Thanks for the suggestions. I've installed the chipset drivers and done the Pitstop driver scan which said that everything is up to date.

Last night it did it again, I've noticed that it doesn't totally crash if I give it enough time. I waited 5 whole minutes and it came back to life and started acting normally.

Did you have a look at 'Event Viewer'?


Meanwhile,

Download and install CCleaner from the following link:

CCleaner - Standard

During installation, uncheck the option to install the Yahoo toolbar.


Click on Tools:

• Select Uninstall >Save to text file (install)
• Select Startup> Save to text file (startup)
• Locate and open each saved file in the Documents FOLDER. Copy and paste their contents into your next post.

I've looked at the event viewer but there are so many different errors I don't know where to start. Should I post some up here?

Here's the text file from Ccleaner:


Yes HKCU:Run Sidebar C:\Program Files\Windows Sidebar\sidebar.exe /autoRun
Yes HKCU:Run Skype "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" /nosplash /minimized
No HKCU:Run Google Update "C:\Users\Omid\AppData\Local\Google\Update\GoogleU pdate.exe" /c
Yes HKLM:Run avast5 "C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\avastUI.exe" /nogui
Yes HKLM:Run PC Pitstop PC Matic Reminder C:\Program Files (x86)\PCPitstop\PC Matic\Reminder-PCMatic.exe
Yes HKLM:Run MSC "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe" -hide -runkey
Yes HKLM:Run SynTPEnh %ProgramFiles%\Synaptics\SynTP\SynTPEnh.exe
Yes HKLM:Run QuickSet C:\Program Files\Dell\QuickSet\QuickSet.exe
No HKLM:Run Adobe ARM "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe"
No HKLM:Run Adobe Reader Speed Launcher "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\Reader_sl.exe"
No HKLM:Run BDRegion C:\Program Files (x86)\Cyberlink\Shared files\brs.exe
No HKLM:Run BrMfcWnd C:\Program Files (x86)\Brother\Brmfcmon\BrMfcWnd.exe /AUTORUN
No HKLM:Run ControlCenter3 C:\Program Files (x86)\Brother\ControlCenter3\brctrcen.exe /autorun
No HKLM:Run DivXUpdate "C:\Program Files (x86)\DivX\DivX Update\DivXUpdate.exe" /CHECKNOW
No HKLM:Run GrooveMonitor "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\GrooveMonitor.exe"
No HKLM:Run IndexSearch "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanSoft\PaperPort\IndexSearch.exe"
No HKLM:Run PaperPort PTD "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanSoft\PaperPort\pptd40nt.exe"
No HKLM:Run PPort11reminder "C:\Program Files (x86)\ScanSoft\PaperPort\Ereg\Ereg.exe" -r "C:\ProgramData\ScanSoft\PaperPort\11\Config\Ereg\ Ereg.ini"
No HKLM:Run RemoteControl10 "C:\Program Files (x86)\CyberLink\PowerDVD10\PDVD10Serv.exe"
No HKLM:Run SSBkgdUpdate "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Scansoft Shared\SSBkgdUpdate\SSBkgdupdate.exe" -Embedding -boot
No HKLM:Run StartCCC "C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static\CLIStart.exe" MSRun
No HKLM:Run SunJavaUpdateSched "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Java\Java Update\jusched.exe"
No Startup Common Bluetooth.lnk C:\PROGRA~1\WIDCOMM\BLUETO~1\BTTray.exe
Yes Startup User Dropbox.lnk C:\Users\Omid\AppData\Roaming\Dropbox\bin\Dropbox. exe

Yes HKLM:Run avast5 "C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast5\avastUI.exe" /nogui

Yes HKLM:Run MSC "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\msseces.exe" -hide -runkey

The above tells me that you are inadvisably and simultaneously running two (2) real-time antivirus tools [avast and microsoft security essentials (MSE)] which is likely mainly responsible for many of your current issues (including the excessive/repetitive volume of event viewer 'error' messages).

Uninstall one of those conflicting tools and report back.

Thanks. I've uninstalled Avast so we'll see what happens!