="913" endTime="5247" duration="4334">
              <shutdownProcess name="LogonUI.exe" shutdownStartTime="913" shutdownEndTime="913"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="cmd.exe" shutdownStartTime="913" shutdownEndTime="917"
                               processEndTime="915" shutdownDuration="4"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="CisTray.exe" shutdownStartTime="917" shutdownEndTime="1027"
                               processEndTime="1022" shutdownDuration="110"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="networx.exe" shutdownStartTime="1027" shutdownEndTime="1076"
                               processEndTime="1068" shutdownDuration="49"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="soundman.exe" shutdownStartTime="1076" shutdownEndTime="1092"
                               processEndTime="1089" shutdownDuration="16"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="explorer.exe" shutdownStartTime="1092" shutdownEndTime="2486"
                               processEndTime="2460" shutdownDuration="1394"
                               shutdownLevel="3" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="taskhost.exe" shutdownStartTime="2486" shutdownEndTime="2526"
                               processEndTime="2522" shutdownDuration="40"
                               shutdownLevel="2" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="cis.exe" shutdownStartTime="2526" shutdownEndTime="2593"
                               processEndTime="2588" shutdownDuration="67"
                               shutdownLevel="0" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="winlogon.exe" shutdownStartTime="2593" shutdownEndTime="2593"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="0" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="LogonUI.exe" shutdownStartTime="3223" shutdownEndTime="3223"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="winlogon.exe" shutdownStartTime="3223" shutdownEndTime="3223"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="0" shutdownFlags="0"/>
              <notification type="EndShell" sessionId="1" startTime="2593" endTime="2595" duration="1">
                <subscriber name="GPClient" startTime="2593" endTime="2594" duration="1"/>
                <subscriber name="TermSrv" startTime="2594" endTime="2595" duration="1"/>
              </notification>
              <notification type="Logoff" sessionId="1" startTime="3237" endTime="5169" duration="1933">
                <subscriber name="Sens" startTime="3237" endTime="3271" duration="34"/>
                <subscriber name="SessionEnv" startTime="3271" endTime="3279" duration="8"/>
                <subscriber name="TermSrv" startTime="3279" endTime="3282" duration="3"/>
                <subscriber name="GPClient" startTime="3282" endTime="3299" duration="17"/>
                <subscriber name="Profiles" startTime="3299" endTime="5169" duration="1870"/>
              </notification>
              <notification type="TerminateSession" sessionId="1" startTime="5246" endTime="5247" duration="1">
                <subscriber name="TermSrv" startTime="5246" endTime="5247" duration="1"/>
              </notification>
            </sessionShutdown>
            <sessionShutdown sessionID="0" startTime="5962" endTime="6446" duration="485">
              <preShutdownNotification startTime="5768" endTime="5957" duration="189"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5962" shutdownEndTime="5964"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="1024" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="lsm.exe" shutdownStartTime="5964" shutdownEndTime="5966"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5966" shutdownEndTime="5968"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5968" shutdownEndTime="5970"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="cmdagent.exe" shutdownStartTime="5970" shutdownEndTime="5973"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="3"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5973" shutdownEndTime="5975"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5975" shutdownEndTime="5977"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5977" shutdownEndTime="5979"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="audiodg.exe" shutdownStartTime="5979" shutdownEndTime="5979"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5979" shutdownEndTime="5981"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5981" shutdownEndTime="5982"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5982" shutdownEndTime="5984"
                               processEndTime="6475" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="svchost.exe" shutdownStartTime="5984" shutdownEndTime="5986"
                               processEndTime="6381" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="8"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="cavwp.exe" shutdownStartTime="5986" shutdownEndTime="5994"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="8"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="WmiPrvSE.exe" shutdownStartTime="5994" shutdownEndTime="5996"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="2"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="LogonUI.exe" shutdownStartTime="5996" shutdownEndTime="5996"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="640" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="lsass.exe" shutdownStartTime="5996" shutdownEndTime="6033"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="37"
                               shutdownLevel="481" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="services.exe" shutdownStartTime="6033" shutdownEndTime="6441"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="407"
                               shutdownLevel="480" shutdownFlags="4"/>
              <shutdownProcess name="wininit.exe" shutdownStartTime="6441" shutdownEndTime="6441"
                               processEndTime="-1" shutdownDuration="0"
                               shutdownLevel="0" shutdownFlags="8"/>
            </sessionShutdown>
          </perSessionInfo>
          <intervals>
            <interval name="WaitForWinstationShutdown" startTime="5173" endTime="5248" duration="75"/>
            <interval name="PreShutdownNotification" startTime="5768" endTime="5957" duration="189"/>
            <interval name="NtShutdownSystem" startTime="6446" endTime="14038" duration="7592"/>
            <interval name="ZeroHiberFile" startTime="0" endTime="-1" duration="-1"/>
            <interval name="FlushVolumes" startTime="6732" endTime="11293" duration="4561"/>
            <interval name="ZeroPageFile" startTime="11294" endTime="11294" duration="0"/>
            <interval name="IoShutdownSystem" startTime="11986" endTime="12081" duration="95"/>
            <interval name="WaitForProcesses" startTime="0" endTime="-1" duration="-1"/>
            <interval name="CmShutdownSystem" startTime="12081" endTime="12873" duration="792"/>
          </intervals>
        </timing>
        <unresponsiveServices numUnresponsiveServices="0"/>
        <services autoStartStartTime="0" autoStartEndTime="0" autoStartDuration="0">
          <serviceTransition name="AeLookupSvc" group="" transition="start"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="17" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="0" processingTimeDelta="17"
                             container="netsvcs svchost (964)" startedAt="4412" firstCheckpointedAt="4412" endedAt="4429"/>
          <serviceTransition name="gpsvc" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="16" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="4" processingTimeDelta="12"
                             container="netsvcs svchost (964)" startedAt="5857" firstCheckpointedAt="5860" endedAt="5872"/>
          <serviceTransition name="CryptSvc" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="2461" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="0" processingTimeDelta="2461"
                             container="NetworkService svchost (844)" startedAt="6037" firstCheckpointedAt="6037" endedAt="8498"/>
          <serviceTransition name="Dhcp" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="23" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="1" processingTimeDelta="22"
                             container="LocalServiceNetworkRestricted svchost (884)" startedAt="6037" firstCheckpointedAt="6038" endedAt="6060"/>
          <serviceTransition name="DPS" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="173" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="3" processingTimeDelta="170"
                             container="LocalServiceNoNetwork svchost (1276)" startedAt="6039" firstCheckpointedAt="6041" endedAt="6212"/>
          <serviceTransition name="eventlog" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="994" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="76" processingTimeDelta="918"
                             container="LocalServiceNetworkRestricted svchost (884)" startedAt="6042" firstCheckpointedAt="6117" endedAt="7035"/>
          <serviceTransition name="FDResPub" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="333" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="11" processingTimeDelta="322"
                             container="LocalServiceAndNoImpersonation svchost (1428)" startedAt="6118" firstCheckpointedAt="6129" endedAt="6451"/>
          <serviceTransition name="IKEEXT" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="466" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="84" processingTimeDelta="382"
                             container="netsvcs svchost (964)" startedAt="6129" firstCheckpointedAt="6213" endedAt="6595"/>
          <serviceTransition name="PlugPlay" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="20" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="1" processingTimeDelta="19"
                             container="DcomLaunch svchost (612)" startedAt="6213" firstCheckpointedAt="6214" endedAt="6233"/>
          <serviceTransition name="PolicyAgent" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="143" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="2" processingTimeDelta="141"
                             container="NetworkServiceNetworkRestricted svchost (1700)" startedAt="6214" firstCheckpointedAt="6216" endedAt="6357"/>
          <serviceTransition name="Power" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="18" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="17" processingTimeDelta="1"
                             container="DcomLaunch svchost (612)" startedAt="6217" firstCheckpointedAt="6234" endedAt="6235"/>
          <serviceTransition name="ProfSvc" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="49" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="46" processingTimeDelta="3"
                             container="netsvcs svchost (964)" startedAt="6235" firstCheckpointedAt="6281" endedAt="6283"/>
          <serviceTransition name="SysMain" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="1144" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="3" processingTimeDelta="1141"
                             container="LocalSystemNetworkRestricted svchost (924)" startedAt="6282" firstCheckpointedAt="6285" endedAt="7426"/>
          <serviceTransition name="TrkWks" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="7" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="1" processingTimeDelta="6"
                             container="LocalSystemNetworkRestricted svchost (924)" startedAt="6285" firstCheckpointedAt="6286" endedAt="6292"/>
          <serviceTransition name="Winmgmt" group="" transition="stop"
                             totalTransitionTimeDelta="492" firstCheckpointTimeDelta="1" processingTimeDelta="491"
                             container="netsvcs svchost (964)" startedAt="6286" firstCheckpointedAt="6287" endedAt="6778"/>
        </services>
        <groupPolicy/>
      </shutdown>
    </results>
    Also, please explain a bit about the red part of the code (FlushVolumes).
    Sudden shutdown slowdown Attached Files
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  2. Posts : 504
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Problem solved. Had to enable write caching on my HDD. It was enabled by default, have no idea when and why did I disable it, lol.

    So, here's another discovery: Disabling write caching can slow down system shutdown drastically (atleast in my case, it does happen).
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