Seemingly random "crash"?

[darichey]

I'm not really sure what I would call my problem so please forgive me if I have labelled it incorrectly. I've had my computer for 3 years now and never had a problem with it, however recently, I've been getting this problem.

If I leave my computer on and alone for too long, (the shortest it has happened with is about 1 hour) when I come back, it will be unresponsive. All programs I had open will be labelled as not responding and attempting to open new programs will not work. This includes any attempt to open the task manager. The only solution I have found is to turn off the computer manually and restart.

I decided to do some tests and discovered that some already-opened programs continue to function. For example, I left a timer running once and when I came back to my computer, it was still counting up, but my previously stated problems persisted.

I can provide any needed information(as I'm sure there is) and run any needed tests. All help is appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[andrew129260]

You may have programs running at startup that is causing this issue. Please see this tutorial to temporary disable them (except your antivirus) and see if the issue is resolved:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorial...ation-conflicts-performing-clean-startup.html

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Please Run sfc /scan now using option 2 in this tutorial: SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker

Please post back the results.
Please indicate what message was displayed at the end:

Windows found no integrity violations

OR

Corrupt files were found, and windows was unable to fix them.

OR

Corrupt files were found, and windows successfully repaired them

 

[darichey]

I followed the instructions for a clean boot and ran the file checker. When it was done the result message was:
"Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."

If it helps, it occurs to me that this could be a problem with the computer attempting to go to sleep. I checked the settings and I have hibernation turned off, though.

 

[andrew129260]

Ok, like I stated check your startup programs and disable some of them one by one and see if anything changes.

I would also:

Check your HDD for errors, and then run a memtest.

Disk Check

RAM - Test with Memtest86+