Windows 10 1709 freeze randomly

I am letting everyone know what my last actions were to try to resolve this problem. I can't tell you if these will be a working solution for you, and I am not sure whether or not they were my solution. All I can say is that after doing these, I have not had any problems for the last 4 weeks.

I thought all my drivers were up to date, but got tired of trying to check them one at a time. So, I installed Drive Booster 5 by IObit to do a mass check of all my drivers. It found 4 of my drivers were out of date and allowed me to replace them with current versions. I also made sure to install the latest NVIDIA Graphics Driver for my system. I have had no freezes since.

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Some good news on this front: the latest upgrade from MSFT seems to have made some positive impact on my system.  I have only a couple of hours running time, but it booted properly for the first time in a long time, and MUCH faster.  It goes to sleep when not used for a few minutes, and this is very annoying (even tho I set sleep to "never".)

I have been told by MS help that my ASUS motherboard is not compatible with creator upgrade. My desktop freezes after 5-10mins. So I rollback each time.

I cannot stop the update assistant which seems to overide all other settings. The update has been removed from update registry and update services disabled but still it downloads. I work on a mobile cable tether which cannot be set to metered.

I now work off line as much as possible and try to uninstall the assistant as soon as it downloads . My choices are otherwise limited. I have same software setup on a DELL laptop without problem.

I'm a software & hardware engineer by trade of rover 18 years. I've developed application for what was called ATI to name one of the higher profile customers. I have around 30 systems at my disposal for testing & so forth applications & hardware. After the 1709 update, all these systems started acting up in one form or another. The big one is what I experienced on my main personal system at home. Random system freezes. No crash dump files, nothing. 

I've come to the conclusion that Microsoft has given us this free upgrade to windows 10 for a purpose. Knowing we're more likely to keep with it because changing OS would mean a fresh start & for some of us, that's not an option at all. So, we're now stuck with an OS that Microsoft change & decide what we can & can't use. Example, Hardware sold as Windows 10 compatible, because it was windows 10 compatible. But for some reason, Microsoft decided to disable it for no reason. The drivers for such devices are removed from windows 10 & blocked from being reinstalled. However, I've found a work around for some drivers, mainly for hardware I use & have found no longer supported to work flawlessly by disable windows 10 driver signing & manually downloading them & installing. There's no reason for this hardware to be disabled other than Microsoft trying to force people into buying new. A prime example of this. Microsoft have an agreement with some manufacturers of hardware. If your hardware is not one of them, you will find at some point older hardware no longer being supported. These hardware manufacturers pay Microsoft to keep their hardware working by drivers. Logitech used to at first as it saw it as a good thing. But then pulled out after realising that Microsoft did nothing to update or improve the use of these devices, only keeping them supported by not disabling them. Since then, a number of Logitech devices have found themselves no longer working. But, some older devices that do continue to pay Microsoft do.

It's effectively a monopoly. Forcing companies to pay Microsoft to keep their devices usable on Windows 10. The EU & The UK are already looking into this practice. Some politicians have called it extortion on a global scale.

There is often no quick fix for computer freezes.

They are multifactorial.

What works in one computer often fails in another.

There are lots of things that can cause freezing.

High or 100% disk, 100%cpu, 100%memory intermittingly or for long periods of time.

Problems with BIOS, CPU, GPU, PSU, MB, etc.

So frustration is typical with no quick fix.

So you must start with a systematic plan to rule in or rule out each component.

Often the best method to start is to place the computer in clean boot:

These are some initial steps:

Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:

1. sfc /scannow
2. dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
3. chkdsk /scan

When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

4. msconfig (in the pop up system configuration > move the dot from normal startup to selective startup > uncheck load startup items > click service tab > in left lower corner check hide all Microsoft services > in the lower right side click disable all > click apply or ok > do not reboot)
5. taskmgr (in the pop up task manager > click on the start up tab > click on status so that the column sorts with enable rising to the top > right click on each row with enable and change to disable)

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/29876.how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-10.aspx

6. shutdown /r (you will reboot the computer so that it is in clean boot)

Evaluate the performance on your computer in clean boot during typical use.

Are the boots faster or slower?

Are the shutdowns faster or slower?

How has the video performance changed? Is it better, worse, or the same?

How has the freezing changed?  Is it better, worse, or the same?

Continue using clean boot indefinitely to monitor performance.

8. type control in the left lower corner search > click on control panel > click on large or small icons > click on troubleshooting > on the left pane click on view all > run the following windows troubleshooters:
9. Hardware and Devices
10. Video Playback
11. Playing Audio > open audio enhancements > play test sounds > advanced > change sample rate > test multiple sample rates
12. Recording Audio

For each troubleshooter make sure that advanced is clicked to apply repairs automatically.

For each troubleshooter click on view detailed information.

Report any problems using images that were fixed or not fixed.