Guest mikesteven Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. Svchost is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks, Mike
Guest Thee Chicago Wolf Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Shut down issues windows xp sp3 >All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. Svchost >is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media >controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to fix >this problem? > >Thanks, > >Mike Try the following: Go to Start > Run and enter REGEDIT and press OK. This fires up the registry editor. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop. Edit the following keys: 1) AutoEndTasks: Default is 0, make it 1 You can also try the following settings under the same branch: 2) ForegroundLockTimeout: Default is 20000, make it 0 3) HungAppTimeout:Default is 5000, try 1000, if it's still slow, try 500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as it could really make programs / services that need a momentd or two to end act...funny. 4) WaitToKillAppTimeout: Default is 20000, try 1000, if it's still slow, try 500. I don't suggest going anything lower than 250 though as it could really make programs / services that need a moment or two to end act...funny. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control 1) WaitToKillServiceTimeout: Default is 20000, try 2000. I don't use this setting personally and it's questionable whether XP supports it or not. When you finish, reboot. Log into XP and then do a shutdown and see how long it take. If some of the keys above don't exists, just create them using the right mouse button. #1 is a String Value #2 is DWORD value #3 is a String value #4 is a String value Good luck. - Thee Chicago Wolf
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Shut down issues windows xp sp3 "mikesteven" <mikesteven@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8A5DDAEC-A9AC-4291-A85F-F9E74DB62AAE@microsoft.com... > All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. > Svchost > is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media > controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to > fix > this problem? > > Thanks, > > Mike If it is really "all of a sudden" then a System Restore will most likely fix it.
Guest PA Bear [MS MVP] Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Shut down issues windows xp sp3 Did this behavior only start after you'd installed WinXP SP3? Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3" -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ mikesteven wrote: > All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. > Svchost > is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media > controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to > fix this problem? > > Thanks, > > Mike
Guest mikesteven Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Shut down issues windows xp sp3 It did not start after sp 3 was installed, but then there were more windows updates which I downloaded. I just can't remember the exact date this problem started. Mike "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote: > Did this behavior only start after you'd installed WinXP SP3? > > Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for > Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and > e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada. Go to > http://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?gprid=1173 | select "Windows > XP" then select "Windows XP Service Pack 3" > -- > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) > MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 > AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net > DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > > > mikesteven wrote: > > All of a sudden I am getting two problems when I shut down windows. > > Svchost > > is not closing and CRTC media controller is not closing. The CRTC media > > controller dialog box says that it is not responding. Any ideas on how to > > fix this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mike > >
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