Creative Cloud Repair loop (I've done all steps)

what if you disable defragmentation?

So, I've now logged another 15 hours on this problem, here's what I've learned:

First of all, this error only occurs when my computer is idle.  When I walk away from Photoshop for short periods of time.

First of all: I don't have screen savers nor does my computer sleep for any reason.   The computer doesn't lock or anything of that sort. HDDs do not park.  Heck, my monitors don't even sleep anymore.

So I set up a GoPro and filmed the computer with Task Manager open on the other screen.

For pass 1: the error occured after 24 minutes and three seconds of idleness from the computer.  It seemed like the only process running at the time was a defragmentation process. 

Pass 2 the error happened after 21 minutes and 49 seconds. Again the Defrag was running at that point.

Pass 3 happened after only seven minutes and 35 seconds. But this time, though the Defrag was running, it wasn't the TOP program...

What I DID see, though was that just before every error all of the currently running process icons in the Taskbar flickered out and then turned back on.  As soon as the Photoshop icon clicked back on in the taskbar, we got the "Would you like to save before closing?" message box.

Looking back at all of the other passes, I saw the same thing happen:  the icons all blinked out and then came back a second later and the save dialogue box popped up as soon as Photoshop's icon clicked back on.

So I looked that up and it seems that flickering is due to the Microsoft Feedback App.  I uninstalled the feedback app and stopped all reporting processes from Microsoft then restarted the computer.

This worked to stop the flickering... but unfortunately pass 4 and 5 both proved that the crash still occurs. Pass 4 happened at 25 minutes and 4 seconds and pass 5 happened at 21 minutes and 13 seconds.

I am fairly convinced something in Windows is conflicting with the CC authentication server in some way... 

Any ideas?

you should probably just skip to a clean reinstall of everything, but if you want to try less aggressive measures you can start with a cc reset.

ftry resetting the cc app: To reset the Creative Cloud desktop app, make sure it's in the foreground, then press:

Win: Ctrl + Alt + R
Mac: Cmd + Opt + R

if that fails, try to repair
https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/creative-cloud-install-stuck.html

if that fails go ahead and uninstall/reinstall per the above link

if that fails, do a clean cc install following each applicable step:

uninstall every cc app including preferences, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-remove-app.html
then uninstall the cc desktop app, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/uninstall-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
clean your computer of cc files per http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html
check for, and if available, update your os
restart your computer (don't skip this)
reinstall the cc desktop app, https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud.
if you're unable to install the cc desktop app at this stage, use an administrator account (solution 4 here, https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/creative-cloud-missing-damaged.html)
use the desktop app to install your cc programs/trials