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
    2013-11-09T09:25:15+00:00

    Do Microsoft post or monitor these boards?  It'd be nice to know if this was being looked into.  Obviously it's a pretty common issue here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-08T00:56:26+00:00

    I m facing same problem .

    I have tried many solution but no outcome is there also made complaint regarding this to Microsoft. 

    I have tried one thing that if I m removing Microsoft account (general setting>users>switch to Microsoft account ) then my pc becomes faster. fast shutdown and fast restart and fast start up.

    try it. may be you may resolve this problem after removing that account so syncing process is stopped during shutdown (may be this is a problem!!) after removing account restart pc that also may take long time but further shutdown and restart will be fast.

    and I know that without switching Microsoft account there is no meaning to use windows 8 :(

    I have resolved this problem by this way

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-07T17:17:12+00:00

    Same problem : Boot is now X4 with Win 8.1 compared to Win8 !! (Dell XPS i7, Win Pro 64bits)

    I have tried different tests (with and without TuneUp, Bitdefender, etc... looking for a new user profile, changing advanced parameters in boot via msconfig...) no major result to decrease boot time.

    A lot of people are claiming (english, french...) on this incredible problem which is "indigne" (i am french) of Microsoft without any answer from their side.

    I am very angry again MS !!

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-07T17:06:25+00:00

    did some startup fixes; and now won't boot; so did HP Facorty Restore back to W7. May just stay there

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-11-07T13:36:40+00:00

    The thing that boggles my mind is, if it IS processes/services hanging on shutdown, what is causing this problem? Surely it's not an I/O issue with all these SSD users. So maybe it's registry related? Windows architecture isn't my forte (CCNA student) so If anyone's the wiser here maybe it would be worth poking around and seeing what's changed between 8.0, 8.1 and even 8.1 to 8.1 Pro?

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