when an application attends under Windows XP the operating system indicates the user about this problem. unluckily there is quite a delay among de application hanging and the instant Windows XP describes you about it.

The conclude for this is that Windows requires to make sure the application is actually not replying anymore. In many cases we actually do not need to wait that long when the application hangs it hangs. It will create Windows slow and the performance of another applications will also suffer.


There is a choice to configure or pull windows so that it does not expect that long before determining an application hangs. This way we can speed up windows and stop a windows suspend by decreasing the smash delay. begin the Registry Editor. From the Windows Start menu choose Run and in the Run box write regedit and click OK. In the Registry Editor situate the adopting registry key in the left hand tree see.

Now assure if a arrange Value subsists with the name HungAppTimeout. If it does skip the next to steps. In the Edit menu choose New and pick arrange Value in the sub menu. write Hung App break as the name for this modern value.Now double click the HungAppTimeout value and enter the many of milliseconds Windows XP should wait before determining an application hangs. E.g. a value of 1000 means 1 second.

if you create this smash delay too short Windows XP will report applications adverting while they are not. So you may require to research a little with the value for this Windows XP pinch to behave the reporting of flowing applications.