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Slow startup, software crashes, virus scan hangs, critical errors, etc
Lots of problems with my machine over the past several days, I'm not sure where to begin. First noticed the problems when winamp kept crashing while playing and/or loading music. Tried to restart, and experienced several startup hangs in a row (all on the "Starting Windows" screen) of over 10 minutes each. Tried system restore several times with several different recent restore points, but THAT kept giving me different errors each time. Finally the computer re-booted, I'm not sure why since system restore seemingly never completed.
Now that I'm back in Windows, I'm scared to attempt another re-boot. Trying to diagnose the problem, but I have no idea what to do. Virus scan hung after 10 minutes. In Computer Management - System Tools, the Event Viewer shows over 900 events in the past 24 hours, over 2000 in the past 7 days. The Administrative Events page lists all manner of Warnings, Errors, and Critical events.
Given all of the above, I'm surprised the OS is even working well enough for me to post this. I'm in over my head trying to figure it out. What should I do?
Edit: I ran the SevenForums diagnostic tool and attached the results to this thread.
Also just noticed another symptom: Windows aren't automatically refreshing. I.e. when I downloaded the diagnostic tool it didn't appear on the desktop until I hit F5. Same thing when it created my diagnostics txt files, and when I changed its name. Changes don't appear in windows until they're refreshed manually. WTF is happening?
Edit 2: Realized I didn't let the diagnostic tool run fully last time. Re-uploading zip file.
Last edited by Eightflower; 02 Feb 2016 at 16:20.