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timscape:
I did the repair/upgrade.  Near the end, it rebooted and opened a browser...which crashed.  Then it told me my version of Windows was not genuine.  I had to close that out and go to Microsoft site to validate my install, which it did.

I did find out that Framework 4.5 needed to be reinstalled, but nothing else enlightening.

We'll see if this works, but I'm not too confident.

I have a good tutorial on clean boot testing, if this doesn't work.  I have a feeling I'm heading toward a reformat.

Thanks again. 

Shane:
The repair install may have kept the drivers and so that could show that it is a driver problem.

ONLY way to know for sure is a fresh install. Backup your non replaceable files, and when you do the install make sure to delete the partitions and have windows recreate them. This way if there is some sort of boot sector virus it will get wiped when you kill the partitions :-)

Shane

timscape:
No crashes all day--browsers, games, Steam, nothing. 

Still, I'm up for a reinstall.  I've been preparing for it for a week.

Thanks for your kind assistance. I'll mark this solved after a few more days of pushing it.

Best,
Tim

timscape:
Update.  Browsers and games were still crashing. I was looking at the drivers in Device Manager when a screen pops up, telling me that .NET Framework 4.5 is damaged and I am not to restart my computer until setup is complete.

So I waited. It felt like too long, but sure enough, the screen vanished and I was asked to restart.  That was 10 hours ago.  No crashes, and I have tried.

...........5 hours later, the crashes continued.

Shane:
A repair install does keep drivers. So a fresh install may be needed after all.

If you still have crashes after a fresh install then it is a hardware problem for sure.

Shane

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