Well good luck. Hope all is well now!
It makes me nervous when something goes wrong, then mysteriously fixes itself! But it is Windows, and sometimes a reboot clears a minor glitch. But those were some seriously strange symptoms.
It may be worth a deep dive into Windows Event Viewer, to see if you can locate a clue to as to what was happening, in case the problem reoccurs.
Here is some info about Event Viewer, but pay special note to the explanation at the top of the first article about why not to worry about most of the errors that you may see. Even a PC that is running fine may generate plenty of error logs.
But if you are really having problems, this can be a useful tool to do a bit more sleuthing with.
http://www.howtogeek.com/123646/htg-explains-what-the-windows-event-viewer-is-and-how-you-can-use-it/ And
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/226084-event-viewer-open-use-windows-7-a.html