topic Re: shutdown takes sooo long in PCs & Accessories

shutdown takes sooo long

raimundus — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 12:52:47 GMT

Hi,
got a Vaio VGN-FS515B Win XP SP2. And the shutdown process takes too long, sometimes nearly up to two minutes. Is there any workaround for this prob?

Is this a known prob

Thanx
raimundus

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

robpaxton — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 13:48:13 GMT

In my experience, Norton Internet Security is the biggest culprit for slow startup & shutdown. IMHO the free versions of AVG antivirus/antispyware & Zonealarm do a better job & don't hobble your system.

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

rich912 — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:01:30 GMT

Hi raimundus and welcome to the forum.

I agree wholeheartedly with Rob about Norton Internet Security, but there is also another avenue that you could explore.

Click Start > Run and in the ‘Open’ dialog box type secpol.msc and then click OK. Under Local Policies > Security Options, scroll down to ‘Shutdown: Clear virtual memory pagefile’ – if this is enabled, disable it (right click and select ‘Properties’).

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

raimundus — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:23:39 GMT

Ok, I havent got Norton as it comes with so much other probs, so I'll give last hint a try.

Thanx
raimundus

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

raimundus — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 15:26:07 GMT

secpol.msc cannot be found on my notebook.
What next?

Thanx
raimundus

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

Thalamus. — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:01:41 GMT

I don't think security policies are available on MS XP home...

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

apierc1 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:59:23 GMT

I am just wondering, is 2 minutes really that long I think thats perfectly acceptable. The time should be linked to the number of background programs you have runing, such as Norton, and Microsoft Office etc. My old laptop used to regualerly take like 5 - 10 minutes, now that is long!

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

rich912 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:00:28 GMT

I don't think security policies are available on MS XP home...

No it's not Thalamus. I don't use Home edition but have just checked it out on another notebook in the house that is running Home Edition....

raimundus,
See if you can find any tips here.

I am just wondering, is 2 minutes really that long

None of my machines take longer than 15 seconds to shutdown.

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

Blencogo — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:03:51 GMT

I would give your Vaio a good going over with the free 30-day version of Tune-Up Utilities

I think the only way to do what Rich is suggesting is to remove the ClearPageFileAtShutdown value of 1 in the Registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

apierc1 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:18:34 GMT

I will make sure to get my stopwatch and time it when I close down tonight and then give you the result in the morning.

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

Resonate — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:41:21 GMT

It is Norton thats the Problem, But to solve the problem you got a bigger one definately if you want to uninstall it.

You can't get rid of it, it was made to stay but however on the symantec website somewere on it is a UnInstall key.

Other security apps do work while its still there but it hinders them.

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

apierc1 — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:56:42 GMT

Right, bear in mind I also have and use Norton, my shutdown last night took 45.25 seconds approximately. I find that very acceptable.

Re: shutdown takes sooo long

robpaxton — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:07:58 GMT

But you are not the one who has the problem

However, the original poster has already said that they aren't running NIS . . . .