Thanks a ton. I've turned Steam on so I could play Fallout and such, and it's been working, no issue. This thread was so amazingly helpful. Thanks guys, me AND my pc appreciate it!

Final question, would there be any major downsides to just staying in, and subsequently always booting into, a clean boot until I can get a new pc.

Hey, I'm currently running my pc in a clean boot. No hanging/crashing/failures in the safe mode NOR clean boot, so I'm really enthusiastic. The instructions on the second link were a bit unclear...

Thanks for the help guys, but no luck. It's not an issue with my mouse, it's the computer. No yellow flags, and i doubt it's a driver issue. I think it may be hanging during the defragging process,...

My computer has had this issue for a while now, to where it is actively preventing me from using the device. Whenever the mouse goes idle for a short time, the system hard freezes, and requires me to...