Windows 10: PC freezes after certain amount of time, often during startup. Only works when random USB...

Hi all, As you can see in the subject, I've got a peculiar case on my hands. My laptop Windows 10 was working fine, and then after shutting it down, never started up correctly again.After about 15 seconds, it just freezes. Doesn't matter where I got, be it at the acer logo, login screen, when I was fast enough to log in, or if I am in the troubleshoot settings. Weirdly enough, everything works almost as long as I have a random USB plugged in. Then everything works as it should. The moment I eject the USB however, everything freezes again, and I always have to force shutdown the pc with the

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PC Freezes for 1-2 seconds when launching certain programs

The PC would freeze for a few seconds when I open certain programs the first time after waking the PC from sleep. It would not freeze if I open the program again after the first time, until I sleep the PC again. Programs that would freeze are e.g. MPC, Potplayer, etc.

System specs in profile

Tried:
-Clean Windows 10 install, twice
-Newest drivers
-New Monitor, New TV

Any Suggestions? Thanks!

 

Random freezes or shut downs

Completely random freezing/shutdowns on a system with no recent hardware changes, and hard drive, memory, and PSU fine, usually means a software issue (file corruption or malicious software). I suggest following DavidV's recommendations.