There are 2 services under Apple Inc. and i believe one of them is slowing my shutdown: Apple Mobile Device iPod Service I have an iPhone and connect it to transfer songs from iTunes. I don't use automatic syncing or anything like that. If i were to disable any of the above would it affect this regular routine? (detecting my hardware, transffering files... etc.)
Install the User Profile Hive Cleanup Service, available on Microsoft.com for Windows 2000 and XP. It will improve shutdown performance