BSOD now occuring 3+ times daily - computer illiterature requires help

I'm not a BSOD expert and our experts are very busy handling a lot of crash problems. Until one shows up you could try running some basic things to see if they help. I'd start out with a system file checker scan. This scan will look for and attempt to replace incorrect, corrupted, changed/modified, or damaged versions of your system files with the correct versions if possible. Run the scan from an elevated command prompt (option two.) If problems are found run the scan 3 times rebooting in between each scan.

SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

You could also check your hard drive to see if it has any issues like bad sectors (where things like your operating system, documents, etc reside.)

Disk Check

And don't overlook some common issues like an overheating computer. Make sure you have good ventilation around it, vents are free of dust, etc. A free utility called Speccy is available for download. It can provide real-time monitoring of temps for the hard drive, graphics card, and the processor. And don't forget to run a full security scan with your resident anti-malware. It wouldn't hurt to get a "second opinion" by running the free, and highly recommended, Malwarebytes.

Speccy - System Information - Free Download

Malwarebytes

And you could also go through this trobleshooting checklist prepared by one of the Forum experts. It's fairly time consuming but has helped many people isolate specific issues.

Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7

Thanks for the reply. Ran sfc /verifyonly and did not find any integrity violations, Elevated laptop to ensure air circulation all around, Downloaded Speccy and it says CPU runnin between 42c and 46c while motherboard runs around 46c - will keep moniteriong as I begin running my daily applications. I have Malwarebytes PRO installed and logs suggest it is scanning daily - ran a quick scan just to be sure and came up clean. Without really knowing what I'm talking about I want to believe this problem has something to do with when my laptop "sleeps"- I have just told it not to "sleep" (ever) - will see if that does anything. Event log keeps mentioning Power-Kernal (41) critical events - is this relevant.

Again thanks for the reply - if it happens again I'll try and work disk check and trouble shooting. I appreciate knowing there's someone out there willing to make suggestions.

Thanks Bear,

No prob tracking down and removing My TomTom but OpAgent appears to be something to do with OmniPage a critical application for me. Otherwise I can't think of any recently added programs except all of them - computer is 3 months old and everything was installed between May and Jun 18. As I went to shut down and reboot it seems I got an MS7 update which seems eerie timing. Now just waiting to see if any of this flailing around in the dark has made a difference