Windows 10: Base Filter Engine takes 4 hours to start

A new behavior, starting sometime in early July:

When I boot Windows 10 I don't have cursor control. The cursor seems to get to run only every several seconds, so it's useless. Also, I have no firewall; neither Defender nor my free Avast's firewall will start.

The problem is that the BFE is stuck in "starting" and is hogging some popular resource NOT CPU.

In about 4 hours the service starts, and all is normal. I still have to manually start the Avast firewall, but now it does start.

Avast system scan finds nothing amiss.

This must have been brought on by some July W10 update.

In effect, it takes 4 hours to boot, and during that 4 hours my system is probably vulnerable. What should I look for?

Thanks!

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Need to replace Windows Base Filtering Engine Component - Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query and getting in touch with Microsoft Community.

Before we start troubleshooting the issue, we would require more information to assist you better.

• 
  Is your computer is connected to a domain network?
  
• 
  Are you facing any issue with Windows Base Filtering Engine?
  
• 
  Are you getting any error message?
  

This access denied error mainly occur when you don’t have the permission to change the setting or access the file on the computer. As you are getting an Access is denied error, I suggest you to login with administrator account
and follow the steps provided below and check.

Enable the Base Filtering Engine service and check if the issue still persist.

• Press Windows logo key + R key.
• Type services.msc
• Click OK.
• Search for Base Filtering Engine
  service and double click on it.
• Click on stop button.
• Now, click on start button.
• Also, set the startup type to Automatic.
• Click Apply and OK button.
• Restart the computer and check.

Hope it helps. Please reply us with the information require and the status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Firewall & Base Filtering Engine

Base Filtering Engine / Windows Firewall missing services, are usually caused by malware.

Here is a detailed guide that'l help you get BFE and Firewall running.

How to Repair Base Filtering Engine Service Startup Problems?

 

Base Filtering Engine Windows 10 Causes BSOD

Hi Peter,



Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern regarding the issue that you are facing.

Did you try to enable the Base Filtering Engine service? Is it crashing?

I suggest you to follow the steps below and check if it helps



To manually reset TCP/IP, follow these steps:

Note You must be logged on to the computer as an administrator to perform the steps.

For Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

• On the Start screen, type CMD. In the search results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
• At the command prompt, enter the following command, and then press Enter:

netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt

Note if you don't want to specify a directory path for the log file, run the following command instead:

netsh int ip reset

Restart the computer.





Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help