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You must have been in a situation where you’re pissed off  because of a slow computer shutdown while you’re in a hurry.  If you take a shortcut by shutting down by force before  the shutdown process is complete you put yourself at risk of damaging your computer or notebook. Then how to accelerate computer shutdown?

You can speed up computer shutdown by modifying Windows registry key. After going through the following registry modification procedure you will notice an increase in shutdown process. As usual before you proceed you’re advised to make a full back-up of your computer registry just in case you’re not following the procedure correctly. Note that this tips  is only  applicable for computer running Windows XP/Vista/7, other window versions may have different registry key locations.

In this case I do the registry modification in Windows Vista to make the computer shutdown faster. When your computer is being shutdown, your machine needs time that must be passed until the process is complete to ensure and all Windows system is closed. By default, Windows set  twenty seconds as the time needed to perform this which is simply  too long. You can cut down this shutdown process with  a simple registry settings tweaking.

Folow the step-by-step guide carefully otherwise you will end up getting a painful consequence  because if you perform the following procedure the wrong way, your computer won’t boot up

1. Click [Start] and then on the box [Start Search] typing [regedit].
2. In the windows registry locate the  following key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControl]
3. Once you find it, while on the right pane, right-click on [WaitToKillServiceTimeout] and select [Modify] , see picture bellow:

Under  EditString window , change the default  number of 20.000 with a figure  between 5000-10000. Do not put with figures  under 5000, because by doing so  you do a  force shutdown. If you set the figure to  6000 it means you set your computer to shutdown in six  seconds After you specify the numbers click [OK] and exit the registry then shutdown the  computer twice. Your computer will now shutdown within the time you have set above.

Now you have fix a slow computer shutdown

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Unlike its Windows predecessors, Windows 7 spares you the need to have a third party software if you want to create partition on your computer hard drive when your computer is running Windows . One of the key  Windows 7  features is it can directly create partition on windows without the help of other software. When Windows 7 is installed  for the first time it by default creates just one partition ie C: drive. This method of partitioning hard drive using built-in Windows 7 feature is referred to as Shrinking the System Partition

This post specifically discusses about dividing partition system and the procedures described here can also be used to shrink any  partition, not just the system partition. Also to be noted that the dividing partition system does not require a reboot and does not omit any file on a shared drive.

Here are the step-by-step guide to create partition in Windows 7;

Log on to your computer as Administrator.

Go to [Control Panel> System and Maintenance> Administrative Tools> Computer Management]. Another way is to right click on Computer icon on the desktop and select [Computer Management]. If you are prompted to enter an administrator password or confirmation, type the password.

• Open the Disk Management console by clicking the arrows on the [Storage] menu

• Select your hard disk that you want to partition, for example Drive C.
• Right-click the disk that will be partitioned and select [Shrink Volume]. (see picture bellow)

• The process will take several minutes  until the system shows the structure of the partition.
• In the following window by default the system will automatically divide the old and new partitions evenly. You can resize the default partition according to your needs.
• When you’re finished, click the [Shrink]. button

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