Windows 10: Windows 10 hangs indefinitely on shutdown

Hi, I did a clean install of Windows 10 about 15 days ago for a new computer build. Here are the specs:
Windows 10 version 20H2 OS Build 19042.685
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3900XT
MB: ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS
RAM: 4x16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 3200MHz
SSD: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB Nvme M.2 (System)
SSD: Samsung SSD 860 EVO 4 TB SATA3
HDD: Toshiba X300 6 TB 7200rpm
GC: Gigabyte GTX N970IX OC-4GD Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 1076 MHz 4096 MB PCI-Express
Be Quiet Pure Base 500DX
Corsair PSU 750W Gold

I witness several shutdown issues with this computer where the blue shutdown screen with the spinning wheel is spinning indefinitely. Well, I waited for 2 hours, I had time to watch a movie in the meantime and when the credits started rolling, Windows was still trying to shut down. I had to manually power off the computer.

I had a look at the event log and saw a lot of red warnings I am not able to interpret. There are a couple of thousands of red flags in there for the last 7 days.

What can I do to solve the shutdown issue and the event log errors?log.zip
Thanks

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Win 10 hangs on restart and shutdown

No, that's rocket science. I'm posting with 10 already, so the problem was solved two days ago...Thank you.

The Windows 7 shutdown screen simply decided to hang and I finally did a hard shutdown and started it up again, after which it was painless.

 

Win 10 hangs on restart and shutdown

If your HP Pavilion has a fingerprint reader, you need to disable it. In my case fingerprint reader and system service for this device caused Windows 10 to hang on shutdown or restart (Blue screen with “Restarting” or “Shutting down” message and dots
circling around. After some time dots freeze and system hangs). I assume you have the same problem with Windows 10 and HP Pavilion.



To fix this issue after installing Windows 10 go to:

• 
  Computer Management > Device Manager
  

Find "Biometric devices" and disable "Validity Sensors (WBF) ....."

• 
  Computer Management > Services and Applications > Services
  

Find "Validity WBF Policy Service", disable this service and change "Startup type" in properties to "Disabled".



For the first time after this change system can hang up again. Turn off the computer (power switch) and turn on again. Now Windows should restart and shutdown properly.

 

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:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.