When this happens, it often leads to slowdowns, freezing, or crashes. To fix it, you can try to reset and repair your PC, but your best bet is a clean boot that involves disabling non-essential services. After booting, you can then re-enable the services one-by-one until you find the culprit.
- In the lower left corner, click the Windows icon to reveal the Cortana Search field. Depending on your configuration, the search box may already be visible.
- Type msconfig in the search field.
- Under Best Match, right-click System Configuration.
- Click Run as Administrator.
- From here, click the Services tab.
- In the Services tab, click the checkbox next to Hide all Microsoft Services.
- Click disable all.
- Select the Startup tab.
- From the Startup tab, click Open Task Manager.
- Click on a program in the list to select it.
- Once selected, click the Disable button. This will disable the application from starting next time you boot into Windows 10.
- Repeat Steps 10 & 11 until all programs are disabled.
- Once all of the programs are disabled, click Close out the Task Manager.
- Click OK.
- Windows 10 will now prompt you to restart and apply the new settings. Click OK once prompted. Credit: Laptop Mag
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