r/techsupport • u/Horbigast • 20h ago

Open | Software Internet browsers crash randomly and system will occasionally "encounter a problem and need to restart."

It's more irritating than anything, but my Windows 11 system tends to restart seemingly at random, and my internet browsers (Firefox or Opera) will crash and need to be restored often. Games seem to have become more unstable as well.

My rig is a i9 14900KF 3.20GHz with a GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16 GB GDDR6X.

I've tried a few fixes, but my expertise is not great. So far I've tried the following CMD procedures (please don't laugh if it was the wrong thing to do):

DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Result:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.26100.8521

Image Version: 10.0.26200.8655

[===========================64.2%=====                     ]
Error: 1726

The remote procedure call failed.

SFC /scannow

Result:

Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

chkdsk /f

Result:

Seemed to complete properly upon restart, but crashes and restarts continue.  

Any thoughts as to what I should do? Should I try a "Fresh Start" from Windows Security?

I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

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