Thanks for the help so far, anyway. :)

I checked the Event Viewer and found that most of the events before the crash were what one would normally expect- various components starting up, etc....

Yep, "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations." Does this mean the problem is more superficial?

I suspected that that might be the case, so I rolled it back and checked again. The freezes continued.

In fact, when starting up my computer about an hour ago, I experienced a hard freeze (didn't...

Specs:


Dell Inspiron 3531 running Windows 10 Home 64-bit (free upgrade from 8.1)
Intel Celeron N2830 2.16 GHz, 4.00 GB RAM
Intel HD Graphics

For a few days now, I have noticed that my...

It was the faulty USB adapter. I now have no blank screen after powering on and the BIOS time is down to 3.9 seconds! :D

Thanks again!

Now that you mention it... I use a USB wireless adapter instead of the built-in one, and that has been malfunctioning on and off for about the same time as the boot problem has been happening. I got...

I have a Dell Inspiron 3531 with the Windows 10 free upgrade (Home edition) and an Intel Celeron N2830. Since a couple of days, my laptop is taking a really long time to start up.

After it powers...

Did you notice anything happening with your internet connection as the computer was crashing/right before it froze? This was the case for me- I'd lose it right before it locked up. I am now using a...

Update: I found a DCOM error in the event log (10010) that seemed like it didn't pertain to the crash, as it only appeared after a hard restart/shut down. The APPID corresponded to Windows Update...

I'm having the exact same problem (my laptop is different specs, but same problem). I had Windows 8.1 on the same build and it ran fine, but 2 months after upgrading to 10, it freezes up completely...