This tweak reduces the time Windows-XP waits before automatically closing any running programs when you give it the command to shutdown.
Follow the steps as given below-
1) Go to Start then select Run
2) Type ‘Regedit’ and click ok
3) Find ‘HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop’
4) Select ‘WaitToKillAppTimeout’
5) Right click and select ‘Modify’
6) Change the value to ‘1000’
7) Click ‘OK’
8) Now select ‘HungAppTimeout’
9) Right click and select ‘Modify’
10) Change the value to ‘1000’
11) Click ‘OK’
