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Windows 10 is taking 3-4 minutes to log in, I've tried disabling startup services, but that didn't work, so reinstall is on the table... would you hop to Win 11

Windows 10 is taking 3-4 minutes to log in, I've tried disabling startup services, but that didn't work, so reinstall is on the table... would you hop to Win 11 or reinstall Win 10?

driverdan 5y ago
If you have to run Windows install Windows 10 LTSC. You can get a stripped down version with no ads and no store. It's the way windows should be out of the box.
chii 5y ago
check how big your roaming home dir is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile#Profile_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile#Profile_s... ) - sometimes applications tend to put a lot of stuff into this dir, which could end up slowing startup.
- gruez 5y ago
  Note that this almost certainly isn't relevant unless you're on a corporate machine. I highly doubt that corporations are updating to windows 11 the month it's released.
- jjoonathan 5y ago
  Thanks, but this is a personal computer. Then again, I'm not sure I should rule out some kind of wacky involuntary cloud sync these days.
  - Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
    To rule it out, have you tried booting with your network disabled?
rasz 5y ago
How hard have you tried disabling services? My optimized win10 has 27 services set to Automatic start, and 33 RUNNING total, while fresh install is around 70 Automatic and ~100 running (with stupid shit like few xbox services for people never playing games, or handwriting recognition on a desktop). Then there are 140 Tasks enabled by default. Half of the stuff I had to disable didnt really want to be disabled and required playing with permissions or impersonating TrustedInstaller - Microsoft really wants that clipboard and hand writing telemetry uploaded regularly.
rejectfinite 5y ago
Try and enable verbose login and see where it gets "stuck" https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/132125-enable-verbose-logon-messages-in-windows-10 https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/132125-enable-verbos... But yea if you have support for Win11, then why not clean install it anyway.
paulmd 5y ago
go to task manager > startup and see if there's something there listed as having a high value in the "startup impact" column

Windows 10 is taking 3-4 minutes to log in, I've tried disabling startup services, but that didn't work, so reinstall is on the table... would you hop to Win 11 or reinstall Win 10?

driverdan 5y ago

If you have to run Windows install Windows 10 LTSC. You can get a stripped down version with no ads and no store. It's the way windows should be out of the box.

chii 5y ago

check how big your roaming home dir is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile#Profile_size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile#Profile_s... ) - sometimes applications tend to put a lot of stuff into this dir, which could end up slowing startup.

gruez 5y ago
Note that this almost certainly isn't relevant unless you're on a corporate machine. I highly doubt that corporations are updating to windows 11 the month it's released.
jjoonathan 5y ago
Thanks, but this is a personal computer. Then again, I'm not sure I should rule out some kind of wacky involuntary cloud sync these days.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
  To rule it out, have you tried booting with your network disabled?

rasz 5y ago

How hard have you tried disabling services? My optimized win10 has 27 services set to Automatic start, and 33 RUNNING total, while fresh install is around 70 Automatic and ~100 running (with stupid shit like few xbox services for people never playing games, or handwriting recognition on a desktop). Then there are 140 Tasks enabled by default. Half of the stuff I had to disable didnt really want to be disabled and required playing with permissions or impersonating TrustedInstaller - Microsoft really wants that clipboard and hand writing telemetry uploaded regularly.

rejectfinite 5y ago

Try and enable verbose login and see where it gets "stuck" https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/132125-enable-verbose-logon-messages-in-windows-10 https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/132125-enable-verbos... But yea if you have support for Win11, then why not clean install it anyway.

paulmd 5y ago

go to task manager > startup and see if there's something there listed as having a high value in the "startup impact" column