T-Virus

Thanks for your help. I ran that VBscript and attached the file it returned reg.txt

I recently reinstalled Windows Server and applied a bunch of useful tweaks (attached) found in the unanttended part of this forum. Lately I've been noticing that Windows is shutting down way too fast. That in itself is nothing to complain about except all the applications I have left open don't have enought time to save their settings. I tried scouring Google and every page I found had you navigate to the registry hive [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] and modify three keys: AutoEndTasks, HungAppTimeout, and WaitToKillAppTimeout. My registry values: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop] AutoEndTasks = 0 HungAppTimeout = 5000 WaitToKillAppTimeout = 20000 These are the default. So now I'm stumped. Can anyone think of another place in the registry that will allow my computer to shut down so quickly? regtweaks.reg

I had this same exact problem. As a workaround I used Alcohol 120% to create a virtual drive from the .ISO image. Then I booted from the newly created drive letter within Virtual PC. For some reason Virtual PC likes you to jump through a few hoops before it decides to want to work.