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[wierd]

i suspect the .net framework optimization service. it likes to bust in like a bull in a china shop.

[H4zardZ1]

I'm sorry if this is spamming, but maybe you could ask for some more help?

[JoshuaFH]

I haven't forgotten about this thread, not for one day... the only problem being, I'm still not sure what's going on or how to approach the problem. Not sure who this Leo guy is, I'm taking it he's a computer pro?

[i2amroy]

I'm sorry if this is spamming, but maybe you could ask for some more help?

You realize that asking for more help is pretty much what he's doing right here right? I know that at least a few of us (myself included) are either Computer Science majors or hold jobs as computer tech people.

These are all good ideas:

Also, expand the Disk, Network, and Memory groups. Sort in descending order: CPU by CPU, Disk by Total (B/sec), Network by Total (B/sec), Memory by Working Set (KB). Look for any suspicious increase in usage during and after the seizure. I'm not sure if you'll find anything, but it's at least better information.

If it's still software the most likely culprit would be something monopolizing the hard drive to the point that nothing else can run. You'd be able to see this in task manager if you had a newer version of windows than 7. With 7, you lack a % disk usage, but you might be able to see if something in the Disk tab goes ridiculously high in resource monitor or taskmgr.

You can also check the SMART diagnostics on your hard drive(s) to look for clues as to whether it might be failing. I usually use SpeedFan. (You would think reading them and showing them to you would be part of windows, but apparently not. Apparently it's supposed to warn you if it's going to fail, but it's never warned me.)

Do these things first and report back what you find (or give us screenshots/video of them). They are very likely the thing that is going to point us in the direction of the culprit.

[nenjin]

If all else fails back up your files, format the hard drive and re-install. That will settle pretty quickly whether the issue is on the software or hardware side of things. Software, the problem will probably go away for a long while. If it's hardware, you should notice the same issues reoccurring soon after if not immediately after a re-install.