Timeout for hung logon sessions during shutdown

The number of minutes the system will wait for the hung logon sessions before proceeding with the system shutdown.

If this settings is enabled, the system will wait for the hung logon sessions for the amount of minutes specified.

If this setting is disabled or not configured, the default timeout value is 3 minutes for workstations and 15 minutes for servers.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Hung session timeout in Minutes:

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value NameShutdownSessionTimeout
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value9999
Min Value
Max Value

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