As a matter of fact, I noticed the change yesterday. I was going to give it a full day before updating everyone.
Uninstalling "Skip Metro Suite" seems to have resolved the problem. I have rebooted and/or restarted the machine about 10 times since uninstalling the program, and have not come across the problem since.
Of course, I do not know if it will come back, but things seem to be looking up thus far. I will, of course, update this thread of that changes, but her