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Freezing during regular use, difficulty downloading
A few days ago my computer started to freeze up during routine tasks, various things will start to stick until nothing works and sometime it just freezes on the spot. At that point I need to manually shut down the computer.
Safe mode seems unaffected.
I have tried closing all non essential processes but it has had no affect.
Have virus scanned with Avast, Malwarebytes and Windows Defender.
Windows updates dont download, the tray icon says they are downloaded to a random percentage that doesnt increase (changes each start up). Also had problems downloading the latest version of flash player that did not happen in safe mode. Downloads in firefox are taking several attempts again not affected in safe mode.
Problem did advance to the point where on startup there was only a black screen and mouse pointer and nothing else would work, reverted to my furthest back restore point which got rid of that specific problem but simply returned me to my current problem.
Thanks in advance
Kaihlik