W2K Mame Shutdown Problem Solution

[gryhnd]

Unlike my XP-Pro upright cab, which when I push "power" during a MAME game will properly shutdown, I wasn't seeing this for some reason under the W2K I'm working on for a cocktail cab. I'd hit the button and wait. And wait. If I exited (ESC) MAME it would then shut down immediately. The button otherwise functions as intended under everything else.

A couple of registry tweaks helped solve this for me, and apparently are applicable to Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista.

See here for the specifics. I only used the options under "Reduce the wait time for user processes and applications to be killed" and "Automatically end, terminate and kill user processes or tasks on shutdown or logoff".

All is well now

[bkenobi]

Thanks for the tip. Maybe this should be put in the FAQ or on the tutorial page so we don't lose this knowledge.