The Task Manager tends to hide the real triggers for certain problems, so I switched to Event Viewer. Navigating the Event ViewerWhen the deeper tool is actually fasterAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOClose Afam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOAfam Onyimadu / MUOWindows keeps a record of everything that happens on a computer, including crashes, warnings, failed updates, driver issues, and app installations. The Event Viewer doesn't open by default to the Applications or System logs, which is why Task Manager feels accessible. Looking in Task Manager, CPU usage had also dropped from about 90% to normal. Filtering recent Errors and Warnings almost always takes less time than repeatedly ending processes in Task Manager.