Windows 8 hangs on boot & shutdown, and won't sleep

Hello,

I upgraded from Windows 7 (64-Bit) to 8 (64-Bit).
When I had 7 it took about 10 seconds to boot, but now it can take anywhere from 2-5 mins, also it doesn't shutdown (I have to hold down the power button) and it never sleeps (the screen goes off but the laptop remains running)

Does anyone know what is happening and how this can be fixed?

Thanks a bunch -Jack

Since you did an upgrade from Windows 7. There's a lot of things can happen

1. Outdated BIOS. Make sure you have the latest
2. Old drivers that were carried over to Windows 8. Make sure you update the latest drivers
3. Registry entries contains invalid values
4. Applications are incompatible. Re-install applications with the latest versions

And the list goes on........

Windows 8 suppose to boot up & Shutdown a lot faster than Windows 7 provided if you are doing right. It is always advisable to do a fresh install to avoid future complication.

Jack0171 said:

Hello,

I upgraded from Windows 7 (64-Bit) to 8 (64-Bit).
When I had 7 it took about 10 seconds to boot, but now it can take anywhere from 2-5 mins, also it doesn't shutdown (I have to hold down the power button) and it never sleeps (the screen goes off but the laptop remains running)

Does anyone know what is happening and how this can be fixed?

Thanks a bunch -Jack

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If on, try turning fast startup off: Fast Startup - Turn On or Off in Windows 8.

Ok,

What should I do then? Format my HDD and do a complete reinstall?

EDIT: I have already tried to do the steps shown in the link provided and they didn't work

Jack0171 said:

Ok,

What should I do then? Format my HDD and do a complete reinstall?

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Yes, This would be a better choice. Make sure you have the latest BIOS updated.
and before doing this, run this script to make sure you have your Product Key available.

topgundcp and I, both, say yes. See:

Clean Install with Windows 8 Upgrade and

Clean Install - Windows 8.

topgundcp said:

Jack0171 said:

Ok,

What should I do then? Format my HDD and do a complete reinstall?

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Yes, This would be a better choice. Make sure you have the latest BIOS updated

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I have the latest BIOS, everything is upto date (apparently)

Jack0171 said:

topgundcp said:

Jack0171 said:

Ok,

What should I do then? Format my HDD and do a complete reinstall?

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Yes, This would be a better choice. Make sure you have the latest BIOS updated

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I have the latest BIOS, everything is upto date (apparently)

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see my above post about installing.

znod said:

Jack0171 said:

topgundcp said:

Yes, This would be a better choice. Make sure you have the latest BIOS updated

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I have the latest BIOS, everything is upto date (apparently)

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see my above post about installing.

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Ok thanks, I think I will do the clean install with the Windows upgrade. One thing, will I need a new key, or can I just use the one which came with my upgrade? (I have the Windows CD)

I edit the post above with the script attached to save your product key. Run it. Also, if you don't mind filling out the rest of your system specs so we'll be able to help better.
Good Luck !!!

topgundcp said:

I edit the post above with the script attached to save your product key. Run it. Also, if you don't mind filling out the rest of your system specs so we'll be able to help better.
Good Luck !!!

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Thanks allot I will fill in the rest of my specs now

Jack0171 said:

znod said:

Jack0171 said:

I have the latest BIOS, everything is upto date (apparently)

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see my above post about installing.

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Ok thanks, I think I will do the clean install with the Windows upgrade. One thing, will I need a new key, or can I just use the one which came with my upgrade? (I have the Windows CD)

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You are very welcome, and the upgrade key is the one.

One more recommendation. Do not use Norton, it is known to cause a lot of problems and I've lost count of how many BSOD's I helped to resolved and all caused by Norton. Windows Defender is good enough and in addition, turn off autorun.

Win+X -> Run and type gpedit.msc

Administrative Templates >Windows Components > Autoplay Policies , double click "Turn off Autoplay", Next is click Enabled, and then select All drives so that you can disable Autorun on all drives.

Ok, I would of lost Norton anyway when I did a fresh install of Windows anyway would I? Im going to email Microsoft tomorrow and ask if they can un-register my Office Pro Plus key. Unless I can use it again??

Thanks

Be sure and uninstall Norton with the tool on the Norton site--assuming it applies to the Norton software you have.

Ok, first off thanks for all the help. I reinstalled 8 and it worked fine for a few days untill it started using 14Gb of RAM (with no programs/apps running). That only left me with 2Gb for my 3D graphics designing and gaming.
So I decided to install 7 Ultimate, with 4 tabs open in Google Chrome & Skype running I was only using about 2Gb.
So I'm just going to stick with 7 on my laptop, but keep 8 on my desktop since that works fine.

Once again thanks a bunch!

-Jack