Windows 8 taking a long time to boot up

By far, you must have learnt how to fix slow boot up on Windows 8. Any questions or suggestions for this post and the software are warmly welcomed. Windows Password Key 4WinKey. Menu Overview Guide Store. Since , PassFab has become leader of developing Windows password reset tools. Follow steps 1a and 1b to start the System Configuration utility. Click the Services tab , and then click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box.

Click to select half of the check boxes in the Service list. Click OK , and then click Restart. Step 3: Determine whether the problem returns: If the problem still occurs, repeat step 1 and step 2. In step 2, click to clear half of the check boxes that you originally selected in the Service list. If the problem does not occur, repeat step 1 and step 2. In step 2, select only half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Service list.

Repeat these steps until you have selected all the check boxes. If only one service is selected in the Service list, and you still experience the problem, the selected service causes the problem.

Go to step 6. If no service causes this problem, go to step 4. Step 4: Enable half of the Startup items: If no startup item causes this problem, a Microsoft service most likely causes the problem. To determine which Microsoft service may be causing the problem, repeat step 1 and step 2 without selecting the Hide all Microsoft services check box in either step.

Step 5: Determine whether the problem returns: If the problem still occurs, repeat step 1 and step 4. In step 4, click to clear half of the check boxes that you originally selected in the Startup Item list. If the problem does not occur, repeat step 1 and step 4. In step 4, select only half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Startup Item list. Depending on which device you have, try using a keyboard shortcut to increase the level of screen brightness.

If you are using multiple screens, try projecting video on a different monitor. If the connections are fine but a black or blank screen still appears, try the steps in Action 3 to remove third-party antivirus software. Step 3: Remove third-party antivirus software: It is known that some third-party antivirus software causes black or white screens. You can temporarily uninstall this software, to determine if it causes the problem and then reinstall it after the device is back in operation.

If you remove this software, the device will not be unprotected, since Windows Defender Antivirus will be activated if no other antivirus software is running. Best Regards. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Does this black screenshot appear without more after installing the latest cumulative patches for Windows 10? This combination makes the typical Windows 10 lock screen appear and, from it, we can restart the computer.

We choose the option to restart the computer and, after this simple step, the problem will be solved. When you restart the computer we can see that the black screen no longer appears and that we directly have the desktop, or the login screen, under our control. In that case, there are some additional tips that we can try to try to solve the problem.

Finally, if the computer has been completely hung up and we cannot do anything, we can only disconnect the computer from the power. This is not recommended as it can cause problems to the data on the hard disk, but sometimes like this there may be no alternative, but to return to an earlier version of Windows or format the computer. If after restarting the computer we continue to have black screen problems, or other problems that may be related to the Windows update, when we manage to take control of it, we can try to uninstall the latest cumulative updates that you have installed to work with normal.

In reply to AnthonyBurns03's post on October 14, Hi AnthonyBurns03, I appreciate the reply. I've done that before but nothing solve the problem. In that case, it was some compilation of the update that was executed poorly and that is why it causes the failure, in this case reversing the update if it can resolve the fault, because it reinstalls the devices and the previous configurations where the equipment worked perfectly.

As for the loss of WIFI connection, it may be caused by the same incompatibility of the update with the equipment, since the driver may not recognize the update and cannot run the installation drivers. In that case, how do I reverse the update? Im not very bright on this matter. In that case, the option to select is Keep my files, if you want all the information to remain.