Windows 10: Windows 10 20H2 takes upwards of 1 minute to login

First let me add some clarity and prevent confusion, I am not talking about my laptop's boot time, rather, I am talking about the time from me inputting my pin, to landing on the desktop. This can take anywhere between 50 seconds and 1 minute and 30 seconds, maybe even longer.


SPECS

-CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

-RAM: 8GB DDR4

-SSD Windows installed on SSD: 256GB SATA

-HDD: 1TB SATA


LIST OF START-UP APPLICATIONS FROM TASK MANAGER

-BYODClient - necessary to connect to school network

-Google Drive File Stream - necessary for school

-HyperX NGenuity - Mouse driver

-Corsair iCue - Keyboard driver

-Java Update Scheduler

-Logitech Download Assistant - Mouse driver

-Open Shell - Custom start menu and task bar

-Realtek HD Audio - Audio driver

-Autohotkey Script - This would have very minimal impact

-Taskbar Control - This would have very minimal impact

-Windows Defender Notification Service


Task Manager states that my last BIOS time was 4.2 seconds


Some potential causes of this issue that I can think of are Open Shell and the fact that some of my user directories Documents, Downloads, Music, Videos etc. excluding Desktop are located on my HDD, somehow that might impact login times.


Any assistance or ideas on what might be causing the problem would be appreciated.

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Can't login to new computer w/Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for your reply.

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  Are you able to login to Microsoft Account on Web?
  
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  Have you installed any language pack?
  

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

Step 1: I suggest you to select the appropriate language in login screen at the bottom right corner and check if it helps.

Steps 2: Use On-screen keyboard in the login screen to login and check if it helps.

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

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

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More than 1 minute to boot Windows 10, even with SSD

I have a full description of the problem here: More than 1 minute to boot Windows 10, even with SSD

For some reason, a few weeks ago, my Windows 10 is taking over 1 minute to boot. That is, more than 1 minute just in that initial black window with the Windows 10 logo and the little dots circling.

1. That's my current hardwarespecifiations
2. Windows boot screen stays more than 1 minute to then display the login screen
3. Initially, I had just one Windows 10 x64 installation, then I installed a new Win10 on dual boot to compare
4. After the new win10 dual boot installation, the boot time was reduced to 8 seconds (in this case the default win10 was automatically set to the new installation)
5. But changing to default win10 startup to the old win10, the time came back to 1 minute
6. Both win10 are with Fast Startup OFF
7. Safe boot doesn't change the boot time
8. The red led in front of the desktop (disk I/O) is completely OFF until the login screen is reached (so, no disk I/O during 1 minute)
9. The drivers for BIOS, RAID, Motherboard are the same for both win10 installations, so it's not a hardware or driver problem.