Windows 8.1 Pro x64 UEFI very slow boot and shutdown

Anonymous
2013-10-19T09:35:27+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2015-04-01T05:46:57+00:00

    I find it interesting that this post by ALBERTOAVINA is identical to the post that started this exact thread back on October 18, 2013.

    A lot of people have solved this problem by uninstalling the factory drivers for the Qualcomm Bluetooth and wifi card.   When you reboot, Windows will supply generic drivers that work fine and boot and shutdown times go back to normal, very fast, like Win 8 before the upgrade.  The problem is the next windows update you get will want to re-install the factory drivers and you  have the problem back.  Be sure to watch out for that and don't install but "HIDE" the update.  I have heard that Qualcomm may have updated the drivers but I am sticking with the generic ones that I know work with 8.1

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-11T12:37:22+00:00

    Are you experiencing high disk usage during boot time? The activity light is on permanently? I was having the same issue, my problem was that the pagefile size was managed by the system and setup incorrectly. To solve:

    1. From file explorer got This PC, right click properties
    2. Click advanced
    3. Performance, click settings
    4. select advanced tab, virtual memory, click change
    5. Uncheck "automatically manage page file size for all drives"
    6. Select your C drive, Select custom, set the initial size to the size of your physical memory, the max size to double the size of your physical memory.

    Restart and check boot time.

    Some other people are also uninstalling the Skype app, and also leaving the Skype for desktop version, that was not my case.

    Regards,

    MarianoC

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-07-12T10:08:54+00:00

    Are you experiencing high disk usage during boot time? The activity light is on permanently? I was having the same issue, my problem was that the pagefile size was managed by the system and setup incorrectly. To solve:

    1. From file explorer got This PC, right click properties
    2. Click advanced
    3. Performance, click settings
    4. select advanced tab, virtual memory, click change
    5. Uncheck "automatically manage page file size for all drives"
    6. Select your C drive, Select custom, set the initial size to the size of your physical memory, the max size to double the size of your physical memory.

    Restart and check boot time.

    Some other people are also uninstalling the Skype app, and also leaving the Skype for desktop version, that was not my case.

    Regards,

    MarianoC

    Mr. MarianoC:

    After I posted this topic, my boot time improved I don't know why and how, but, I used your suggestion, and the boot time reduced from over 2 minutes to less than one minute. Now it is better than it ever was.

    Thank you very much.

    Stefan Lippmann

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