Solved Strange boot after shutdown

At the black screen during boot I saw a very quick scrawl across the screen which had something like "configure/control set" in it. Never seen that before. Then my screen went into configure update as if I was asked to restart after a Windows Update. The 1-3 process flew by in seconds--so fast that I didn't see the 3 stage process take place. Upon boot I found that IE8 was unusually slow in starting for a minute but now is okay. Folders and other things opened fine.

The only thing I can think of is that I downloaded and installed a new Windows Update Agent Sunday, though no restart was requested. I also remember that Tuesday's Windows Update was just a Defender definiton and I was extremely surprised at how fast it downloaded and installed--so fast that I wondered how it could've created a restore point. Before shutdown and reboot I also downloaded a new Defender definiton today.

I scanned with Malwarebytes and Avast! just yesterday and nothing came up.

Thanks,
VFN

I'm double posting because I have new information which may help those who've looked at this thread before but couldn't determine my issue.

After doing some restores (which was problematic on its own which I won't get into) the writing I saw on the black screen at boot was:

81\81 Registry/Machine/System/CurrentControlSet/Control/CMF/Config

It's also appears the case after that this code line and the configuration screen that follows is related to Windows Update Agent 7.6.7600.256--a recent Windows Update file.

So I'm not sure what transpired and whether it's a problem or not. I'm, of course, searching but can't seem to find anything satisfactory.

Thanks again,
VFN

Hi VFN,

This sounds perfectly normal to me. When Windows reboots after updating, it will display the current progress and what it is doing - this is what you're seeing when it's referencing the registry. It doesn't sound like there's anything to worry about

Tom

Thanks.

VFN said:

Thanks.

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No worries, glad I could help. Thanks for the rep!