WIndows 10 Computer sometimes doesn't login.

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DrZoidberg

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My computer maybe every 5th turn on doesn't open up to desktop but stops at this screen and requires a restart to get through. Nothing is on keyboard so no keys are pressed. What causes this, and how can it be prevented?
 

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The first thing you should do is go to into properties and disable transparency effects. This will allow that image to show like it should, clear as day instead of blurry.

Method 1: Using the Settings App (Colors)
    • Open Start and click on Settings (the gear icon).
    • Click on Personalization.
    • Select Colors from the left-hand menu.
    • Scroll down to find Transparency effects and toggle the switch to Off. [1, 2]

Method 2: Using the Settings App (Ease of Access)
    • Open Settings from the Start menu.
    • Click on Ease of Access.
    • Select Display under the left menu.
    • Under "Simplify and personalize Windows," toggle off Show transparency in Windows.

    Try that and see what happens. If it still continues then reply back with how far it gets and we can go from there. It's possible you have a program running at bootup that is causing this to happen. You might have some malware as well so you should scan your system with Malwarebytes.

    Once that transparency setting gets changed and you reboot, we should get a clearer idea of what is going on.
 
It's definitely not a safe mode screen. My first paragraph explains what turning the transparency setting off will do. The image you posted is blurry which is what rhe transparency setting will do. if you disable it the picture would be clear and you would know what you are actually looking at. It's enabled by default on 10 and 11 and it sucks.
 
johnb35 said:
It's definitely not a safe mode screen. My first paragraph explains what turning the transparency setting off will do. The image you posted is blurry which is what rhe transparency setting will do. if you disable it the picture would be clear and you would know what you are actually looking at. It's enabled by default on 10 and 11 and it sucks.
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I mean I don't see my desktop icons blurred or otherwise and I have those buttons in the lower right corner instead of the clock for when I'm actually logged in. What purpose does this screen have? (There's no saying when I'll see it again. It's infrequent and only started showing up after Microsoft had me reinstall Win10 a couple times when trying to fix getting the extended security updates.)
 
I'm just trying to take things out of the equation to find out what your login issue is. Have you ran Malwarebytes yet? Check your startup tab for bad programs? Deleted old temporary files?
 
That's the Windows sign-in screen, not Safe Mode or the desktop. The blur is applied to the background picture; turning transparency off won't make your desktop icons appear before you've signed in. Your photo shows no account tile or password/PIN box, which is the part that needs investigating. Next time it happens, try Ctrl+Alt+Delete once before restarting and see whether the sign-in controls appear. If not, Win+Ctrl+Shift+B can reset the graphics driver; the screen may flicker. Also, does this only happen after Shut down and powering on, or can it happen after choosing Restart too? That distinction would help narrow it down without another Windows reinstall.
 
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