PT 10 crashes on WIN 8.1

I have both PT 10 and 11 co-installed on my custom built PC (Win 8.1 64bit). PT 11 works flawlessly, but I don't have all of my plugins available (most importantly, POD Farm 2). I mean, it really works well. No freezes or errors of any kind.



I also have PT 10.3.9 installed so I can use my other plugins. Well, everything loads fine. I can hear playback from my sessions.



The problem I'm having is my entire system completely freezes randomly when using PT 10. It can be at any given time, when performing any given task. The only way for me to fix it is to hold the power button down to restart the machine.



I've searched countless threads on this topic but nothing seemed to work for me as of yet. I figured I'd throw my system specs out there and see if any of you guys can help.



Disclaimer: I know I have the onboard graphics card, and I know that's a no no with PT 10, but it doesn't cause a problem in 11 and I doubt that's the culprit here.



Thanks in advance.



SiSoftware Sandra



ID

Host Name : Austin-PC

Workgroup : WORKGROUP



Computer

Model : GigaByte

Serial Number : To be fille***********

Chassis : GigaByte Desktop

Mainboard : GigaByte H61M-DS2

Serial Number : To be fille***********

BIOS : AMI (OEM) F9 04/17/2013

Intel vPro : 8.01.30.1350

Total Memory : 7.9GB DIMM DDR3



Processors

Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4C 3.39GHz, 3.4GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 6MB L3)

Socket/Slot : FC LGA1155



Chipset

Memory Controller : Gigabyte Core (Ivy Bridge) DRAM Controller 100MHz, 2x 4GB DIMM DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics



Memory Module(s)

Memory Module : 9905403-447.A00LF 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1332

Memory Module : 9905403-447.A00LF 4GB DIMM DDR3 PC3-10700U DDR3-1332



Video System

Monitor/Panel : Hewlett Packard HP w1907

(1440x900, 19.1")

Video Adapter : Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (16CU 128SP SM5.0 350MHz/1.15GHz, 32MB DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)



Graphics Processor

OpenCL GP Processor : Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (128SP 16C 350MHz/1.15GHz, 1.4GB DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)

Compute Shader Processor : Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 (128SP 16C 350MHz/1.15GHz, 64MB DDR3 1.33GHz 128-bit, Integrated Graphics)



Storage Devices

Seagate ST31000528AS (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm) : 932GB (G:)

Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 7MB Cache) : 233GB (C:)

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GSA-H60L (448.7MB, SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache) : 428MB (D:)



Logical Storage Devices

Hard Disk (C:) : 231GB (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, 7MB Cache)

Hard Disk : 450MB (NTFS)

Music (G:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ Seagate ST31000528AS (1TB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm)

Audio CD (D:) : 0bytes (CDFS) @ HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GSA-H60L (448.7MB, SATA150, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 2MB Cache)



Peripherals

LPC Hub Controller 1 : Gigabyte H61 LPC Controller

LPC Legacy Controller 1 : ITE IT8728F

Audio Device : Gigabyte Cougar Point High Definition Audio Controller

Serial Port(s) : 1

Parallel Port(s) : 1

Disk Controller : Gigabyte Cougar Point 4 port SATA IDE Controller

Disk Controller : Gigabyte Cougar Point 2 port SATA IDE Controller

USB Controller 1 : Gigabyte Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2

USB Controller 2 : Gigabyte Cougar Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1

SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus



Printers and Faxes

Printer : Send To Microsoft OneNote 2010 Driver (1200x1200, Colour)

Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer v4 (600x600, Colour)

Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Printer : novaPDF 8 (2400x2400, Colour)

Printer : Canon MG2500 series Printer (USB, Colour)



Network Services

Network Adapter : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller (Ethernet)

Network Adapter : VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Wireless Adapter : D-Link DWA-140 RangeBooster N USB Adapter(rev.B2) (802.11n (HT), AES-CCMP, 54Mbps)



Operating System

Windows System : Microsoft Windows 8.1 Ultimate 6.03.9600

Platform Compliance : x64



Windows Experience Index

Current System : 5.4