-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Win 2000 Pro, opinions please

From: "Grant Karpik" <gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx>
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:26:15 -0700



On 11 Apr 2003 at 19:39, John N. wrote:

> 
> I believe I would choose Win2000 over ME,or XP for that matter. From my
> understanding, ME was a thrown- together marketing tool with no real
> advantages over win98 (and many disadvantages). XP I just don't like 
due
> to MS activation and the EULA. Not to mention the way it interacts 
with
> MS online (behind your back).I don't intend to get SP3 for Win2000 
for
> that very reason. I have found Win2000  very stable (save my 
tinkering,
> forcing a re-install -s-). 

Go ahead and install service pack three, it's worth it for all the 
little 'fixes' etc. Just make sure to turn off the auto update feature 
and to set the update service to disabled in your Windows services.

...snip...

> only thing I do not like about 2K is the seemingly longer then needed
> startup and shutdown times. I can see the first (though my routine 
has
> been pared down a lot), the second I have yet to fathom. Maybe 
someone
> has ideas for decreasing times for both? When I did use XP a similar
> setup was much faster in or out.
> 
> john

Try the following:

Start > Run > gpedit.msc to open the Group Policy Editor

In the Group Policy Editor:
Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration >
Administrative Templates > System > Logon

In the right hand panel, double click on "Maximum retries
to unload and update user profile", choose "Enabled" and
set the Max. retries value to less than its default of
60. 

I set mine to 5

There was a security fix a while back which apparently increased the 
default and slowed down shutdown. Doing the above gets 2k's shutdown 
time back to normal.

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Grant Karpik
gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx

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