hwinfo freeze on startup

[ssateneth]

v5.45-3075
win 8.1 x64, fully patched
msi z77a-g45 motherboard, celeron g1610, 2x4GB RAM
visiontek radeon r9 280X

hwinfo64 freezes on startup. cant even get a summary screen, just freezes on scanning.

 

[ssateneth]

edit: never mind. Problem was with old buggy intel management engine driver. updated it and lots of other freezes, including hwinfo, went away