OK, as you say, have a play with a few different driver versions - one through Windows Update if you can, some through your PC manufacturer, another through device manufacturer, etc. But it's simple and it's good to try the simple things first. On the other hand, if it's your computer taking this long, first and foremost try updating your networking drivers (although it seems unlikely to help you in your particular case if you've already tried both wired and wireless). It's not great power consumption wise, but they're designed for it & they don't handle restarts all that quickly. This is why most people leave routers on 24/7.

So if you're turning your router off for the night and next morning it takes 90 seconds to connect - that's normal and there is unfortunately no fix (not even new hardware - all routers are this slow). They always have and that doesn't appear to be about to change to. Which is it?Įither way, routers have a slow restart. If you don’t want to perform a reset, just skip to Part 2.Are you leaving the router turned on or off? It's not completely clear from your post whether you're turning both the router & PC on together, and it takes 90 seconds for the router to connect to the wider internet, or whether you leave the router on permanently & your PC takes 90 seconds to connect to the router. Reset computer to factory setting will be an effective way to fix Windows 8 slow boot up and shutdown, black screen and many other computer software problems, but will also erase data from your PC. Then you’ll see several options can be changed before restarting, choose “Enable Safe Mode” and click “Restart”.Choose “Startup Settings” from the all the advanced options.Press “Advanced options” in the Troubleshoot screen.Now you’ll be asked to choose an option, press “Troubleshoot” from the list.Press the Power button at the login screen and then press and hold “Shift” key and click “Restart”.

Choose “Run maintenance tasks” under “System and Security”.

In the search box, type troubleshooter, and then click Troubleshooting.

Press Windows key + X, Select Control Panel.Whenever your Windows 8 takes too long to boot up, you can try to use the system troubleshooting feature to fix it manually. Perform “System maintenance troubleshooter” Part 1: Common Ways to Fix Windows 8/8.1 Computer Slow Boot up 1.

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