Windows 10: Windows 10 slow to shut down

A client came in with a personal built desktop that is slow to shut down. After clicking shut down, the computer seems to not take the input and he is able to use the computer for about 10 seconds. Then the shutting down screen appears for at least thirty seconds. Event viewer shows the following XML code under operational diagnostics performance.



- <System>

<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance" Guid="{cfc18ec0-96b1-4eba-961b-622caee05b0a}" />

<EventID>203</EventID>

<Version>1</Version>

<Level>2</Level>

<Task>4007</Task>

<Opcode>41</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x8000000000010000</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2019-08-29T22:48:40.295867600Z" />

<EventRecordID>44</EventRecordID>

<Correlation ActivityID="{a9350bc5-5ebb-0007-9f12-35a9bb5ed501}" />

<Execution ProcessID="3840" ThreadID="4576" />

<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Diagnostics-Performance/Operational</Channel>

<Computer>DESKTOP-2E86I09</Computer>

<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />

</System>

- <EventData>

<Data Name="StartTime">2019-08-29T22:44:50.823500600Z</Data>

<Data Name="NameLength">25</Data>

<Data Name="Name">DeviceAssociationService</Data>

<Data Name="FriendlyNameLength">27</Data>

<Data Name="FriendlyName">Device Association Service</Data>

<Data Name="VersionLength">36</Data>

<Data Name="Version">10.0.18362.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)</Data>

<Data Name="TotalTime">5317</Data>

<Data Name="DegradationTime">1317</Data>

<Data Name="PathLength">28</Data>

<Data Name="Path">C:\WINDOWS\system32\das.dll</Data>

<Data Name="ProductNameLength">37</Data>

<Data Name="ProductName">Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</Data>

<Data Name="CompanyNameLength">22</Data>

<Data Name="CompanyName">Microsoft Corporation</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>



Thanks for the 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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I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

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