Windows 10: Long boot time overnight from 15 ish seconds to 20 minutes

I have a PNY geforce rtx 4080 super, asus prime 790-A wifi mobo, 32 gigs of 6400 ddr5 ram, intel i9:14900kf and a ssd by tforce, all 6 months old. when i click my power button it goes to my asus click f2 or del for bios then goes to a grey screen for 10-15 minutes but it doesn't show no connection to dp/hdmi. eventually it will show asus again and sit for another 5 minutes before spinning and finally loading my lock screen. once im in i dont have any problems everything works fine stress tests etc. Sfc /scannow shows nothing dism.exe shows nothing but i get these bootlogs. any help please slee

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Network drivers take a long time (15+ minutes) to install

I'm running Windows 10 Pro 20H1 and I have a problem.

Any network driver that is listed under Network adaptors in Device Manager takes a very long time to get installed. This includes the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility driver, TAP-Windows Adaptor V9, and ... most importantly ... various Hyper-V network drivers,
i.e. Virtual Switch, Virtual Extension, Virtual Adaptor, etc.

Examples:

1. If I grab a copy of tap-windows-9.21.2.exe and run it, the installation takes 15+ minutes, and all this time is spent waiting for Windows to configure the driver class. During this time, tap-windows-9.21.2.exe appears stuck.
   
2. If ask Device Manager's Add Hardware Wizard to install an arbitrary Network Adaptor, even Microsoft Loopback Adaptor, again, the installation takes 15+ minutes, during which the Add Hardware Wizard appears stuck.
3. If Hyper-V Manager attempts to configure a virtual adaptor, switch, extension, etc., again, the installation of the virtual device's driver takes 15+ minutes.

During this 15+ minutes, the driver appears in Device Manager with a yellow icon. The Properties window reads:

Windows is still setting up the class configuration for this device. (Code 56)

Perhaps the most obvious workaround is to suck it up and with the 15+ minutes. Sadly, no. While I might have had the patience to wait 15+ minutes, some apps, like Hyper-V Manager don't. They bail with an error message.

Steps that I have followed to troubleshoot this issue:

• Running various Windows and Microsoft Support troubleshooters
• Resetting the network configuration, both via Setting and via netcfg -d
• Uninstalling all apps that install a network adaptor and starting over from zero
• Updating Windows

 

Windows 10 takes 20 minutes to boot

I have a three-year-old MSI laptop running Windows 10. Recently, it has taken forever to boot. Initially, the slow down was a "mere" 2-3 minutes, but now it's about 20 minutes to go from POST to the Windows 10 login.

I found this answer in my search:

Redirecting. Unfortunately, it didn't help. Here is everything I've tried:

• Disable fast book
  Ran SFC scan - no errors found
  Cleared up space on my booting drive
  "Clean boot" - disable all the startup apps (as described on the linked page)
  Ram test using mdsched.exe - no errors found
  Set the PC to best performance (text looks quite ugly now)
  

The last solution I can find is to reset Windows 10. I'd rather avoid that if I can. Any final suggestions?

 

Computer not booting to desktop, stuck at Restarting screen

Hi Fred,

Thank you for posting in Community.

The issue might occur if the system is not Shut down properly. As you have already tried restarting the system several times, I suggest you to perform a Power Drain by following the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Turn Off the computer and remove the power cable.
• Long press the Power button for 15-20 seconds.
• Plug in the power cable and switch on the computer.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.