Slow login on Windows 8.1

[rkrisi]

Hello Everyone!

 

I have a computer running Windows 8.1, and I have one problem which I can't solved yet.

When I try to login to my account, it seems to be very slow (It doesn't reading/writing to disk, just "waiting" with the 'Please Wait' screen). Booting up only took some secs.

I though that this Windows online account was the problem, but I deleted the online account first, secondly tried pulling out the internet, but it didn't helped.

 

Anyone can help?

 

Thanks

[NIGHTSHADE0]

Check you're boot options in bios see if it is booting correctly.

 

What hard drive do you have it installed on, is it a new drive or an old one filled with junk as this could slow the drive down. Do a defrag.

 

Once you are in windows open cmd prompt and see what applications you have checked to run on start up, close any unesccesary ones and try booting again.

 

If all else fails back up you're files to a separate media and re install windows ( delete any partitions if there is any)

[EmeraldFlame]

This is a tell-tale sign of having a bunch of stuff running in the background. Hit ctrl+shift+escape, then go to the 'Startup' tab. Turn off anything that isn't crucial to your PC running, most of the stuff in this list you won't actually want to run until you physically launch it anyway. 

[rkrisi]

Thanks for the replies!

My Windows is on SSD, so I think the performance and speed is good.

Most of my programs is turned off in the task manager... I left only the important apps (like Intel, AMD, etc..)

[rkrisi]

I have tried booting in diagnostic mode (in msconfig) and with this the login is much faster!

I read somewhere, that Gigabyte apps cause a slow logon on Win 7...

[EmeraldFlame]

If you are booting fast in diagnostic mode, then it is definitely startup items. Personally, I turn off everything except some driver software, like AMD's Catalyst software. Most of that gigabyte stuff probably doesn't really need to be starting up on boot. You probably only realistically need most of it when you manually launch the program, but your usage may vary from mine, and if you need it running all the time, leave them on. Login speed is just the price you pay for having programs load at startup.