IMPROVE XP SHUTDOWN SPEED

This tweak reduces the time XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown
 
 Go to Start then select Run
 Type 'Regedit' and click ok
 
 Find 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\'
 Select 'WaitToKillAppTimeout'
 Right click and select 'Modify'
 Change the value to '1000'
 Click 'OK'
 
 Now select 'HungAppTimeout'
 Right click and select 'Modify'
 Change the value to '1000'
 Click 'OK'