Photoshop 2017 freezing frequently (30s-1min)

Hi all,

Windows 10 64-bit

16GB Ram, i7, Quadro M1200

SSD M2 with read/write rates around 1gb/s

I keep having the issue that Photoshop 2017.1 starts fast but then hangs for 30 seconds straight. I'm not opening a document.

The document that I open afterwards causes similar issues to occur, even though the document is just a few MB big.

Documents are all stored on my local drive. There are a few network drives installed on my system, but they do are not output paths / file paths.

I've analysed the process and the following occurs:

It's clearly reporting Not responding but only little CPU use.

The wait chain reports it's 'waiting for Network I/O'.

What exactly is it doing and what can I try to further analyze the root-cause of the issue?

I know you guys may consider this insufficient information to address the issue. But any word on how to further analyze the issue?

EDIT: New insights

- Issue does not occur when I disable all my network adapters.

- Issue does not occur with Illustrator or After Effects, which I also use frequently.

- Issue always seems to take the exact same time (I could hold a stopwatch and measure the same time every time it freezes)