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cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)
Sun Apr 18, 2021, 12:43 PM Apr 2021

Laptop says "getting Windows ready" for [View all]

Half hour plus.

Any suggestions?

Our internet is way throttled down right now because we are rural, outside broadband, use satellite, and they throttle us after we use up our "unlimited" bandwidth.we pay a ridiculous amount for. Could be why so slow?

Thought I might take out battery for a minute but can't figure out how to?

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Laptop says "getting Windows ready" for [View all] cilla4progress Apr 2021 OP
I'd like to help but my 6 month old HP crapped out yesterday. dem4decades Apr 2021 #1
You can try forcing the PC to shut down ramblin_dave Apr 2021 #2
Yes, Windows is such fun. I've had mine do that twice. Biophilic Apr 2021 #3
Thanks, friends! cilla4progress Apr 2021 #4
That depends jrandom421 Apr 2021 #5
Awesome - cilla4progress Apr 2021 #6
The big key jrandom421 Apr 2021 #7
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