Credential Manager causes 2+ hour boot in Windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

We appreciate the time and effort you have put in to resolve the issue. I would like to assist you with further information from here.

As an initial recommendation, I would suggest you to place the computer in a Clean Boot state and check if the issue is resolved. Follow the below steps.

A. To disable all non-Microsoft services consult the article called Clean Boot.

Follow: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Note: After troubleshooting, refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting"

Disclaimer: A clean boot is performed to start Windows by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This helps eliminate software conflicts that occur when you install a program or an update or when you run a program in Windows. You may also troubleshoot or determine what conflict is causing the problem by performing a clean boot. You must log on to the computer as an administrator to be able to perform a clean boot. Your computer may temporarily lose some functionality when you perform a clean boot. When you start the computer normally, the functionality returns. However, you may receive the original error message, or experience the original behavior if the problem still exists. If the computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may prevent you from following these steps.

B. To disable any 3^rd party unwanted startup programs in Windows 8 and above, follow: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/20119.how-to-enable-or-disable-startup-programs-in-windows-8.aspx

(Applies to Windows 10 as well)

Write to us with the updated information. If you need further assistance, we would be happy to help you.

Thank you.

I've already isolated the driver that is causing the problem -- I've already been through this step. The computer will only start in Clean Boot state with Credential Manager disabled.

Hello Robert,

We apologize for the delay in response from our end and also appreciate the time and effort you have put in to resolve the issue.

Refer to the below suggested methods and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Method 1

I suggest you to run the System Maintenance troubleshooter. and see if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

1.       Type troubleshooting in the search bar. 

2.      Select Troubleshooting.

3.      Select View all on the top left corner.

4.      Click on System Maintenance.

5.      Follow the on-screen instructions to run the troubleshooter.

Additionally, also refer to the Microsoft Help Article.

Windows 10 Performance Troubleshooting - Microsoft Community.

Method 2

If the above recommendation does not help, check if the same issue occur when logged in through a different user account.

Ref: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-set-up-accounts

Kindly keep us posted on the status. If the issue still persists, we would be happy to help you.

Thank you.

I ran the System Maintenance troubleshooter per your suggestion but it didn't find any issues to repair. As far as changing the user account, the boot slowdown happens before I log in -- there is no slowdown after the user account is logged into.

Hello,

Thank you for keeping us posted and once again we appreciate your patience on this issue.

Now in order to ascertain if the issue is related to drivers, boot the computer in safe mode with networking, which loads only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are started.

Safe Mode With Networking:

Follow the steps to boot to safe mode with networking:

1. Press the ‘Windows + R’ key on the keyboard.

2. In the ‘Run’ windows type ’MSCONFIG’ and click ‘Ok’.

3. Click the ‘Boot’ tab.

4. Under ‘Boot Options’, select the ‘Safe Boot’ option.

5. Choose the type of safe mode by selecting one of the options below the Safe boot check box: Select ‘Network’.

6. Click OK and then restart your PC.

Refer below link to Enable Safe Mode with Networking.

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10

Write to us with the updated information.

Thank you.

ARE YOU SERIOUS??? Have you even taken the time to follow the link I've provided? If you had, you'd see that I've already done all this and isolated the service causing the problem! READ THIS:

You're way behind in this conversation, friend.

dont you just love it when a robot replies?

did you ever solve the problem? i have the same thing right now, tried everything i could find on the internet...