> When I log off or shut-down my system always hangs for about 2 minutes
> with the message "Saving your settings...". During that time there is no
> apparent activity (i.e. no disk accesses, no processes showing high-CPU
> utilization, nothing - the system just sits and waits - but for what???).
>
> I presume it is waiting for some application or service that does no
> longer responds until some timeout strikes. I am no longer willing to
> accept that waiting time! But rather than just "flipping the power
> switch" (which I already did a few times when I was really tired to wait
> and had to leave NOW) I would rather prefer changing the relevant
> timeout values such that the system aborts these non-responsive
> processes after at most 5 seconds or so and then has a chance to do an
> at least somewhat decent shutdown.
>
> Does someone have a (pointer to a) description or list of relevant
> registry entries (or whatever it takes) to shorten these shutdown delays
> to an absolute minimum?
>
> Michael
>
>
>

> Here's what you're looking for:
>
> "Troubleshooting profile unload issues"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115
>
> ---
> Leonard Grey
> Errare humanum est

> Excellent! My shutdown times are now about 20 seconds in total, I guess
> faster than ever! I could get used to that new experience... :-)
> Thanks a lot for the reference!
>
> Michael
>
> Leonard Grey wrote:
>> Here's what you're looking for:
>>
>> "Troubleshooting profile unload issues"
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837115
>>
>> ---
>> Leonard Grey
>> Errare humanum est
>