Windows 10: Windows 10 stuck at login screen....

Hi lleven, that is exactly what mine is doing. It's like the keyboard & mouse are not loading.

 

Same problem and it's starting to get discussed on the windows forum too but as yet without resolution

Windows 10 stuck log in screen - Microsoft Community

 

This is a problem. I got my machine going by booting with a bootable win 10 installation disc. It's working now, I don't know how long. I hope this helps.

 

This would probably be helpful if I were able to interface with my PC using my mouse, and keyboard. Snice my mouse and keyboard are not recognized by windows 10, this information isn't very helpful to me.

 

Hi Sodan86. I thought that would be a problem too , since my keyboard & mouse didn't work. When I booted with the installation disc my keyboard & mouse started working. Give it a try.

 

Thank you for posting this, in detail!! Gave me the starting point I needed to fully fix the issues with the upgrade to Windows 10.

For those reading this now, if you have a way to do so, download [or flash] your WiFi adapter drivers [if they are firmware components], or have the install disc ready for any USB WiFi adapter you are using. Start by following the above instructions and TURN OFF the WiFi on your computer to finish the install of Windows 10. If you are stalled out anywhere around the "log in" screen, reboot your machine after disabling WiFi. Then, follow these steps:

- Enter Password and press 'Next' on the install log in screen for Windows 10.

- Bypass the 'Setup Internet Connection' by clicking the 'Skip this Step' near the bottom left of the screen.

- Follow the prompts to configure your "home screen" and finish the install of the OS to your system.

- Once the OS installs and your system loads, follow whatever paths are presented to log in.

At this point, you will have to start the process of install ALL third party drivers. That's right, EVERY SINGLE driver for a third party [USB, PCIe, etc.] component needs to be reinstalled after the OS update. WiFi adapter, WiFi card, sound card, and Graphics cards; any drivers for these components were overwritten by Windows when upgrading to 10. Microsoft decided that if it was not on the motherboard and firmware, it was not to be saved/used. For those that might be keeping score, that means that the fundamental flaw of Windows 8.x was maintained: the "desktop" version of Windows 10 is actually a backward-port from the framework OS that is initially [and functionally] designed to operate on laptops, tablets, and any other "mobile" device that will accommodate the OS. For someone like me, who uses custom-built desktops, that doesn't work well... This is a sad issue to face, but thankfully this process should fix everything for you. Once you reinstall your WiFi drivers, you should be able to connect to the internet. [NOTE: I am using custom-built desktops, with USB WiFi-adapters, so I would be curious to know of the above process does, in fact, work on a laptop/firmware driver "update" after the Windows 10 update.]

I hope, between the OP I reference, and my follow up, fewer people will bang their heads on their desks when the Windows 10 update stalls out on their end.

Cheers!

 

Bumping this. I'm stuck on the time/date screen too. Win 10 seemed to install correctly, but wasn't detecting all 3 of my monitors (2 monitors and a cintiq). I restarted and now it detects all monitors, but the mouse and keyboard aren't functional. While the computer is booting up, I can hit del to go into bios (asus mobo) and the mouse/keyboard work fine there! When you exit bios and start Win 10 they stop doing anything though. I should have waited a month or two before moving to Win 10 so more bugs would be worked out.... ugh.

 

I ran into a similar issue when I finished the install of Windows 10. However, that was when I noticed the issue with all my peripherals not functioning as they should. Which lead to satisfying my curiosity. If you are running the monitors through a video card [I have an EVGA GeForce 750ti powering two HDTVs and a Cintiq], reinstall the drivers and everything should work itself out. That was what I mentioned in my post above. Microsoft decided that the OS would override any third-party drivers for peripheral devices on the machine. Once you install, you just have reinstall all of the driver software for those devices. It is another step, and for desktop users it is making it glaringly obvious that Microsoft is not catering to us anymore. If it is not mobile [or have the ability to be mobile], they are not worried about it. Anyway, give that a shot and see if it works for you. Honestly, waiting a month or two would not have solved that problem, I imagine.

Cheers!

 

I'm having similar issues - I think...
I boot right into the time/date screen and clicking on it brings up my user/password screen. All great so far.
After entering my password about 15 seconds go by and i'm back to the time/date screen again. Never get to a desktop/etc to do a thing.
Two things I have noticed at this point. The first time the date/time screen comes up it looks as I would expect. The subsequent times it comes up it is smaller and at a much lower resolution. I also notice the monitor seems to recycle power during this time. I just notice that by the LEDs for power cycling on/off. Something I never remember seeing with Win7.

My thoughts were the drivers were not correct for my monitor - so I tried to fix that.

I found a video on getting into SAFE mode; and that worked. I think. Desktop is black, start menu wont open, basically nothing. However I was able to get into the Control Panel and the monitor's hardware was flagged as not working. I downloaded and updated the drivers for the monitor. After rebooting - no change in problem. It still boots to the time/date screen, allows me to log in and then 15 sec or so later pops back over to the time/date screen with decreased resolution.

I've not made it back into the hardware settings to check the driver on the monitor again - been down sick.

Thought I would check here to see if anyone had any suggestions. I'm drawing a blank at what to do next.

Thx!

 

AC5FF if you can get to safe mode again try running a checkdisc. If you have the installation disc, boot with it, try to repair, then continue to desk top. Good luck.

 

This may be part of my problem?
I will try the checkdisc tonight when I get home. As for the installation disk - I do not have.
I didn't want to do the install directly, so I downloaded the Win10 ISO file. But that was too large to burn to a DVD!?!? I did a quick look online and couldn't find help with that so I downloaded again but I put on a USB drive.

My system is screwed up. I had a friend (6+ years back) install Linux on my computer with GRUB boot loader. Makes it difficult to do installs like this that require multiple boots. Also, I don't know if the install files that were put on the USB drive is bootable. I can't get my machine to recognize it if it is.

Once I get back into Windows or whatever - I plan on removing the GRUB and all traces of the Linux. I haven't used that in 5+ years now....

I'll update this tonight or tomorrow. See if that CheckDisc helped at all...

Thx for the help!

 

I should have added...
First time I got into the safeboot menus it gave the option for repairing the installation. That was my first step - did no good. If I remember correctly it said 'Cannot Repair' or 'Unable to Repair'......

Just thought I would add this to the mix in case anything I do or am helped to do fixes something for someone else. *really

 

Good luck with it. If it doesn't work you might have to look at upgrading the graphics. I don't understand why the file was too big for a DVD, I copied an ISO on DVD.

 

Okay.. Did some further troubleshooting tonight and thought I would post the results in the hope it may lead to someone figuring out my issue...

If it matters: While in SafeMode; it shows I am running Windows build 10240

First; a further explanation on what happens during login.
1. 2 sec after entering password monitor cycles power
2. Screen flashes white for brief second
3. Monitor cycles power and screen goes dark
4. Date/Time screen reappears @ low resolution

I boot into safe mode and launch command prompt; run chkdsk, no problems found/fixed.
Get into advanced troubleshooting menu (SHIFT while clicking Restart)
1. I tried to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement - No Help; same things happen
2. I tried Enable Low Resoultion Video - No Help, same as #1
3. I tried Disable early launch anti malware protection - No Help, Same as #1
4. I tried Disable auto Restart after Failure - No Help, Same as #1

ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro graphics card - no issues noted in Device Manager
Although I updated drivers for my LG E2350 monitor; and they show up under driver details; Device Manager still shows my monitor with the yellow triangle exclamation point.

I reran the Diagnose Startup Problems again. Message back says "Startup could not repair PC" The logfile it created "SRTTRAIL.TXT" appears to be okay; but here is what it told me:
Code: Startup Repair diagnosis and repair log--------------------------- Number of repair attempts: 1 Session details --------------------------- System Disk = \Device\Harddisk0 Windows directory = E:\WINDOWS AutoChk Run = 0 Number of root causes = 1 Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: Check for updates Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 0 ms Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: System disk test Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 0 ms Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: Disk failure diagnosis Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 78 ms Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: Disk metadata test Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 16 ms Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: Target OS test Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 109 ms Test Performed: --------------------------- Name: Volume content check Result: Completed successfully. Error code = 0x0 Time taken = 719 ms Root cause found: --------------------------- The operating system version is incompatible with Startup Repair --------------------------- ---------------------------[/quote] I'm about to pull out my hair here. Hope something listed here will help clue someone in to my issues!

THANKS!

 

I added "free" Windows 10 on my Dell Inspiron 1545 which first had Windows 7 and was on a frozen signin page all day yesterday. Tried all kinds of online help suggestions, to no avail. Finally, turned the laptop off, then pressed and held F12 button while turning it back on. It finally got me off that frozen page to the page I usually go to when first turning the computer on. Went to apps and then settings where I found an option to uninstall Windows 10, which I did immediately. It took about 1/2 hour to run diagnostic and reboot. Hope this helps somebody avoid the loss of a day online.