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Windows 7 - slow shutdown after Zone Alarm latest
Hi...
I'm running Windows 7 (Home Premium - 64-bit)
I've been using Zone Alarm Free Antivirus & Firewall for ages with no problems.
However, when running routine ZA AntiVirus update, window popped up telling me of ZA 'upgrade'.
I know from experience automatically letting 'upgrades' run can cause problems.
So: I downloaded latest 'Zone Alarm Free Antivirus & Firewall version'
I then uninstalled my current version and reinstalled new version.
All went well...until I came to shutdown...Normally around 30 seconds, now it was taking over twice that
.
I went into 'Safe Mode' and checked shutdown time from there...lightning fast.
I opened 'Regedit' > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
I checked 'WaitToKillServiceTimeout': it was set at I believe the default '12000' = 12 millisecs.
I changed this to '10' millisecs...but shutdown time was still as above
Can anyone tell me how I can solve this niggle??
Many thanks