Windows 10: Qucik Access Does Not Complete and Initial App Start Just Shows Spinning dots - Status

Hello Everyone:Internally we depend on Quick Assist to support users. Recently we have witnes that the Quick Assist app starts but never seems to complete only showing dots spinning but never completing. This is occurring inside our network. I've gone through all the perquisites ports and urls . I confirmed with our networking team that all these conditions are okay. We have checked AD policies to see if their have been any policy changes in the domain or in azure and nothing has been changed.We have tried uninstalling app reinstalling etc with no change.https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/window

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Windows Won't Start - Infinite Spinning Circle of Dots

No power failures or electrical storms. No changes made to the system (though when I shut down four hours earlier, it took a bit longer than usual, leading me to believe that an automatic update may have been installed). Was there an automatic update pushed
out on March 1st?

Yes, POST and BIOS appear to be fine. No warnings, beeps, or logged errors. The BIOS configuration appears to be unchanged. Drives are all recognized and the RAID 1 array shows both drives "functional."

Again, I cannot get to the recovery menu. All attempts to power up this machine end up at the infinite spinning dots.

Same thing with the Windows 10 installation DVD - spinning dots. I cannot get to the recovery menu or even re-install Windows.

There's not much more detail I can provide. It's always the same:

• Press the computer's power button
• Computer displays routine startup BIOS status messages - no warnings; all SATA drives are recognized
  
• Computer displays black screen with "Asus" logo and message at bottom of screen: "Please press DEL or F2 to enter UEFI BIOS setting."
  
• Computer's USB keyboard and mouse are functional - I can press Del or F2 to enter BIOS
• Computer displays RAID configuration with all drives status "functional"
• Computer's USB keyboard and mouse are still functional - I can press Ctrl + I to enter RAID config utility
• Black screen with "Asus" logo appears
• Spinning dots appear under "Asus" logo
• NumLock light on keyboard goes out
• Pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del has no effect - keyboard appears to be non-functional
• Nothing else happens - spinning dots keep spinning indefinitely

The only change to this routine is that every third reboot produces the "Preparing Automatic Repair" message in Step #7, underneath the "Asus" logo. Otherwise, everything is the same. The routine continues from Step #8 to Step #11.

And if I boot from my Windows 10 installation DVD, I'm given a message after Step #6: "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD....." Whether or not I press any keys, the routine continues without change from Step #7 to Step #11.

 

Windows 10 stuck on spinning dots during bootup

I stumbled upon this simple solution for spinning dots that won't go away.

Turn computer off, then restart and press F12 to get the Boot Device Menu.
Select POST behavior. Select Fast Boot and set to [OFF] status. Save and exit.
Hopefully, your computer will continue to start up successfully. At least, mine did.

After rebooting a couple of times with Fast Boot [OFF] you can repeat the steps to turn Fast Boot back [ON].
Otherwise, every restart will be painfully slow.

With Fast Boot off, additional steps are taken to resolve compatibility issues. In my case, when the startup was complete there was a notification of a program that needed updating. Perhaps that update was not compatible with a Windows update?

 

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