slow computer shutdown?

[realspeed]

Mine was and I found this solution.

Start
Run in the box type regedit

You get a lists which is the registry so be careful from here on in.
go to the drop down lists in sequence

HKey_Local_Machine
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Session Manager
Memory Management

right hand page may take a second or so to show up

click on Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown (second one down), in the string if the last number is 1 it needs to be changed to 0
This is done by clicking over ClearPageFileAtShutdown ( seperate sub page appears where the value can be changed)


By doing this instead of waiting for about 15 minutes for the computer to shut down it only took seconds. Have to say some computers already have this tweek done so check first

Hope this may help some with this common problem

Realspeed

 

[neil_g]

15 mins to shutdown? Is that an accurate figure?

 

[neil_g]

Also can you say which version of windows


Edit - After a google it seems for xp upwards. They (ms) do state that it can also increase shutdown time as all it does is write 0's to the page file for security reasons.

If the 15 mins was accurate I'd suggest there is some other underlaying issue. I wouldn't say it's a common issue, I've never seen that across any of our 200~ xp or 7 boxes

 

[Mikesphotaes]

Nor me!

 

[realspeed]

Don't take 15 mins literally as that what it seemed like as I could walk away make and drink a coffee and it was still shutting down on a 1TB hard drive.
This was on windows7 64 bit computer home built.

Only posted this if other members had the same problem not really to have a discussion on but more of a helpful tip.

Realspeed

 

[amer369]

Reading this thread makes me glad I made the switch to apple 3 years back. Have never needed to go into registry, tweak setting etc.... Before then I'd be doing more tweaking than actual using the damn thing.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack the thread and start a Windows Vs OSX debate. It's just what I thought when reading the thread, thought I'd share.

 

[neil_g]

Don't take 15 mins literally as that what it seemed like as I could walk away make and drink a coffee and it was still shutting down on a 1TB hard drive.
This was on windows7 64 bit computer home built.

Only posted this if other members had the same problem not really to have a discussion on but more of a helpful tip.

Realspeed

so around 3-5 depending how long the kettle takes.

id still say there is some other issue at play here as writing 0's to your swap file should slow down shutdown if anything. 1TB drive wont have any baring on shutdown speed.

it was always going to get a debate, the thread didnt contain all of the facts/useful info

Reading this thread makes me glad I made the switch to apple 3 years back. Have never needed to go into registry, tweak setting etc.... Before then I'd be doing more tweaking than actual using the damn thing.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack the thread and start a Windows Vs OSX debate. It's just what I thought when reading the thread, thought I'd share.

oh the ironing...

 

[Pookeyhead]

Mine was and I found this solution.

Start
Run in the box type regedit

You get a lists which is the registry so be careful from here on in.
go to the drop down lists in sequence

HKey_Local_Machine
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Session Manager
Memory Management

right hand page may take a second or so to show up

click on Set ClearPageFileAtShutdown (second one down), in the string if the last number is 1 it needs to be changed to 0
This is done by clicking over ClearPageFileAtShutdown ( seperate sub page appears where the value can be changed)


By doing this instead of waiting for about 15 minutes for the computer to shut down it only took seconds. Have to say some computers already have this tweek done so check first

Hope this may help some with this common problem

Realspeed

Yes, but by doing this your machine is not clearing it's page file, and Windows will simply need to do this housekeeping some other time, thus moving the problem somewhere else. It can also mean your drive can become very fragmented very quickly (not an issue with SSD).

15 minutes to shut down is symptomatic of something else entirely. A Windows machine should shut down in less than 30 seconds.. or maybe a minute with a slow machine.


[edit]

Just seen that your 15 minutes is now 3-4 minutes What machine do you have. It may just be really, really slow. My server, while having a really powerful RAID card is actually a pretty slow machine with only 4GB RAM and it can take a couple of minutes to shut down as the boot hard drive is slow.

 

[arad85]

Yes, but by doing this your machine is not clearing it's page file, and Windows will simply need to do this housekeeping some other time, thus moving the problem somewhere else. It can also mean your drive can become very fragmented very quickly (not an issue with SSD).

Neither of these things are true. The page file will just get overwritten when Windows needs to overwrite it. What not clearing it does though is that it allows someone to reconstruct what your computer was doing at some time in the past.

The page file is (generally) pre-allocated on disk, so doesn't cause significant fragmentation (which Win Vista/7 take care of automatically).