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Windows freezing - Explorer?
I just today began having an issue where anywhere between 1 minute and 20 minutes after starting up my computer, the computer will freeze. I will get the spinning wheel and will not be able to click on anything. No Ctrl+Alt+Del either. I originally thought it was a virus so I rolled back my computer. That did not work, so I then tried Norton's Power Eraser Tool. Nada. THEN last resort I decided to refresh the computer. I kept my files and reinstalled Windows. At first I was feeling optimistic believing it may have been a software issue but no... The spinning wheel came back.
The strange part is I had been using my computer fine this morning, put it to sleep, and this only started when I booted it back up. I was only browsing Youtube during that session, no clicking on sketchy links or anything.
I also tried disabling drivers (the ones that auto-installed) and that did nothing.
In addition, I have tried unplugging all USBs and HDDs leaving only the one SSD that the OS is installed in plugged into the computer. I unplugged all unnecessary cards such as my audio card and reseated the graphics card.
The only thing that works is starting the computer in Safe Mode.
I have also tried the "netsh winsock reset" and "sfc/scannow" in CMD. No luck.
I am really at a loss... Can anyone help me!? :)