Every 60 seconds, exactly on the minute (second hand on 12), almost all pop-up windows flicker and the computer freezes for about 2 seconds or less. If I'm typing a word in MSWord, for example, the word can't be finished until these few seconds pass.
To troubleshoot, I opened Task Manager and began removing problems that were using the highest CPU % at the time of the incidents. After ending several processes, I came to ...
Windows Explorer = CAUSE OF PROBLEM
After ending this task, the problem disappeared. To be certain, I did it again, and the problem went away.
What's my next step? Can Windows Explorer's components be examined to see if a setting can be changed or possible malware removed? (I've done a lot of work on viruses, and no detection was found, but perhaps this process is mimicking a standard feature of Windows 10).
To troubleshoot, I opened Task Manager and began removing problems that were using the highest CPU % at the time of the incidents. After ending several processes, I came to ...
Windows Explorer = CAUSE OF PROBLEM
After ending this task, the problem disappeared. To be certain, I did it again, and the problem went away.
What's my next step? Can Windows Explorer's components be examined to see if a setting can be changed or possible malware removed? (I've done a lot of work on viruses, and no detection was found, but perhaps this process is mimicking a standard feature of Windows 10).