The only other thing I did at that time was uncheck a couple of things in my start up folder. One was google updates and the other was something to do with hewlet packard. I have an HP printer and monitor, so maybe I shouldn't have unchecked that one, I don't know. But the problem wasn't occurring when I first logged on, it only froze up after I'd been on the computer for a while so I'm assuming it wasn't what I unchecked in start up.
I wouldn't worry about unchecking HP updates. As long as your printer is working, you don't need HP updates. Much of what HP puts on your computer is bloat, so I always uncheck HP updates.
My Computer
At a glance
Linux Mint 18.2 xfce 64-bit (VMWare host) / W...Haswell4 GB
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Dell
- OS
- Linux Mint 18.2 xfce 64-bit (VMWare host) / Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit (VMWare guest)
- CPU
- Haswell
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer 23"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- Two hard drives, 1TB each: One for Linux, one for my data.
- Keyboard
- IBM Model M
- Antivirus
- Sophos (Linux), Trend Micro (Windows)
- Browser
- Firefox, Opera
- Other Info
- I use Samba to share my data drive with the other computers at my house and with my guest session in VMWare Workstation Player.