Windows 10 slow boot up
I was under the impression 10 was to boot faster than 8.1, however I’m finding it takes considerably longer to boot using 10.. is it me or do others also find this condition?
Are there some «boot settings» that I might be overlooking and need to change?
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Thank you! This hint helped me to find out that AMD is responsible slowing down the boot process on my notebook ( dual video Intel HD 3000 and AMD Radeon 6700M).
I hope we soon get a gfx driver update from MS or AMD.
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I found another solution.
» 1) Download the install AMD Radeon Windows 10 drivers that were released couple of days ago. 15.7.1 I believe.
2) After installing rebooting, go to regedit. In regedit, go to the Find option in the Edit Menu.
3) Search for EnableULPS. Double click on it and change the value from 1 to 0.
4) Exit regedit and restart your laptop.
5) Your boot and sleep times should be much, much better.»
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Your solution seems to have solved the problem.
I can’t tell you how many hours I spent researching and trying different things to get a faster boot.
Thanks for posting your solution.
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I only have ‘Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000’ within ‘Display Adapters’ sub menu. Obviously disabling that is going to leave me with. nothing? I’m using an Acer Aspire V3-571
Any ideas? Your advice seems to have had the most success thus far.
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The problem I was having was due to the two video cards in my laptop. Your laptop has only one.
I suggest trying Intel’s Video Driver Utility. If there is an obsolete video driver, maybe this can help.
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I started to smell a rat when I did the upgrade from 8.1 to 10
The Logitech G930 headset had issues with the mic.
I tried using older drivers that I knew had no problems under win 8.1, no diff.
Tried doing a fresh install of Win 10 still had problems with the mic.
So I narrowed down the problem to windows 10.
Stopped and thought about the problem for a while before it hit me. I bet some screwed up or has made changes to the usb 3.0 drivers.
Sure enough I had located the problem. The headset was working fine under 8.1 when plugged into a usb 3.0 port but under Win 10 no matter what driver I used it wouldn’t work.
Plugged it into usb 2.0 and now it works fine.
So you may think «Well it could be the driver for the headset» and you would be correct, it «Could be»
But now here is the moral of the story, my boot time was sub 10 seconds under 8.1 (Yes my Gaming PC is that good), blew out to 45-60 seconds under windows 10.
Unplugged every usb device whether it was 2.0 or 3.0 and boot time went back to almost normal.
Something has changed within Windows 10 in regards usb controllers and or drivers they use.
Can someone give it a go.
Unplug everything usb after you press restart and see if boot time changes.
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Ultra Low Power State (UPLS) is a device power saving «feature» in Windows 8 & 10. It causes delayed boot time that results in a black screen for upwards of 20+ seconds before login screen displays. Here is the fix for both Windows 8 & 10.
Disable Ultra Low Power State (UPLS) by doing the following.
(In the start menu, type regedit and hit enter. Confirm.)
1.) Disabling ULPS can be done by opening regedit and going to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\
2.) Change EnableUlps from 1 to 0 inside the 0000 and 0001 or 0003 keys.
3.) Restart your computer. Startup time will return to normal.
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Does not fix it for me.
[Edit]Apologies. This registry key change DID cut my boot time in half. From 3+ mins to 1min 20secs to desktop.
Defrag took 4hours 17 mins in windows 10. I did defrag manually every month in win8.1, time-lapse back then was no more than 20 or 25 mins on bad months.
Ran disk clean up. Ran CCleaner. Deleted $Windows
WS folder using:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/forum/insider_wintp-insider_install/is-it-safe-to-delete-the-hidden-folder-windowsws/cb24d5c3-e233-45fd-8358-573aed1331d0?auth=1
Went into BIOS and enabled Fast Start under the boot menu. I have ZERO items in Task Manager/Start Up.
So after all counts this fix did work.
Upon first upgrading from windows 8.1 to windows 10, my start up times were anywhere from 5 to 7 mins. After visiting AMD’s site and grabbing the windows 10 catalyst drivers, the wait was cut in half — to about 3 to 3.5 mins.
Your regedit fix cuts it in half yet again.
Stupid thing is though: Windows 8.1 would boot in 30 seconds (tops!) with full responsiveness to input once the desktop populated. Windows 10 is a huge let down upon boot. The Desktop takes another 15 to 30 seconds to let you fiddle around, and upon launching task manager/performance tab/hard drive — the activity is heavy on it for a good minute, hanging at 99% -100% activity.
I hope the big update coming this week (month?) addresses these failures.
Thanks for your help guys.
FIX: Windows 10 Slow Boot (Solved)
Last updated on March 20th, 2018
The following problem is occurred on a SONY VAIO laptop, after installing the Windows 10 Falls Creators Update 1709: Windows 10 boot time and startup is extremely slow. In fact, after displaying Windows logo, the system stuck on a black screen with the loading animation dots for a long time and then after entering the login password, the Windows 10 desktop and task bar icons takes time to show up.
The Slow Boot up issue on Windows 10 after installing updates, commonly is caused because of an outdated or incompatible program or device driver. In other cases the issue is caused because some critical updates may contain bugs that they haven’t fixed yet from Microsoft.
In this tutorial you ‘ll find instructions to resolve the Slow boot up issue on Windows 10 OS after installing a critical update.
How to FIX Windows Slow Boot Problem.
Step 1. Perform a Clean boot
1. Simultaneously press the Windows 
+ R keys to open the ‘Run‘ command box.
2. In run command box, type msconfig press Enter to open the System Configuration utility.
3. At Services tab, check the Hide all Microsoft services checkbox.
4. Then press the Disable all button, to disable all non Windows services that start with Windows.
5. Then select the Startup tab and click Open Task Manager.
6. Select one by one all startup items and click Disable.
7. Finally click OK and restart your computer.
8. Check if the boot up time is faster. If it is okay, then open the System Configuration (msconfig) utility again and enable one by one the disabled services and programs and restart your system, until you find out which one cause Windows 10 to boot slow.
Step 2. Disable Fast Startup.
1. At the search box type control panel and press Enter.
2. Change the View By (at the up right) to Small icons and then click Power Options.
3. At the left pane, choose Choose what the power buttons do.
4. Click Change settings that are currently unavailable.
5. Scroll down and uncheck the Turn on fast startup (recommended) option and click Save changes. *
* Note: If the «Turn on fast startup (recommended)» option is missing from this window, then you have to enable Hibernation on your computer.
Step 3: Update GRAPHICS Adapter’s drivers.
The next step to resolve the Windows 10 slow boot issue, is to update the drivers for the graphics adapter. To do that:
1. Press Windows 
+ “R” keys to load the Run dialog box.
2. Type devmgmt.msc and press Enter to open the Device Manager.
3. In device manager, expand the Display Controllers.
4. Right click on the installed Display Adapter and select Uninstall device.
5. At the warning window, check first the ‘Delete the driver software for this device‘ checkbox and click Uninstall.
6. Restart your computer.
7. After restart, proceed and reinstall the latest driver software for your VGA device from manufacturer’s support site. *
* Note: In some occasions, the installation of an oldest version of the VGA driver, can fix the slow Windows 10 boot up issue.
Step 4. Disable Ultra Low Power State (ULPS) on AMD Graphics Adapter
ULPS is a sleep state that lowers the frequencies and voltages of non-primary cards in an attempt to save power, but the downside of ULPS is that is can cause your system to startup slow if you ‘re using an AMD graphics Adapter. To disable ULPS:
1. Simultaneously press the Windows 
+ R keys to open the ‘Run‘ command box.
2. In run command box, type regedit press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
3. From Edit menu click Find.
4. In search box type EnableULPS and press Find Next.
5. Double click at the «EnableULPS» highlighted value and modify the value data from 1 to 0. Click OK when done.
6. By pressing the F3 key, find the rest «EnableULPS» values and change the value data from 1 to 0.
7. When done, close registry editor and restart your computer.
Additional help: If after restart you still experience the slow boot up issue and you have a laptop with two graphics adapters (e.g. Intel & AMD), then open Device Manger and disable the second adapter. [right click on the 2nd adapter (e.g. AMD) and choose Disable device. Then reboot.]
Other Solutions to fix the Slow Boot Up problem on Windows 10.
1. Uninstall and reinstall the latest version of your Antivirus/Security program.
2. Perform a Windows 10 Repair with an in-place upgrade.
3. Reset Windows 10 from Settings -> Update and security –> Recovery. During the recovery process you ‘ll be asked to keep or not your personal files.
4. Backup your files to another storage media and then perform a clean Windows 10 installation, by using the latest Windows 10 installer.
That’s it! Let me know if this guide has helped you by leaving your comment about your experience. Please like and share this guide to help others.