How can I shut down Vista very quickly?

How can I shut down Vista very quickly?

In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut down Xp
very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?

Thanks.

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:41:00 -0700, jakein2008
<> wrote:

>How can I shut down Vista very quickly?
>
>In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut down Xp
>very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?
>
>Thanks.

By design Windows "waits" for applications and internal Windows
applets to signal they are done using system resources. Due to sloppy
programming in many applications and Windows itself it can seem like
it takes forever to shut down sometimes because they don't release
memory or don't unlink from Registry hooks and other things going on
behind the scenes.

There is no one cure-all. However you can help speed things up by
making a Registry hack that deals with "killing" the service(s)
running.

Use your favorite Registry tool to open your Registry. Naturally
backup the Registry first and/or made a fresh Restore point in case
you mess something up.

look for: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l

Your value probably is 20,000 (twenty seconds). Experiment by changing
to 5,000, maybe if you're a gambler to 3,000. Anything less is risky
and you might lose data if any of the services aren't done doing their
thing. You can also help Vista by manually closing any application
before you begin the shutdown sequence.

Shutdown times is a combination of not only what is running, even if
idle at the time you decide to shut down, but to some extent what you
did in this instance (since your last shutdown) as Windows will do
some housekeeping at shut-down, flush buffers, write memory pages,
etc.. and if you had a "busy" session, it often will take longer for
the computer to shut down.

Ringmaster <> wrote in
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> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:41:00 -0700, jakein2008
> <> wrote:
>
>>How can I shut down Vista very quickly?
>>
>>In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut
>>down Xp very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
> By design Windows "waits" for applications and internal Windows
> applets to signal they are done using system resources. Due to sloppy
> programming in many applications and Windows itself it can seem like
> it takes forever to shut down sometimes because they don't release
> memory or don't unlink from Registry hooks and other things going on
> behind the scenes.
>
> There is no one cure-all. However you can help speed things up by
> making a Registry hack that deals with "killing" the service(s)
> running.
>
> Use your favorite Registry tool to open your Registry. Naturally
> backup the Registry first and/or made a fresh Restore point in case
> you mess something up.
>
> look for: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l
>
> Your value probably is 20,000 (twenty seconds). Experiment by changing
> to 5,000, maybe if you're a gambler to 3,000. Anything less is risky
> and you might lose data if any of the services aren't done doing their
> thing. You can also help Vista by manually closing any application
> before you begin the shutdown sequence.
>
> Shutdown times is a combination of not only what is running, even if
> idle at the time you decide to shut down, but to some extent what you
> did in this instance (since your last shutdown) as Windows will do
> some housekeeping at shut-down, flush buffers, write memory pages,
> etc.. and if you had a "busy" session, it often will take longer for
> the computer to shut down.
>

By switching off the power button?

> "By switching off the power button?"

Definitely something I would not recommend.

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"Ja Can" <> wrote in message
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> Ringmaster <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:41:00 -0700, jakein2008
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>How can I shut down Vista very quickly?
>>>
>>>In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut
>>>down Xp very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>> By design Windows "waits" for applications and internal Windows
>> applets to signal they are done using system resources. Due to sloppy
>> programming in many applications and Windows itself it can seem like
>> it takes forever to shut down sometimes because they don't release
>> memory or don't unlink from Registry hooks and other things going on
>> behind the scenes.
>>
>> There is no one cure-all. However you can help speed things up by
>> making a Registry hack that deals with "killing" the service(s)
>> running.
>>
>> Use your favorite Registry tool to open your Registry. Naturally
>> backup the Registry first and/or made a fresh Restore point in case
>> you mess something up.
>>
>> look for: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l
>>
>> Your value probably is 20,000 (twenty seconds). Experiment by changing
>> to 5,000, maybe if you're a gambler to 3,000. Anything less is risky
>> and you might lose data if any of the services aren't done doing their
>> thing. You can also help Vista by manually closing any application
>> before you begin the shutdown sequence.
>>
>> Shutdown times is a combination of not only what is running, even if
>> idle at the time you decide to shut down, but to some extent what you
>> did in this instance (since your last shutdown) as Windows will do
>> some housekeeping at shut-down, flush buffers, write memory pages,
>> etc.. and if you had a "busy" session, it often will take longer for
>> the computer to shut down.
>>
>
> By switching off the power button?

"jakein2008" <> wrote in message
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> How can I shut down Vista very quickly?
>
> In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut down
> Xp
> very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?

Task Manager > Users > Log yourself off.

Then shutdown. This way of logging off kills all your processes straight
away. It doesn't bother saving your roaming profile if you have one either.

Marc

On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:26:50 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
<> wrote:

>> "By switching off the power button?"
>
>Definitely something I would not recommend.

Geez John, that was a joke.

A joke that some unsuspecting newcomer could have taken as a serious
alternative to powering down!

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Windows Desktop Experience

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"Ringmaster" <> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:26:50 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <> wrote:
>
>>> "By switching off the power button?"
>>
>>Definitely something I would not recommend.
>
> Geez John, that was a joke.
>

Ringmaster wrote:

> On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:26:50 +0100, "John Barnett MVP"
> <> wrote:
>
>
>>>"By switching off the power button?"
>>
>>Definitely something I would not recommend.
>
>
> Geez John, that was a joke.
>

Oh, now that is really funny! You actually thinking you made a
joke!...hahahaha!

>> "By switching off the power button?"
>
> Definitely something I would not recommend.

Why on earth not? It is exactly the right way to do it, PROVIDED you just
stab the button briefly. Vista picks this up and performs an orderly
shutdown.

The only risk is if you press-and-hold the power button for several seconds,
in which case you override the OS and shut down the motherboard immediately.
This, of course, is a bad idea.

But stabbing the power button is perfectly OK.

SteveT

jakein2008 wrote:
> How can I shut down Vista very quickly?
>
> In xp ,there is a exe file called ctrl+alt+home I can click to shut down Xp
> very quickly, how can I shut down vista very quickly?
>
> Thanks.

Simple: Reformat Your Computer And Install Any Gnome Distro Of Linux,
Just FYI. You Can Then Use The Power Button 2 Shut Down Linux, Just FYI.