Why does my XP take forever to show the shutdown window?
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Mar 15, 202618041 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I use the Start > Shut Down command at the end of every workday, then pick Stand by. This way I don't have to open my laptop to hit the Sleep or Hibernate keys. It takes a very long time for the window to come up after I hit Shut Down. At least 60 seconds, and sometimes 2-3 minutes. In the meantime…
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Fix for: Why does my XP take forever to show the shutdown window?
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I ran Sysinternals ProcMon once to see what a machine was doing that took it so long to think about shutting down. The answer: explorer.exe scanning the Recycle Bin. So in this case I was able to speed up the shutdown of this machine hugely, by simp…
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