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Windows 10 Slow Startup "Hello Screen"

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Hello Everyone.

A few days (weeks?) ago, i started facing a problem that is annoying me A LOT!

My PC always booted in a matter of seconds, after all i have two 970 Evo Plus SSD's, and now, for some reason, when i'm booting into Windows (Even after a simple restart) at takes lots of time to past the "USERNAME, Hello" screen...

I've already tried booting into safe mode, and same thing happens, already did a clean boot... I've literally did everything on these two websites that i've found:


Even tho the problem is not really the same, because i don't actually get stuck on the Hello Screen, because the circle keeps spinning, something usually takes one second (or less) is taking nearly 15seconds or more...

You guys have any ideas of what it could be? I really wanted to avoid formating/clean install Windows, but if there's not other solution... Because i think i've already tried everything, and i don't have restore points.

Thanks!
 
Possible symptom of SSD failure. Please check the SMART, even when I can't guarantee that all faulty SSDs will show suspicious SMART readings.

Did you run SFC /verifyonly ?
 
Possible symptom of SSD failure. Please check the SMART, even when I can't guarantee that all faulty SSDs will show suspicious SMART readings.

Both SSD's are new, i've run all SMART tests, Samsung Magician and many others, and no problems found.

Did you run SFC /verifyonly ?

Yes, nothing found.

Like i said, the PC still boots in seconds, its just taking more than normal at "Hello Screen" , because everything else is the same as always...
 
Do you have a lot of dumb shit loading at boot? Did you install anything new recently or within that time frame that starts up when you login?
 
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Do you have fast boot selected in the mobo BIOS ??
 
You can go into Task Manager and then Startup and see what your PC is loading on startup. You can disable programs that you don't need to get a faster startup but of course be careful what you disable.
 
Do you have a lot of dumb shit loading at boot? Did you install anything new recently or within that time frame that starts up when you login?

You can go into Task Manager and then Startup and see what your PC is loading on startup. You can disable programs that you don't need to get a faster startup but of course be careful what you disable.

The only thing i have in Startup is my Logitech G Hub App, Windows Security notification icon and Realtek HD Audio Universal Service, nothing else, and it was always this way. And i've already tried to disable them all and the problem was still there.

This was problably something that installed in windows, or some modification to the registry, because it was ALWAYS super fast and from one moment to another, this started to happen.
Do you have fast boot selected in the mobo BIOS ??

I always did, never touched that, because it always worked well.
 
Well, the situation is now fixed and i don't know how lol.. I've installed Advanced SystemCare 14 PRO, after the scan i did all the fixes i wanted it to do, and the problem is now gone.

It's the first time, that these type of software, actually fix something for me lol.. Maybe it broke 100 things to fix this one, but at least is now working as it should.
 
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