Windows 10: Takes 10 minutes for Windows to Load my Desktop

Hi,


I run Windows10 Pro version 1909 x64 on my PC and installed the cumulative updates yesterday.

Now it takes alteast 10 minutes for Windows to load the Desktop after a start/re-start.

It takes forever with the coloured "Please wait" screen about 8 minutes to load the User list & sign-in screen.

Then it takes another 2 minutes to load all the icons & taskbar pinned items on the Desktop screen After sign-in to the Administrator User-id.


The loading slowed a bit after updating to KB 4532693 about 3 minutes and got worse 10 minutes after updating to KB 4535996.


The UEFI BIOS handover time is listed as just 3.1 seconds in Task Manager under Startup, so this is not a BIOS boot time problem.


Should I look for some specific underlying cause or uninstall the Cumulative updates ?

Other updates that got installed along with the Cumulative updates, were KB 4537759 / KB4537572


My PC Specs are listed below:


OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363

System Type x64-based PC
Processor IntelR CoreTM i5-3570 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Cores, 4 Logical Processors

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 4.6.5, 10-Aug-18

SMBIOS Version 2.7

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode UEFI

BaseBoard Manufacturer INTEL Corporation

BaseBoard Product H61

Platform Role Desktop

Secure Boot State Off

System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.18362.628"


Installed Physical Memory RAM 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.89 GB
Available Physical Memory 3.06 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9.14 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.85 GB
Page File Space 1.25 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Kernel DMA Protection Off

Virtualization-based security Not enabled

Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/devices detected, TPM is not usable

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

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Can someone help as this is very frustrating to wait for 10 minutes or more to load the Desktop and commence working.

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