Hello Sawrry Charlie.
Apply the latest version of nVidia display driver.
You may download it directly, from our forum link
Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Video Drivers Windows 7; or you may opt for the
Option 2 of
Drivers- Download NVIDIA Drivers for “Automatically find drivers for my NVIDIA products” (it requires java installed).
Update Atheros NIC driver. it is old, of 2010. Get it from
ATHEROS drivers for Microsoft Windows (Atheros?????).
Uninstall ZoneAlarm. Uninstall AVG, too. Use
Microsoft Security Essentials as your antivirus with windows inbuilt firewall, and
free MBAM as the on demand scanner.
Download, install update those, and then run full system scans with both of them, one by one.
Update Citrix Deterministic Network Enhancer Miniport or Cisco Systems VPN Client driver from
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Free up the startup. - Click on the Start button
- Type “msconfig (without quotes), click the resulting link. It will open the System Configuration window.
- Select the “Startup” tab.
- Deselect all items other than the antivirus.
- Apply > OK
- Accept the restart.
Let us know the results.