Windows 7 - Extremely slow to shutdown

[pcwizard]

Hi All,

I am having issues with my Windows 7 system shutting down - on average 2-3 minutes.

Msconfig has been run and I currently have 51 processes running (currently with IE8, Event Viewer and Task Manager open)
The system is only really used for software and web development so it's a scaled down unit. 2GB RAM and Dual Core.

In my Event Viewer you can see a whole list of shutdown error warnings (image 1 below)

I've run CCleaner and a Registry Cleaner, but they haven't made any difference.
I've not installed anything new recently, certainly not prior to having this issue.

Details for these errors are not very enlightening (images 2 & 3 below)

Performance during use is fine, and nothing hangs or crashes. just the shutdown times that take ages.

Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks.

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[Allan]

1) Make sure "clear pagefile at shutdown" is not enabled:
start - run - regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown value to 0


2) Start - Run - Regedit
Navigate to the following Registry key:
HKEY CURRENT USER\Control Panel\Desktop
Double click on the AutoEndTasks entry and replace the 0 with a 1 in the Value data text box

For the next two, if the dword value indicated does not exist, create it:

Double click on the WaitToKillAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 2000

Double click on the HungAppTimeout entry in the right pane and change the Value data to 1000

Reboot

3) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Right-click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout and change it to 2000

[pcwizard]

Thanks Allan,

ClearPageFileAtShutdown was already on 0
AutoEndTasks was already 1

I changed the following:

WaitToKillAppTimeout to 2000 (it was on 5000)
HungAppTimeout to 1000 (it was on 5000)
WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 2000 (it was on 5000)

After rebooting to put the changes into place my system takes 2mins 59 secs to shut down - with no applications running, and after having only just booted up.

I don't normally play around in the registry, but would it kill my system if I just set them to 20/10 instead of 2000/1000?

[Allan]

The computer will not recognize anything below 1000 (1000=1 second)

[jpirate78]

I haven't checked any of those specs in the registry on my wife's laptop running Windows 7, but I did notice Win 7 to be a bit slower on shutdown than Vista was on this same unit (and not noticeably faster on start-up, even after finding and editing the start-up programs allowance list - that was a pain to find in Windows 7!)

On our Desktop running Vista however, I did notice a huge difference in all aspects of performance when I upgraded from 2 GB to 3 GB of RAM.  It seems to me that the posted RAM requirements for Vista and Win 7 are a bare-bones minimum, and that even 2 GB for either is kinda paltry these days.

This laptop has 4 GB RAM; an Intel Dual core @ 2.1 GHz; and runs either Vista Home Premium 64-bit, or Win 7 H.P. 64 bit - so comparing it to our desktop with Vista H.P. 32-bit ain't really apples to apples, but it still starts-up and shuts-down faster than the desktop (which has an AMD dual core @2.1 GHz).

Something else I've found, is that both are horrible about having processes still starting-up minutes after the "desktop is ready for use" . . . could this be an issue with shut-down times if one had just restarted their computer?

[Allan]

Something else I've found, is that both are horrible about having processes still starting-up minutes after the "desktop is ready for use" . . . could this be an issue with shut-down times if one had just restarted their computer?

That's superfetch. It monitors your system and your startup, learning with each boot. It then manages the loading of your processes and apps, prioritizing them so the most important load first. Low priority processes will load last.

[Broni]

Go Start>Run (Start Search in Vista), type in:
msconfig
Click OK (hit Enter in Vista).

Click on Startup tab.
Click Disable all
IMPORTANT! In case of laptop, make sure, you do NOT disable any keyboard, or touchpad entries.

Click Services tab.
Put checkmark in Hide all Microsoft services
Click Disable all.

Click OK.
Restart computer in Normal Mode.

NOTE. If you use different firewall, than Windows firewall, turn Windows firewall on, just for this test, since your regular firewall won't be running.
If you use Windows firewall, you're fine.

Same problem?

[arteg]

Nothing help me what is posted here. my windows 7 still shutting down for ever. i need to switch off manually. hdd led is on all the time when is shutting down. has someone more ideas what  is wrong.
thank you

[arteg]

hi , i sorted the problem. i mist one of your post
1) Make sure "clear pagefile at shutdown" is not enabled:
start - run - regedit
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]

Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown value to 0
that thing help me.

thank you so much

[Allan]

I'm glad you got it sorted out. In the future you will receive faster help if you start your own topic rather than posting in an old one. Happy new Year.