I was wondering if you had contacted them concerning this issue. Perhaps they have some up to the minute knowledge about issues with certain Windows updates that have rolled out recently
When these things occur - in my experience - it's usually caused by some automatic update happening in the background. A roll back usually fixes it and if the system remains stable after that I don't add any updates until after a month or so, while keeping a note of which restore point I've used that worked. That's the only solution I can offer I'm afraid. I hope it works out.
Yes, I've been very happy with X2. I haven't had much time beating it up after X2a came out but I'm starting up a new project this month so we'll see. But I haven't really had any problems. A niggle here and there which I worked around. Now I hardly remember what they were. But stable as heck and it have some great workflow enhancements over X1.
If you install it, have fun. And remember that you can go back to X1 if it doesn't work out for you right away. My guess is that you will be very happy with X2