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Windows 10 freezes up 3 minutes after start up since recent update
Windows 10 freezes up 3 minutes after start up since recent update. I can't open in safe mode since Microsoft removed this from Windows 10. I can't do a system restore either since the OS freezes bef...
The same seems to be happening to my PC.
I managed to use safe mode to recover it. But I didn’t disable auto update. So all I can suggest is to try and recover the previous state, and disable auto update.
This worked for me....
If the system freezes a few minutes after startup
If login works but the PC consistently freezes a few minutes after boot (for example, around 5 minutes) following an update, a scheduled task may be involved. One reported case of Windows 10 freezing a few minutes after startup was traced to the scheduled task:
Task Scheduler → Task Scheduler Library → Microsoft → Windows → PI → Secure-Boot-Update
Disabling this task stopped the freezes in that scenario. To try this workaround:
- Boot into Windows (or Safe Mode if needed).
- Open Task Scheduler.
- Browse to Microsoft → Windows → PI.
- Locate Secure-Boot-Update, right‑click, and choose Disable.
- Restart and test whether the freezes at login/shortly after login stop.
This is a workaround; once Microsoft releases a specific fix, re‑enable the task and install the updated patches.