In the excitement of Record Store Day and the frustration of weird things going on with my PC, I completely forgot that the 17th was my sister's birthday. D'OH!!
I'm wondering if the cd/dvd drive (or the driver for it) is hosed, because after fixing EVERYTHING, it's still happening. And hey, I ran the Device manager for it? And *it* is now stuck in "Not Responding"!
This is really starting to PISS ME OFF now. This should NOT be happening four months after buying this PC.