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Windows, apps freeze, resume, freeze, resume
System is AMD processor, 8 GB of RAM, Win 7 Ultimate, 32-bit, SP 1. (Cannot run a Windows Update and the update repair indicates a problem with doing an update.)
Once booted, Windows itself, File Manager, other utilities, Word, other apps will all freeze every few minutes, then unfreeze after about a minute and on and on. Pointer "donut" just spins and spins until system unfreezes. If typing into, say, Word a few characters typed after the freeze will appear after the unfreeze. Task Mgr. shows mostly about 98% idle going into this condition; nothing is coming on to hog resources that I can find. Performance shows all processors working if I give it something intense to do, and then flat-line until system unfreezes.
I've run memory diagnostic, chkdsk, sfc with no problems.