How To Increase Shut Down Speed On Computer

I have the same problem, computer turns off very slowly. I tried, as u said, to turn off the CAPS LOCK but it wasn't on. So I turned it on and again off, many times, but the computer still shuts off very slowly. Please advise, may be is another LOCK that I have to turn off (or, may be, your CAPS LOCK is different from mine?)

heh. I think the CAPS LOCK comment was for the original poster who was typing in all caps and wasn't actually a solution to the shut down speed problem.

If you have had your PC a long time and a lot of various programs installed I would look into cleaning it up a little or create a backup of your files and get a fresh OS install.

U tnk tht I ddnt knw tht?

Welcome to Windoze(TM)

Get an Apple or upgrade to a 64-bit Win 7 system. My Win 7 system's boot time is 40 sec., shutdown is maybe 20 sec., it is quite stable, and I've had no problems with it. (Yeah, I am very happily surprised). It works great with my 46" HDTV as a monitor.

You can always pull the plug if desk top or remove the battery if laptop. Just make sure to save before going this route.

Although you will experience long bootup's may even have corruption on the hard drive.

but if ya need to shut down fast, I don't think you can get any faster.

In reality you may have a lot of background software running that slowing you down.

What operating software are you running and any anti-virus sw and have you done any cleaning, defrag or any other maintenance or downloaded any software in the past before you notice the slow down. Last does anyone else have use/access of the computer.

And have you physical cleaned/vacuum the machine of dust/dirt buildup in the fans and anywhere else. It could be clogged up. I had a machine that ran all the time then it started doing strange things until I cleaned it.

Charles

Sounds like you might need to backup your files and go with a fresh install of Windows.

You could also try looking in your control panel for erroneous programs that are installed that aren't needed, along with running a spyware removal program like Spybot or Malwarebytes.

Can I assume this is WinXP SP3 ?

RAM (as suggested in post #1) should have the largest impact. When all programs and full OS can be loaded into RAM only, with no swapfile being used, shutdown time should be fastest for your CPU/MB combo. For XP-SP3 You should have a minimum of 1GB RAM to achieve little or no swapfile activity.

I suggest you clean up (DELETE) all cached internet files, all cookies, and all old .tmp files. Load all the newest Windows, AV, and other updates available for your machine, then reboot and perform a full disc defragmentation. Also run a full AV scan to check for bugs.

Once defrag and AV scan are complete, test the shutdown time from NORMAL mode. If acceptably fast, you are done.

If still too slow, try timing a shutdown from SAFE mode. Safe mode shutdown should be a little faster. If there is a large difference in shutdown time (normal mode much longer than safe mode) it is probably due to the OS waiting for a program, driver, or hardware to respond. This could be difficult to debug and fix.

For reference, I have one machine that powers down completely in under 4 seconds (freaky fast) from Ubuntu 9.10. The exact same PC takes at least 20 seconds to power down from XP. Guess which OS is preferred