Computer freezes twice while starting up from complete shutdown

[LRK]

After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 (ASUS M370 motherboard and AMD Athlon64 processor) the computer always hangs up twice when I reboot after a complete shutdown. The first attempt gets only as far as the Windows logo and the spinning dots and then freezes. I have to use the power button to do a hard shutdown. Second try gets a little further--the dots spin longer, but after about 15 seconds, freezes again. On the third attempt, everything goes smoothly and startup is successful. Have tried messing with a couple of BIOS settings (e.g. not starting ASUS Expressgate) without any difference.

Any thoughts?

 

[Trouble]

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options
Left column "Choose what the power buttons do"
Uncheck the box next to "Turn on fast startup (recommended)"
See if that makes any difference

 

[LRK]

Tried this; this time, it froze at the BIOS screen, but then on second try (after hard shutdown) booted smoothly. So your idea reduced the hard re-starts from three to two. That's an improvement. I'd still like to nail down what else is going on.