Symptoms
Computer takes several minutes to reach the desktop or become usable after login
Fans run loudly during startup
Disk activity light stays on for a long time

Likely causes
Too many startup items and background services
Low free storage
Updates finishing in the background
Cloud sync starting at login
Disk health issues or aging hardware

Fix
Restart once and time it
Check free storage and ensure at least 15 to 20 percent is free
Reduce startup items
Windows open Task Manager then Startup apps and disable non essential items
Mac open System Settings then Login Items and remove non essential items
Allow system updates to complete
Run disk checks if available

When to contact IT
Startup exceeds ten minutes
Disk errors appear
Startup has new error messages