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Issues with resuming from sleep are common. I actually stopped using sleep on my own PC until recently because of random BSODs due to GPU drivers malfunctioning coming out of S3 (traditional) sleep. - Try updating things as I suggested. GPU, chipset, BIOS, and Windows. - Is the GPU driver...

At 0MHz the GPU or more likely its driver is switching off. GPU driver may be crashing when the laptop sleeps and the PC may be falling back on the integrated graphics. One way to check to see if your display driver has failed is to go Windows key-> dxdiag -> enter -> go to the display tab and...

- VPNs are very easy to use these days and have clients handle all the connections for you. Cost around $10 a month. - A good anti-malware program with active monitoring protects you from active threats. A good fallback if "user education" isn't there. Can catch web based attacks. - O&O...

You have a rootkit somewhere and it's also interfering with in-Windows malware tools running. - Try booting into safe mode and using Trojan Remover for a more thorough malware cleaning. Safe mode can be accessed by mashing f8 as soon as you start the PC, select "safe mode with networking"...

A lot of larger anti-malware suites go beyond scanning and active monitoring. If you want a really simple solution, uninstall both AVAST and Spybot and just run Windows Defender or MSE. Free and includes active monitoring.

Process Explorer isn't an anti-malware tool. Not all software is signed and some software is signed by suspicious sources which can lead to false positives. If you suspect something is malware, I recommend you perform a malware scan using another program such as Malwarebytes if Windows Defender...

- Avoid running two different active anti-malware programs at the same time. This can cause problems and almost always causes system performance loss if both programs are configured to actively scan and monitor. Recommend removing either AVAST or Spybot. AVAST should be sufficient. - Registry...

Do they have the same issue when plugged into another device such as a smartphone or PC?

I've only used the Windows Recovery disc creator tool a once so I can't say. I always use a retail disc or USB if I cannot boot Windows and the PC doesn't have system recovery options installed by the OEM. If you ran the tool, the disc should be bootable. I know that retail disks always bootable...

If the SSD firmware update does not help, contact Toshiba and give them your SSD part number and your laptop model number. They may know of firmware level incompatibilities between the new SSD and the laptop, or more specifically the SSD's controller and the laptop's motherboard chipset or BIOS.

Can you boot from this recovery CD using the tower PC? It should be bootable after running the disc creation tool in recovery. I would try that first to see if the disk is the problem. If Windows lets you create the CD then it should be at least bootable and contain Repair options. You can...

Windows installation disk and using the troubleshooting tools included in it. That particular command would be executed within the cmd tool within System Recovery Options on Windows 7 and is not a command for Linux. You can make a bootable disk from another Windows 7 machine...

Seems like a damaged connection between the battery and the laptop internals if the battery itself works. I would recommend taking it to someone who is trained in laptop repair. If you don't want to try to fix the battery connection issue, an external battery may work as it seems your DC jack...

You can remove the keyboard assembly in most laptops and clean them. You could also clean the keyboard ribbon connectors with isoprobl alcohol and a lint free cloth. Finger oils can cause shorts. Damaged keyboard ribbon can also cause connection issues.

Have you tried removing the battery and holding the power button for 10 seconds?