你最好跑快点

每天早晨都有一只羚羊醒来,
知道一定要跑得比最快的狮子还要快,
不然就会被吃掉.

每天早晨都有一头狮子醒来,
知道一定要扑上一只羚羊,
不然就会饿死.

不论你是狮子还是羚羊,
当太阳升起时,
你最好跑快点.

(取自:世界是平的)

‘Need For Speed’ – Shutting Down Windows Faster

At times, Windows can be reacting slow when handling hung applications and shutting down. Here are some of the tweaks, in which by modifying the value of some of the Registry Keys, it would speed up force-closing the applications and shutdown:

1. To speed up shutting down your Windows –

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop
double click WaitToKillAppTimeout
modify the value to something like 1000 or 2000 (measured in milliseconds)

2. To enable end running tasks automatically at shutdown –

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop
double click AutoEndTasks
modify the value from 0 to 1

3. To reduce the time of waiting before forcing hung applications to close -

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop
double click HungAppTimeout
modify the value to something like 2000

4. To speed up closing slow-ending services –

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control
double click WaitToKillServiceTimeout
modify the value to 1000

* Getting to the Registry Editor
In Windows XP – Start > Run, type ‘regedit’, press Enter
In Windows Vista – Press the Windows key, type ‘regedit’, press Enter

** Go to HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop to change the value data of WaitToKillAppTimeout and HungAppTimeout should you would like to apply the changes to all users on the machine.