I don't know if this would solve the problems, but have you ever tried going back to a recent ~restore point~ and doing a "system restore" to take you to an earlier time when everything was working OK?
Just a thought from a non-techie who wants to help. ;)
39 posted on 05/01/2017 7:33:51 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae
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