Definitely Windows 8.1 is much slower than Windows 8. Both 8.1 x86 and x64 take much longer to boot up than Windows 8 on a Lenovo W500 2.53 GHz 4 Gb RAM.
Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI very slow boot and shutdown
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Ever since I upgraded to Windows 8.1 via the in-store update my PC takes a good 3-4 minutes to boot!!! I am on a GA-X79-UD3 + i7-3820 + Samsung SSD 840 for system drive. I have updated all my drivers to Windows 8.1 compatible ones and still. I have checked via Samsung Magician and the drive is using AHCI mode on (Intel PCH) Sata 3 6Gb/s. I have tried restoring my UEFI to default settings and enabling Fast Boot but still?? On Windows 8 it would boot in 5 seconds....
EDIT: Have tried Safe Boot and Clean Boot, still same
EDIT2: Will any Microsoft guy chime in?
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2014-01-24T19:11:11+00:00 Definitely Windows 8.1 is much slower than Windows 8. Both 8.1 x86 and x64 take much longer to boot up than Windows 8 on a Lenovo W500 2.53 GHz 4 Gb RAM.
Don't know what much longer is but with my ASUS laptop with Win 8.1 after disabling the offending drivers the boot and shut down times are around 10 seconds.
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Anonymous
2014-01-24T19:49:21+00:00 Definitely Windows 8.1 is much slower than Windows 8. Both 8.1 x86 and x64 take much longer to boot up than Windows 8 on a Lenovo W500 2.53 GHz 4 Gb RAM.
Don't know what much longer is but with my ASUS laptop with Win 8.1 after disabling the offending drivers the boot and shut down times are around 10 seconds.
On my Lenovo Thinkpad W500, 2.53 GHz, 4 GB RAM, fingerprint reader, it tales as long as it used to be with a Windows 7 Ultimate. Things like the fingerprint reader won't work properly as I've learned, after some internet research, the neither Lenovo nor Microsoft are interested on their customers' problems.
If Windows cannot work properly on third party hardware then Microsof should make and sell their own machines before everybody with some funds goes to Apple. I don't care about offending drivers in Windows 8.1, everything worked fine on Windows 8 so it's Microsoft's problem.
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Anonymous
2014-01-24T19:59:57+00:00 If Windows cannot work properly on third party hardware then Microsof should make and sell their own machines before everybody with some funds goes to Apple. I don't care about offending drivers in Windows 8.1, everything worked fine on Windows 8 so it's Microsoft's problem.
Actually it is the add on vendors problem not updating their drivers to work correctly with Win 8.1. Why not just disable the offending drivers and get on with enjoying your computer with fast boot and shut down times. Blaming MS will get you nowhere.
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Anonymous
2014-01-24T20:33:28+00:00 If Windows cannot work properly on third party hardware then Microsof should make and sell their own machines before everybody with some funds goes to Apple. I don't care about offending drivers in Windows 8.1, everything worked fine on Windows 8 so it's Microsoft's problem.
Actually it is the add on vendors problem not updating their drivers to work correctly with Win 8.1. Why not just disable the offending drivers and get on with enjoying your computer with fast boot and shut down times. Blaming MS will get you nowhere.
How can I disable the offending drivers? I don't think I installed any drivers from Lenovo, all of them came from Windows itself and Windows Update. You mean going to Device Manager and disabling the device? Or uninstalling?
I guess I can disable the fingerprint reader and the dual graphics card on the BIOS, some others on Devices Manager but there are some devices I just can't disabke or install any other drivers.