Delayed logoff problem (vista x64)

Admiral Huddy · 18 Nov 2009 at 08:37

Recently, I've noticed that any form of logging off i.e. shutdown, restart or just logging off takes about 4 to 5 minutes before it starts to close apps down, which is quite annoying to say the least.

I can't find any services or background tasks that shouldn't be running. However, according to system resources, the disk and CPU are experiencing activity. Spyware/AV scans come back with nothing to report.

The only thing I can think of is when I looked at the following hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
the "WaitToKillAppTimeout" key is missing. Can anyone confirm that they have this or have any idea as to what's going on.

Thanks

lord filbuster · 18 Nov 2009 at 10:31

If you have a creative xfi, disable the ctxfihlp service, the latest drivers buggered it up. I had the same problem until i disabled it.

Admiral Huddy · 18 Nov 2009 at 10:35

ah, I had to update the creative xfi drivers to get Wolfenstein working, so you could be right.. I'll check it out later .. Many thanks

Admiral Huddy · 23 Nov 2009 at 08:49

Lord_filbuster.. Just wanted to thankyou.. That appeared to fix the problem.