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Windows 10 system stops responding, requires power cycling.
Every once in a while, the windows 10 system sort of stops responding.
By that I mean, the keyboard and mouse still work and I can sort of do somethings like: - open explorer and browse each drive - start cmd from a desktop shortcut icon
But there are many things I cannot do: - start applications from the taskbar - chrome, steam, anything (never show up) - start taskmanager (never shows up) - shutdown or restart computer (gets stuck in restarting... phase)
Using cmd > tasklist, I have noticed that the processes for the applications are there, but the gui does not show up. I also cannot use taskkill to end them.
I have reinstalled Windows 10 on a brand new ssd and the problem remains. It usually occurs when I leave the pc running for a long time. Once it gets to that state, no more logs are written to event viewer and nothing really stands out. I am at a loss about what the problem could be other than Windows 10 mysteriously screwing up.