Odd Boot Behavior Just Started

tprothro1

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not sure what i did, perhaps i broke something, but my system is now behaving oddly when it boot into windows, when it loads windows. up until recently windows loaded very fast, bam, right to the metro start menu. now when it loads metro flashes for about a second, then my desktop flashes for about three seconds (without displaying any of the desktop icons), then the metro page appears again and, after about five seconds it's as if the metro page refreshes, it flashes on and off again, very quickly. my system still loads very quickly, but i have to now wait for it to go through it's little light show.

i though that perhaps a service with a delayed start might be causing the problem but they all look good and are set to w8 default - sfc /scannow reports that everything is aok as well. i've used ccleaner a few times to clean up some registry strays (i know some warn against it, but it has never caused me any problems in the past), but my system was fine after using, so i'm not sure this is the problem albeit maybe it made some changes when i ran it later, which is causing the problem. anyone else experience anything like this? any thoughts?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8 pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    hp z1
    CPU
    xeon 1245
    Memory
    16gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 675m
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    several: ssd, hybrid, ide, etc.
    Case
    aio
    Browser
    maxthon
    Antivirus
    defender/ mbam pro
If it's "just started", use System Restore (Win+R - rstrui)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7t (17.3'', i7-2630QM, HD 6770M 1Gb, 8Gb RAM, 2 SSD@120Gb + 1 HDD@750Gb)
does it boot normally in safemode?

Did windows just do an update?

Remove and reinstall graphics driver
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 & Windows 7 Dual Boot
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP G60
    CPU
    AMD Turion RM-70 Dual Core 2.0 GHZ
    Memory
    3 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce 8200M G
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Mouse
    MS Intellipoint 5 button (love it!)
    Browser
    Chrome and Chromium
    Antivirus
    Avast Free & Malwarebytes
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