How to Speed Up Shutdown Time in Windows 7?

Windows 7 is a popular operating system from Microsoft which has a great look and feel than any other OS that came from Microsoft family. The most special feature of Windows 7 is that all your data will be saved automatically whenever your system shuts down even if you don’t opt for saving your work. This feature requires an extra time to perform its task. So if you need to speed up shut down time in Windows 7 OS, you need to reduce the wait time (By default this time is 12 seconds).


How to Speed Up Shut Down time Windows7?

• Press “Windows + R” key from keyboard and type “regedit” in the Run Command Window. Press Enter Key

• In the “Registry Editor” window, browse to the following navigation on the left side

“HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control”

• In the Right Panel, you’ll find a file named “WaitToKillServiceTimeout”. Now Double click to Edit it and change the value to 2000 (2 sec.).

• Click OK to save data and close the Registry Editor.

From now on, your Windows 7 Will shut down even more faster than before.
Note: As we have reduced the wait time, Windows 7 will not be able to perform the save task. So you need to manually save all your data before shutting down your system.