Long Restart time Windows 10

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Disable Fast Startup, then try again.

Press Windows key + X
Click Power options
Click Additional power settings under Related settings
Click Choose what the power button does
Click Change settings that are currently unavailable
Uncheck ‘Turn on fast startup (recommended)

Click Save changes.

Click Restart now and see if it works.

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I’m Greg, a volunteer installation specialist and 8 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

There is a new guided walk-through from Microsoft for repairing Windows Update that leads up to resetting components if necessary: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10164/.

If you haven’t yet installed Version 1709 you can manually install Media Creation Tool and then choose Upgrade Now to change to the latest version or do a Repair install that fixes most problems because it’s more stable than buggy Windows Update.

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it’s resolved.

Over 100,000 helped in forums for 11 years. I don’t quit for those who are polite and cooperative.

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Windows 10 update gets stuck at ‘Restarting Screen’

I recently downloaded my windows 10 upgrade which I had reserved, everything went smoothly bur when I click the ‘Upgrade now button’ in the dialog prompt which says schedule it or go for it now the computer goes into restart screen and stays there forever.

I have a HP laptop and it is pretty fast, core i7 and 8gb to say the least so it shouldn’t take this long right?

I have tried reeboting but the same thing happens.

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Please restart your computer let us know the version of Windows currently installed on the computer. I think that the upgrade was successful, however it is stuck due to some unknown conflict. Can we please confirm?

Which Windows operating system am I running?

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This is a very simple fix ladies and gentlemen. If your Windows 10 session gets stuck during a system restart, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE. Afterwards, the restart screen will disappear and be replaced by the Task Manager. It will reveal the «hanging» programs that have failed to close; ie. a word document with a save prompt still open. Let me know if this works!

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Mine’s stuck at «Restarting» for the last four hours.

This is a very simple fix ladies and gentlemen. If your Windows 10 session gets stuck during a system restart, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE. Afterwards, the restart screen will disappear and be replaced by the Task Manager. It will reveal the «hanging» programs that have failed to close; ie. a word document with a save prompt still open. Let me know if this works!

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My computer is stuck at desktop background. The computer is flashing mode. The compute response is partition is missing. I can not go to computer defaults because 10 is now the commanding windows.

This is a very simple fix ladies and gentlemen. If your Windows 10 session gets stuck during a system restart, press CTRL + ALT + DELETE. Afterwards, the restart screen will disappear and be replaced by the Task Manager. It will reveal the «hanging» programs that have failed to close; ie. a word document with a save prompt still open. Let me know if this works!

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What to do if Windows 10 is not restarting

• Restarting your PC is an excellent way of fixing some of the most common Windows 10 issues. More so, it is a recommended step that you should follow when installing or uninstalling software.
• Some Windows 10 issue scan prevent your PC from restarting, and that’s exactly what we will be covering in the guide below.
• We’ve covered plenty of similar articles in our hub dedicated to fixing System errors, so check it out if there are other issues bothering you.
• We have many more troubleshooting guides in our dedicated Fix page, so check it out.

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Besides the standard power options, we’ve always had Shut Down and Restart options on Windows computers. And Microsoft kind of managed to break it for some users who upgraded to Windows 10 over Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Additionally, other affected users run into the same problem after a major update. Both were unable to restart their PC, as the PC is shutting down instead of rebooting.

We made sure to shed some light on this rather peculiar problem and provide you with a few applicable solutions.

What can I do if Windows 10 won’t restart?

1. Run the Power troubleshooter
2. Try with the Clean Boot and SFC/DISM
3. Boot into Safe mode
4. Disable Intel Management Engine
5. Uninstall a third-party antivirus and scan for PUPs
6. Rollback Windows update or reset your PC to factory settings
7. Perform a clean reinstallation

1. Run the Power troubleshooter

1. Open Settings.
2. Choose Update & Security.
3. Select Troubleshoot from the left pane.
4. Expand the Power Troubleshooter and click on the “Run the troubleshooter” button.

Let’s start by relying on the built-in troubleshooting tool to resolve the problem. Most reports suggest that the problem occurred after an update, which isn’t exactly uncommon for Windows 10.

Every major update is similar to a fresh installation in regards to drivers, and meddling with those consequently leads to massive issues. Either way, let’s give the troubleshooter go, and if it fails, we can safely move to the next step.

2. Try with the Clean Boot and SFC/DISM

1. In the Windows Search bar, type msconfig and open System Configuration.
2. Under the Services tab, check the “Hide all Microsoft services” box.
3. Click “Disable all” to disable all active third-party services.
4. Reboot your PC with a physical.

And, to address concerns about a possible system corruption, we’ll need you to run two built-in utilities from the elevated Command Prompt. Here’s how to run SFC and DISM on Windows 10:

1. In the Windows Search bar, type cmd.
2. Right-click click on Command Prompt and run it as admin.
3. In the command-line, type sfc/scannow and press Enter.
4. After its done, type the following command and press Enter after each:
   • DISM /online /Cleanup-Image / ScanHealth
   • DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
5. Reboot your PC when everything ends (it can take some time) with the physical button.

If you’ve upgraded to Windows 10 over the Windows 7 installation, it’s quite common for certain third-party apps to fail you later on. On the same note, it’s not uncommon for that transition to come out with corruption of system files.

In order to address the first possibility, we’ll need you to start your PC in the Clean Boot mode (without any third-party applications starting with the system).

3. Boot into Safe mode

1. Press Windows key + I to open Settings.
2. Choose Update & Security.
3. Select Recovery from the left pane.
4. Under the Advanced startup , click Restart now .
5. Choose Troubleshoot.
6. Select Advanced options and then Startup settings.
7. Click Restart.
8. Choose Safe mode or Safe mode with Networking from the list.
9. Try restarting your PC from the Safe mode.

If the Clean Boot and utilities failed you, let’s make sure that some of the first-party secondary devices aren’t causing the problem. Some reports state that the Intel Management Engine (common on many laptops) is causing the problem.

When in the Safe Mode, Windows 10 shouldn’t load this driver. If you’re able to restart your device from the Safe mode, we suggest checking the next step which explains how to disable this service.

4. Disable Intel Management Engine

1. Right-click on the Start and open Device Manager.
2. Navigate to System devices and expand this section.
3. Right-click on the Intel(R) Management Engine Interface and choose Disable device from the contextual menu.
4. Shut down your PC and start it again.
5. Try restarting it again.

As we already noticed in the previous step, the Intel Management Engine tends to break the restart option. We made sure to explain how to disable it and, hopefully, resolve the major stir it caused. In order to do so, you’ll need to navigate to Device Manager and disable the device there.

Windows 10 Keeps Restarting or Continuously Reboots? Fix It Now!

Windows 10 Keeps Restarting After the System Update, How to Solve This Issue

«My computer keeps restarting after Windows 10 update. I’ve tried to force my computer shut down several times. But when the computer won’t allow me to log in but keep rebooting.В I’m now stuck with this issue on my computer, can you help me fix it?«

«It seems that Windows 10 is having a boot loop that it keeps rebooting after the system update. I cannot stop the computer from continuously restarting. This is crazy and can anyone of you help me to stop this process? Help me please.»

Don’t worry about having Windows 10 reboot loop or computer keeps restarting after system update anymore. Right now, you can find effective methods right here to fix Windows reboot loop, or computer keeps restarting error with ease now.В

Quick Fix Windows 10 Reboot Loop/Keeps Restarting Error

Boot the computer from Safe Mode and cancel Automatically Restart

• Continuously press F8 before Windows logo appears;
• Release F8 until the boot menu shows up and choose Safe Mode;
• Boot the computer from Safe Mode and go to search after Windows boot up;
• Type: sysdm.cpl and open sysdm.cpl;
• ClickВ «Advanced» > «Settings» underВ «Startup and Recovery»;
• Uncheck «Automatically restart»;
• Click «OK» and reboot the computer.

Note: These methods may not solve your problem directly, but if you have some urgent issue with your computer, you may try this first.В After trying the quick fixes, you can follow below two methods to fix Windows 10 reboot loop issue right now.В

Method 1. Fix Windows 10 Reboot Loop by Booting PC from the Bootable Disk

When Windows 10 keeps restarting, you can directly get this issue solved right now with a Windows bootable disk. You can create a bootable disk with a healthy computer with Windows 10 with the help of professional partition manager software — EaseUS Partition Master.

EaseUS Partition Master

Stop your PC from keeping restarting via this software

Then you can be able to boot and run the computer from the bootable disk and fix errors that cause the Windows reboot loop on your computer. You can free download EaseUS Partition Master to fix Windows 10 reboot loop from the bootable disk right now:

Right-click on the system C: drive and select «Check File System» to fix errors. After this, try to reboot your computer to see if the Windows 10 reboot loop has been removed or not. If not, you can continue to use EaseUS Partition Master with its Rebuild MBR feature to repair MBR on your PC if the system disk is MBR.

Method 2. Stop Windows 10 Continuously Reboot by Removing the Bad Registry EntryВ

• Type: regedit in Start > go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList;
• Back up your registry key in case of any unexpected errors (withВ «ProfileList» highlighted, click «File» and «Export»В and choose a backup name);
• Scan through the «ProfileList» IDs and delete any with «ProfileImagePath» found in it as it shouldn’t be there;
• Close «regedit», reboot, and the Windows 10 reboot loop error will be removed.В

Now that you can restart your computer smoothly without any further Windows 10 boot issue on your PC.