Windows 7 takes too long to shut down...

[vomacka]

I am trying to speed-up the shutting down of a friends Win7 desktop system. I followed the instructions in this article: https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/717-shut-down-speed-up.html

I have "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" set to 3000 (3 sec.), but it still take 10 seconds to shut the OS down. I tried changing the number from 1-2 sec. Nothing worked.

Is there any other registry value that needs to be changed? Perhaps I am missing something?

Thanks for your help.

Scott

 

[Megahertz07]

I once search for a reason my desktop was taking so long to shut down (25s) on fast SSD.
Why it takes so long to shut down?
I found that it was / is the Avira antivirus.
10s is quite good on a HDD.

 

[TechnoMage2016]

The standard way to shut down a PC, using what MS gives you, is definitely NOT the fastest, and involves too many steps. No wonder so many users just push the Power Off Switch. (not good!)



Make a New Desktop Shortcut, using this command line. Then just click on the shortcut to shut down windows.


%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 1


Be aware of the spaces in that command.


Try that and let us know how it worked for you. On my PC, it shuts Windows down in less than five sec's.

 

[Megahertz07]

My shutdown shortcut is:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /p (Turns off the local computer with no time-out period or warning).

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /p /f (unconditional, Forces running applications to close without warning users)

 

[vomacka]

Ok, I tried creating a new shutdown icon using "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 00". No change. Still takes longer than 10 sec. to shut down. I've always had a shutdown icon on the desktop for years, using the above syntax. It always shut down in 3-5 sec. But now it does not seem to work.

You mentioned that the virus program was causing the trouble. I'll look into this. My Avast Free did a program updated just before this problem started.

If there is nothing wrong with Avast, I might try the syntax that Megahertz suggested. Got nothing to lose right? It's an SSD drive by the way, si it should shut down real quickly.
Scott

 

[bendipa]

It's always been an issue for me. You complain about 10 or 25 sec shutdown. It takes a minimum of 45 secs on my machine. I only use Mawarebytes Free other than MS Security Essentials. The only time it ever shutdown promptly was after a fresh install. Since then I don't know what has caused Win 7 to shutdown slowly, but it's too much trouble to find out.