Windows 10: Windows 10 gets frozen on Blue Screen with text that says locking and spinning dots

Discus and support Windows 10 gets frozen on Blue Screen with text that says locking and spinning dots in Windows Hello & Lockscreen to solve the problem; I work in IT for my company and we have about 10 machines that when the user is away from their computer the computer tries to lock, when they come... Discussion in 'Windows Hello & Lockscreen' started by Joseph Gonitzke, Feb 21, 2019.

  1. JOSEPH GONITZKE
    Joseph Gonitzke Win User

    Windows 10 gets frozen on Blue Screen with text that says locking and spinning dots


    I work in IT for my company and we have about 10 machines that when the user is away from their computer the computer tries to lock, when they come back the computer is frozen with the text "locking" with the spinning dots. The only way to get past this is a hard restart. All computers on our domain are set to lock after being idle for 5 mins.

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    Joseph Gonitzke, Feb 21, 2019
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  2. TEANCUM144
    teancum144 Win User

    Login from lock screen stuck on circular rotating dots

    The following happens intermittently:

    • I'm working and use the Windows+L key combination to lock my screen to leave for a period (can be short or long).
    • I return and use Ctrl+Alt+Del to log back in.
    • I get a blue screen with a small circle of spinning dots, which goes on indefinitely.
    • I have to hard boot my laptop by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds.
    This started happening only after I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. This appears to be a common problem with Windows 10:


    I've tried most of the suggestions from these an other sources, but nothing has solved this issue -- which is very disruptive to productivity and seems to be specific to Windows 10. Please reply with only real solutions.
     
    teancum144, Feb 21, 2019
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  3. NICKBENNICK
    NickBennick Win User
    Windows 10 boot stuck at blue screen w/ spinning dots after successful install

    I installed Windows 10 successfully on my computer through the update program and everything went smoothly. After the computer was shut down, it would not reboot. It is currently stuck on a blue screen with white spinning dots. It says to please wait for
    a moment before that goes away and I'm left with just the dots. Any suggestions?
     
    NickBennick, Feb 21, 2019
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  4. JOE666666
    joe666666 Win User

    Windows 10 gets frozen on Blue Screen with text that says locking and spinning dots

    Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots

    Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots
     
    joe666666, Feb 21, 2019
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