Windows 10 stuck on "Hi, We're getting everything ready for you. This might take several minutes."

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Windows 10 stuck on "Hi, We're getting everything ready for you. This might take several minutes."

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I am using windows 10 on Asus K541U, 6GB Ram, i5-7200U processor upto 3.18Ghz. Recently i noticed in task manager that cpu, memory and disk consumption is very high though no application/softwares are working. To solve this I followed several procedures mentioned in Microsoft discussion page and other websites, also i probably disabled some svhost.exe applications and now after giving restart the login page appears, after entering the password the following loop continues for hours together(i waited for 3hours): "Hi, We're getting everything ready for you. This might take several minutes" and desktop never appears.

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Answer 1

To resolve the issue about the Disk and CPU high usage, we suggest that you follow the steps below on how to modify the registry. Please take note that the method, or task contains steps that might cause serious problems if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully.

For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, kindly refer to the this article: How to back up and restore the registry in Windows.

Step 1:

Open Cortana and search for regedit then click Enter.

Step 2:

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management in the editor.

S tep 3:

Look for ClearPageFileAtShutDown and change its value to 1.

Step 4:

Restart the computer and your CPU utilization should be back to normal.

Let us know how it goes.

Answer 2

Dear Mayra,

Thanks for the information, i believe that your suggestion has solved the issue, The CPU usage maximum at times is 28% only, otherwise it normally varies between 2-5% which is normal. The disk usage at standby mode is 0-5%, it jumps to 100% if I start AutoCAD or Dialux or probably any software i think, then within 5-10secs it gets back to 10-15% or 5-7% or even lower.

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Answer 3

Hi Jithin,

The usual reason why you're experiencing this issue is due to missing or corrupted system files. Considering that you were able to see your sign-in screen, we suggest that you boot your computer to safe mode.

Here is an article on how to perform it: Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10. Kindly follow the steps on From the sign-in screen section.

After successfully booting to safe mode, we recommend performing a system restore. In doing so, you'll be able to choose a restore point to bring your computer back from the time that it is working fine. Kindly check this article and follow the steps under Restore from a system restore point.

Kindly update us with the outcome so we can provide further assistance.

Answer 4

Thanks for the info. I used shift+restart option at login stage and then Reset the PC. Now i have access to the desktop and everything. However the problem of 100% disk still continues even though there is no softwares running other than system generated ones. i disabled "superfetch, windows search, DiagTrack" . The PCI/ATA/AHCI driver extension is "iaStorA.sys", i changed the value from 0 to 1 in registryr but still no change. sometimes the disk is 100% then lowers a bit 75%, then for a few seconds at 0-5%.I did various possible fixes read online. Kindly suggest a solution

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