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BSOD in normal mode - safe mode no problem
I am here at my wit's end. I believe I am satisfying the requirements to post my issue here.
The background: I have been in IT since the 1970s. In terms of Windows generally, I'm probably pushing a 4 on a scale of 1-5 where 1 is noob and 5 is guru. sevenforums has been a go-to place for me for a long time in terms of finding information. I applaud the great work of everyone that makes contributions here.
My primary laptop is a Qosmio 500-series with a teeny weeny 64GB SSD and a 512GB HDD. It runs Win7 Ultimate "tweaked" so that as little as possible is on the SSD. Program Files, Data and Users are all junctioned off to the HDD. This set up has worked great for five years.
A recent shutdown involving a random "recommended" update screwed things up royally. This particular update routinely failed, previously, because it was looking for files on the system drive that were actually on a different drive. It also turns out that Microsoft had chosen to push Win10 down on to my wee SSD and effectively reduced available storage from just enough to precious little.
My trouble began around this time when Windows could not load a valid user profile for any user and always started with a temporary profile.
I did fix the problem with the recommended update after all this pain began but it did not help. I also moved the Win10 stuff to the bigger drive (with a junction) and that did not help.
I have done all sorts of things to get to the point where I can boot and use normal (not temporary) profiles but within a minute or so of booting in normal mode, I am getting BSODs. At first, it was x51 (1, ..., 17F7000, 374) (REGISTRY_ERROR) but now it is x50 (page fault).
Bear in mind, actually getting BSODs and kernel dumps is a huge step forward. Prior to that, I was getting nothing; the computer would simply turn off as if someone pulled the plug from the wall.
Something related to the x51 error suggested the nVidia drivers so I uninstalled them. That got me to the x50 error and, my wit's end.
I apologize for the long recount, but I'd really like to cut to the chase to find solutions to stabilize this system. I have backups of everything that matters. All restore points have been exhausted, including those before "this" problem began, curiously. Exhaustive local and USB/CD anti-malware programs have been run. SFC reports no problems. CHKDSK /R on all drives show no issues. Memory tests all OK. HDD diagnostics all golden.
There are some "Events" that merit attention, bearing in mind many of them come from running in Safe Mode. The whole "Out Of the Box Experience" (OOBE) thing pertaining to Mickey Soft's Anti-Malware software and services is not new so I am assuming not relevant right now.
The attached file includes the latest dump.
Thanks in advance for any help with this.