Update:
It seems even when launching painter, it causes my whole system to hang. I have also noticed that it takes longer to load into painter than before. Tried an earlier version I had and got the same results. I have disabled SLI, fresh drivers, reinstalled, checked for any software conflicts, removed anti virus, set the environment variable for the license key and still no success. I'm tempted to do a fresh install of windows again.
Any knowledge on this topic would be much appreciated as I am a student and deadlines wait for no-one. XD
Thanks