I've had similar results in the past, which is why I'm blaming Microsoft for this issue.
The December update blew away my printer driver, USB driver, and video card driver.
The printer just needed re-installation of the driver.
The USBs are still flakey, I just unplug and re-plug the device, gives me maybe 15 or 20 minutes before it fails again.
My video card was out until mid January. I ran on the built in video.
Nvidia then put out a new driver that corrected the failure.
I've thought about re-installing Windows 7. I had absolutely no problems with it. My wife didn't upgrade her computer and is very thankful she didn't.
I get more "Blue screens of dead" with Windows 10 than with the original Windows from 15 years ago. Yes, I know it won't do as much.
Of course, we all know it's caused by the hardware not the software.
Joe and Evelyn