Total system freeze/lock-up consistantly after 5 min idle

As I tried to explain above, I will NOT run this device unattended overnight. My machine, my choice. Sorry.

So after reverting to what was working at the start of last week (my undergrad Uni's motto was "Use What Works" > Logical Positivism) before I started messing with things incl. the Registry (don't ask; all reverted anyway with System Restore, dism and scannow), all is again OK so far >

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Thanks. Have added that advice to my (long) FREEZE file (if that will be the case, will then try)

double checked setup now >

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still good (so far)

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In my understanding Reliability History uses the same data as those sources

And so far, still good (no problem waking from 11min sleep, likely the most I'd need w/o turning the machine off)
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some of the problems previous to following Ken's advice:

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The logs can be scanned and read for problems.
If you can run the DM log collector we can scan the logs and troubleshoot them.
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What is the time window before/after a problem event in which to download and use this tool? It may be days before it happens before I might need it or hours after it happens till I employ it

.... and it will likely not happen at all if I am careful and don't push it (as I REPEATEDLY did, "testing it" when the last issues occurred) >
"Doctor, it hurts when I of this"
"Well then don't do that"

The DM log collector at times gets revised.
To see what it collects you can open any thread in the BSOD forum as all OP use the DM log collector at the start of the thread.
When you run ithe DM log collector on the problematic computer it will place a file on the desktop.
Then you will post a zip into the thread.
We will unzip the post and scan the files to troubleshoot the freezing.
Our ability to scan is using English words so please change the default language to English so that we can troubleshoot the log files.
To evaluate new problems or the response to troubleshooting steps we often view multiple DM logs in the threads. So the sooner that we view the logs the sooner the troubleshooting starts.
There are some tests that we may do that are live and interactive and this depends on what is seen in the logs. These types of tests would require you to monitor the computer. Others can be done overnight as there is no user interaction. The logs though are useful to see what problems have already occurred.

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this is after the fact, so I may need to do this again after forcing a freeze?