last night i shut down my windows 8.1 machine using the "install updates and shut down" option. this morning i started it and the following screen appeared:



ok. so i waited. and waited. and waited.

after 75 minutes, i had to leave for work (where i am now) but i left the machine on and "getting windows ready".

is this happening to others or just to me? when i get home and it's still "getting windows ready", what is the danger of shutting it down and restarting? what are my options here?

i don't have another pc to connect to virtualdr so i won't be able to report back until tomorrow.

thanks in advance.