Shutdown XP faster

1. Like previous versions of windows, it takes long time to restart or shutdown windows xp when the "Exit Windows" sound is enabled. To solve this problem you must disable this useless sound.
• Click Start button then go to Settings>Control Panel>Sound,Speech and Audio devices>Sounds and Audio Devices>Sounds
• Under program events and windows menu click on "Exit Windows" sub-menu and highlight it.
• Now from sounds you can select,choose "none"
• Click apply and ok. Now you can see some improvements when shutting down your system.

2. This is also speed up your shutting down XP.
• Start Regedit.
• Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control.
• Click on the "Control" Folder.
• Select "WaitToKillServiceTimeout"
• Right click on it and select Modify.
• Set it a value lower than 2000 (Mine is set to 200).