This should be in the hot topic we've been talking about, but I couldn't reply under this ID.
Normal Mode froze as usual. But now, I'm here from my wife's computer, because I did something stupid. While you slept, I listened to other advice and turned off most Services, thinking that an errant service might be the problem. The most recent freeze proves that that theory is wrong. Fine.
Unfortunately, among the services I turned off were those allowing Internet access, so now you'll need to tell me which services to restart. Sorry for this time-waster.