Shut down issues windows xp sp3

[Guest mikesteven]

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]

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 \(MVP\)]

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]]

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]

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

>

>