krism

yes, you need to shut onedrive off.

bad MBR?

I'm not sure that you will get a clean registry. And if you put windhawk back on I will not suggest further. Good luck with it.

Okay so start disabling them with logildl, vivaldi, and virtual pet and then test - also CCX(adobe) - then OneDrive. My guess is that...

if you would, please, rt click on taskbar, choose Task Manager, choose Startup Apps and give me a screenshot of all of them.

schedhlp.exe def disa. MS Edge - disa if you can. test restart.

I need pic of startup apps. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "It must have something to do with the M.2 SSD." NO NO NO

Every problem I have ever had with a Microsoft OS over many decades has been caused by me. I often got the HAL missing error which...

Yes, mine is lighted with many settings but I do not use any of their software and I had to turn off all the HID settings for both...

My build is pretty stock (OOTB - out of the box) and I had zero problems with 24H2. It's the folks with lots of unique-ness-es or mods...

Be sure to do a clean scrub on that Logi software. It really sinks in its hooks. Revo uninstaller (advanced mode) should do it.

You are actually using logitech software????? don't. stock win drivers do just fine. same for corsair. Check Device Mgr in Control Panel...

Acronis runs a background app (like most image backup pgms. rt click taskbar / chose task mgr/startup apps and disable it. It doesn't do...

Thanks to dacrone, krism, and glasskuter! I'll try the third-party software. And, yes, krism, I'll make sure I have a good image...

Please image your system before you do it.