Windows 7 slows/freezes on normal startup, works in Safe Mode

Hello everyone,
My computer was working fine yesterday. This morning when I start it, it becomes unresponsive. The mouse works on the desktop, but nothing responds when I click them. I have restarted in safe mode, and everything seems to work. I looked under my system restore and all the restore points are gone. I ran MalwareBytes and SuperAntispyware just yesterday and neither detected anything and I have not installed or downloaded within the last few days.
I have tried running error-checking on C: drive, but it fails to run when I restart. It says "Cannot open volume for direct access. Autochk cannot run due to an error caused by a recently installed software package." It then says to use system restore, which I cant because all points are missing. The only thing I have installed in the last week was Adobe Photoshop CS4.
I ran CCleaner yesterday as well and I think something of photoshop was flagged for cleaning, and I let it clean it... However, I restored the changes today using the CCleaner restore file to see if it fixed it, but no change.

I just tried opening Photoshop in Safe Mode and got a message saying that Liscensing for the product has stopped working and requires my computer to be restarted before it can be launched.....Error: 148:3
I suspect this might have something to do with the problem...but no Adobe program is set to run on startup....so I'm not sure why that would be bogging it down. I cannot check Task Manager during normal startup to see if it is running, it is not in safe mode.

I am in the process of running Microsoft Safety scanner as well as Malwarebytes in safe mode, to see if I can find anything....will update later today

In Safe Mode you can call up MSCONFIG via Start/Run or WinKey-R, and see what's starting behind the scenes. Selectively turn off a few things at a time and see what happens. You can also go to installed updates in Control Panel/Programs and Features and sort by date to see what's new from MS.

Services is the one thing I usually do not allow CCleaner to touch. The restore points could be a victim of disk optimization.

I don't think it came up as a service when I ran ccleaner, I think there was a registry thing it changed....but it doesn't seem to have fixed it when I opened the ccleaner back up file from yesterday.

It seems that Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium is involved, but whether it is the cause or merely a symptom I'm not sure. It will not let me uninstall it. Every time I try, the uninstaller fails. Does anyone know how to remove it?

I have tried using the Clean Script utility at Adobe - Adobe CS4 Clean Script, but it fails to work correctly because it says it needs the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, which is no longer available from MS. Their Program install and uninstall troubleshooter does not fix the problem...

Well, I believe I managed to remove Adobe CS4 using the Adobe Creative Cloud Cleaner Tool, but my computer still freezes on reaching the desktop under normal start up. Even the clock stops. the mouse moves around but nothing I click will run, not even the start menu....I am now at a total loss as to what to do....

Trying to run Microsoft Fix It tools and keep getting error code 80072F8F. Tried running MS Automated Troubleshooting Services Diagnostic and it says "Check for connections to URLs used in SPD service"....



Attached is DM Debug file just in case. I haven't gotten BSOD, but figured I would try to supply as much info as possible