Does Windows SHUTDOWN.EXE skip any steps that are necessary, such as saving registry changes or document changes, or settings changes? Thanks. --AnnaSummers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Shkabara" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Shut down question Before my most recent re-install of XP, I had similar problems to yours. One way to speed up shutdown is to use the Windows SHUTDOWN.EXE utility. You can find it in the WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 folder. Try running this directly and see if it makes your shutdown go faster. If this takes care of your problem, you may add a shortcut on your desktop or in a quicklaunch bar to make it easier. > Let us know if this works for you. -- Peter PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml