Useful Windows XP Shutdown Tweaks

Run a Script at Shutdown

Open Up you registry and look for this key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Machine\Scripts

Run gpedit.msc and select Computer Configuration → Windows Settings → Scripts → Shutdown. Examine the changes in the registry and use that as a guide.

Now to speed up shutdown you may have to do a Kill Hung Processes Automatically

When logging off, you sometimes get an “End Task” dialog prompt, indicating a program that doesn’t shut itself down. You can suppress the prompts and have Windows kill these programs automatically when you log off. In regedit, find key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

Look for the value AutoEndTasks, and change it from 0 to 1.

Good Luck Happy Tweaking…