Re: 'Saving Your Settings' takes a long time

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/14/07, Roger Vicker, CCP <rv-tech@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Check out the mis-named User Profile Hive Cleanup Service from Microsoft
>
> *http://tinyurl.com/2h3yl*
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en
>
> Its primary function is to deal with programs that have a registry key
> open and don't close it quickly enough (or at all) when shutting down.
>
> It appears that Windows tries to wait for the keys to be closed so that
> the registry isn't corrupted before it shuts down. However some programs
> open a key to read it but never close it and have no intentions of
> updating it. Sort of another version of the memory leak problems.
>
> I have seen this tool help enough shutdowns that it is part of my
> standard install practices now.


Thanks for this tip, Roger.  I downloaded it and installed it.  The
documentation says it runs as a "service", and I see it running as a service
from msconfig.  Is it strictly a "set it and forget it" thingy?

Also from the doc: "You will see of the following error events in the
application log..."  How do I access this application log?

Thanks,
Dan