Problems at Startup - Windows 8.1

So for the past (roughly) week, I've been having some unusual activity at startup. When the usual Windows 8.1 picture for login comes up (i.e. the picture that slides upward, covers the password page), there would usually be a time indicator at the bottom
left. Sometimes the picture does not come up at all, but usually it takes about 15 seconds for the picture to come up. In addition, after hitting any key to get to the page where I input my password, the password blank and account picture do not appear. All
I can see is the background color and the symbols for power and keyboard language in the bottom right. I can bypass this problem by hovering over one of the aforementioned buttons (i.e. ENG US, the power symbol), but it is nevertheless annoying and, honestly,
a little unsettling. My computer is less than a year old; stuff like this should not be happening.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Have you tried to boot into clean boot to check this issue as Arnav Sharma suggested above?
Regarding the issue here, do you mean after clicking the
lock screen, the logon screen is not showing out well?
Here is a VBscripts to disable lock screen in Windows 8/8.1, we may take a try and see if issue insists.
Disable or Enable lock screen in Windows 8 (VBScript)
Best regards
Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

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