I read and tried to follow "Trace why Windows 8 boots, shutsdown or hibernates slowly". Windows 8.1 on a Toshiba Sattelite click. "Please Wait" is displayed for almost 10 minutes before the login interface is even shown. After typing the password the login and the PC is great. I perforfmed the boot tracing: xbootmgr -trace boot -traceFlags BASE+CSWITCH+DRIVERS+POWER -resultPath C:\TEMP Upon the completion I opened the etl file and scroll to the service graph and look for a long delay but example displayed in the sticky is different. I can't determine what exactly is causing the WinLogon time segment this long delay.