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{Solved} ~ make windows vista shut down services quicker

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  • Started 4 months ago by carl303
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carl303
carl303
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Hi
I am having a problem trying to do this,"change the waitokillservicetimeout" i keep getting an error

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LH
LH
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What error ?

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carl303
carl303
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I was following the "how to geek" tip and it tells you to change the value to 5000 , but as soon as you click ok, this error pops up

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LH
LH
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Are you doing that from an Administrators account ?

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carl303
carl303
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No just from a standard one, but why is it letting me go straight into the registy using a standard account,

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LH
LH
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It will, but just won't let you change anything.

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carl303
carl303
Posts: 12

SORTED

thank you for that LH, its fine now, GREAT

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