The last character in the command is a zero. Click next Type a name for the shortcut e. Fast shutdown and click finish Now you have a new icon on your desktop. Let's customize it some more. Right-click the new icon and select properties. In the dialog box that opens up, click change icon. You may see a warning message that shutdown. An icon to stop the shutdown mechanism Suppose that you double-click the power Windows XP shutdown icon and just a split second later you realize that there was one more thing you wanted to do before shutting down.
To create an anti-shutdown icon : Right-click an empty space on your desktop Select the option "new shortcut" Type "shutdown -a" Exactly as shown here, but without the quotes. Anti shutdown and click finish You know now how to choose a better looking icon.
An icon to restart your computer fast Create a new icon like the previous ones, but type "shutdown -r -t 0" in the "location of the item" box.
Right-click an empty space on your desktop Select the option "new shortcut" Type "rundll If so, get your space back with an adjustable dual monitor mounting stand and declutter your desk with out throwing anything out!
How I added more disk space with out any hassles or costing me an arm and a leg! It never fails. You're in a rush and need to have Windows shutdown down quickly. Instead of a fast power off, you end up waiting forever starring at the message "Please wait while Windows shuts down ". So your tempted to just shutdown by hitting the power button. But you don't want to pay the price by causing file or registry corruption and not be able to quickly boot up Windows when you're…in a rush!
Fortunately there's an easy fix and an explanation to the cause of the problem. During shutdown, Windows needs to make sure user sessions are completely terminated by unloading your user profile and releasing closing any connections to the registry.
Until these connections are released, Windows will keep trying to unload the profile until it determines that it can't, and finally just shuts down, which is usually minutes later. If Windows shuts down or logs you off without releasing the connections and your user session is prevented from completely ending, eventual problems can occur such as trying to log back on to your computer.
The culprits of these issues are misbehaving Microsoft or third party system processes and applications e. Even if you identify which processes or applications are causing the problem, you not be able to do anything about it. This workaround prevents your computer from rebooting during shutdown, but unfortunately it doesn't take away the root cause of the failure. Here are some other steps that you can try to solve the underlying problem. Problematic device drivers are another well-know cause for shutdown problems.
To quickly check if your system contains devices with problematic drivers :. Windows shows the Device Manager with a complete list of all the hardware it finds in your computer. Look for any devices with an exclamation point or a question mark in a yellow circle.
These are devices that have problems with their drivers and that can cause you a lot of trouble. Some feature-rich keyboards or other input devices are known to cause trouble during the shutdown sequence.
If you see any of those easy-replaceable, problematic yellow circle devices in your device manager, try replacing it with a more standard piece of hardware and test shutdown. Return from this windows xp slow shutdown tip to the general Windows XP shutdown page.
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