Windows 10: "Please Wait" screen appears after boot and hangs for 6-8 minutes 2-3 minutes on safe mode

Every time I boot to Windows 10, a screen saying "Please Wait" appears and hangs for 6-8 minutes before I can logon. Shutting down also takes half a minute. I've disabled almost all of my startup apps, defragmented my hdd which was 25% fragmented, and ran a DISM and sfc scan, but the same scene unfolds every time I boot anyway. I've also tried booting to safe mode and the same "Please Wait" screen appeared, but only for 1-2 minutes and shutting down took 5-10 seconds. Is there a way to fix this without performing a re-install of Windows or system restore?

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Windows 10 safe mode boots to Please Wait screen

Hi,

I restarted my machine and it boots and hangs on a magenta "please wait" screen. I've tried booting into safe mode as some other threads here suggest, but safe mode boots to the same magenta screen.

Any help would be appreciated!

-MM

 

Screen Saver Windows 10 -- goes to screen saver mode after 2-3 minutes

Hello --

I've changed the timing on how soon the screen saver should appear to 45 minutes. (Windows to Power Options to Choose When To Turn Off The Display.) That doesn't work. My screen goes into screen saver mode after 2-3 minutes.

Does anyone know of a solution? Thanks.

 

Windows 10 hangs in 1-2 minutes, same also in safe mode

No BSOD but still debugging thread - as there isn't any general Win 10 troubleshooting section to post this problem.

Is there any external boot media image suggestions to test UEFI BIOS hardware?
USB or CD/DVD as I have external DVD drive.
Especially I'd like to test SDD I/O.

Any other ideas?

Full story so far is below.

Dell Vostro 15 model 3568 laptop.
Without any known event preceding, since yesterday morning Windows 10 laptop hangs during 1-2 minutes after login.

Same happens in safe mode.
(after Windows restart "Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart" F4 start your PC in Safe Mode.)

During this limited time I couldn't find from system event log any errors which weren't there earlier.

From USB stick laptop passed successfully Memtest86+
Liteon 128GB SSD was removed from laptop and passed mhdd test successfully.
System restore fails with error - restoration files not found or corrupt.

Looks rather hopeless ...
I'd reinstall Windows 10 if there weren't some older applications, which are difficult to restore.