Windows 10: Windows 10 gets frozen on Blue Screen with text that says locking and spinning dots

I work in IT for my company and we have about 10 machines that when the user is away from their computer the computer tries to lock, when they come back the computer is frozen with the text "locking" with the spinning dots. The only way to get past this is a hard restart. All computers on our domain are set to lock after being idle for 5 mins.

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Login from lock screen stuck on circular rotating dots

The following happens intermittently:

• I'm working and use the Windows+L key combination to lock my screen to leave for a period (can be short or long).
• I return and use Ctrl+Alt+Del to log back in.
• I get a blue screen with a small circle of spinning dots, which goes on indefinitely.
• I have to hard boot my laptop by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds.

This started happening only after I upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 Anniversary Edition. This appears to be a common problem with Windows 10:

• Windows 10 Install Stuck on Blue Screen/Spinning Dots
• Windows 10 stuck on spinning white circle with black screen
• Windows 10 Stuck At Login Screen With Spinning Circle
• My Windows 10 stuck on blank blue screen with rotating dots for hours
• Stuck on lock screen after wake up from sleep
• Stuck on blue screen with spinning white circle
• How do I solve Windows 10 stuck on blue screen with spinning dots?

I've tried most of the suggestions from these an other sources, but nothing has solved this issue -- which is very disruptive to productivity and seems to be specific to Windows 10. Please reply with only real solutions.

 

Windows 10 boot stuck at blue screen w/ spinning dots after successful install

I installed Windows 10 successfully on my computer through the update program and everything went smoothly. After the computer was shut down, it would not reboot. It is currently stuck on a blue screen with white spinning dots. It says to please wait for
a moment before that goes away and I'm left with just the dots. Any suggestions?

 

Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots

Windows 10 stuck at Black Screen with Blue Windows Logo no spinning dots