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A general term used when a computer or device becomes unresponsive to any kind of user input. May be caused by hardware or software reasons.

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Linux computer Screen frozen

I have a dual booted laptop, Windows+Linux. For a number of reasons, I ended up not using Linux for over a week. When I finally opened it today, my screen has frozen. Before that, it never had hanging ...
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What's the right way to fix Windows Memory Compression causing CPU usage spikes?

By inspecting CPU usage, as seen in the next graph: You can see that memory compressions is causing high spikes in CPU usage. It's so bad that the computer freezes every now and then for a few ...
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RHEL7 Strange Resource Starvation, repeatable 141 second stalling

We have one RHEL7 system of three supposedly identical systems which regularly (every 5 days to a week) gets into some weird resource starvation scenario. The main symptom seems to be a severe delay ...
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Mac freezes for a split-second, whenever I'm pressing CapsLock (Escape). How to reset input devices without rebooting?

TL;DR: How do I reboot my keyboard input device? Or reload the drivers? Obviously, a permanent solution to this would be awesome. But I'm trying to find a way to get past this, without having to ...
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Windows 10 startup suddently extremely slow (especially explorer and filesystem related stuff)

two days ago my PC started to really lose lots of its speed expecially on the startup. At first i was able to fixit just by killing the explorer right after logging in and just restarting it. I tought ...
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Debian/testing Linux on an encrypted LVM - filesystem intensive operations cause system to freeze and crash system-journald service

I use Debian/testing Linux on my multiple machines. For security reasons, I always install it on an encrypted LVM. Typically I use the ext4 filesystems with size 1TB to 3TB. Unfortunately, it creates ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS freezing at boot/startup

I was doing some machine learning with Nvidia GPU when I ran into an error that was CUDA related. I decided to reboot my computer to fix the error but when booting Ubuntu, my screen freezes. I opened ...
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Computer freezing and monitor going off

Recently I've experienced lots of freezing occurrences in my PC. I've opened Task Manager, but it doesn't show any high load on the CPU. Lately my monitor suddenly went off after short intervals of a ...
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Laptop micro freezes while not on external PSU

Hello I have been having this weird issue My laptop while not connected to a PSU will experience weird micro freezes where my pc will simply freeze for a few seconds this issue will not accrue in any ...
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Windows 10 randomly freezing with mouse still working (and worst when playing audio)

I have a desktop computer that is hosting a media server and I also use it almost on a daily basis for photo/video editing. It recently started to behave strangely by freezing randomly. When does the ...
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Linux freezes despite no errors in memtest86, stress, or smartctl

I have been trying to diagnose freezing issues on Arch since Linux 5.6. I believe I ran into Ryzen-related idling issues that were solved with zenstates.py, but now my machine regularly freezes and/or ...
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Why haven't boot errors show up after cleaning the dust?

So my laptop freezes frequently, it's so slow, and there are some errors while booting. Errors are the following: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and ...
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Windows updates stuck because didn't disable deep freeze [duplicate]

Ok so i'm a special kind of stupid, here is the thing, i'm installing Windows update and i had deep freeze installed and i forgot to thawed the computer, so now i'm stuck with the updates, Please ...
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Windows 10 Keeps Freezing Suddenly

My laptop (HP with Samsung SSD) suddenly freezes and I can't do anything except holding the power button to shut down. Testing hardware from bios has shown that all items are working correctly. The ...
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Intentionally freezing Windows for a second

I'm currently debugging a small problem in a software that happened when the Computer froze for a moment (I was rummaging around, deleting files etc. and the OS just froze momentarily). I am now ...
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Dell Laptop partially freezes sometimes, audio and double key press stops working

As the title suggests, the laptop partially freezes randomly. By partially freezes, I mean that some functionality stops or glitches. The glitches I have identified so far are: audio stops working ...
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File explorer hangs when right clicking mp4 files?

Right-clicking Mp4s in file explorer freezes the window. A temporary fix is a restart until I right-click another MP4 file. I've tried cmd commands: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth Dism /...
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Microsoft Edge keeps freezing up

Reposting from here: Last updated June 11, 2021 My Microsoft Edge browser keeps freezing up. I have tried all the suggested solutions with no success. I like the design and functionality offered by ...
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Laptop freezes every time I click on taskbar

I deleted some of my %temp% files earlier today in my other laptop, and after logging in again the taskbar is frozen. Every time I try clicking on the taskbar a black screen flashes and screen remains ...
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Windows 10 keep freezing and running into blue screen error

I created a custom CPU by buying parts individually for crypto mining. After flashing the device with windows 10, I am seeing the OS keep freezes and running into various blue screen errors. I am ...
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How to know what's wrong with my PC (PC Freezes after few hours of usage)

So my PC starts freezing (and the sound freezes too) after few hours of usage, and then restarts by it self, no BSOD what so ever so i dont know what happen. if there is bsod, i can check the code, ...
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Computer freezes during POST with new CD drive

I work with older computers and received a Compaq Presario 2275 with a non-working CD drive. After cleaning up the computer and testing it (it works fine), I swapped the original 32x CD drive with a ...
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Disks freezes but usage is 0%

After pluging second GPU (RTX 3060) my disks started to work slow and freezes. Disk usage in task manager is 0% for each disks. I removed my first GPU (RTX 2060s) but it didn't help. I turned off my ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome hangs/freezes on boot after upgrading to kernel 5.4.0-73 in Windows VirtualBox

Similar to: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed in VirtualBox hang at boot up after system update Ubuntu 18.04 freezes after update Ubuntu doesn't boot after upgrading kernel But this happened just now, ...
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Computer randomly freezes, mostly on ubuntu

I have a random freeze issue since I built my computer and never figured out what was wrong. I worked with it and restarted my computer every time I had the issue. I recently changed my motherboard &...
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Windows 10 UI freezes because of GPU driver

I've got a new laptop 3-4 weeks ago and it used to work fine until a week ago I started to get multiple BSOD with different error codes and just interface freezes when everything is stuck and I have ...
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Freezing panes in excel

I have been trying to figure out if this is possible. So if someone can help Just answer a simple question I would greatly appreciate it. Is it possible to have the first 2 rows frozen then after ...
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My laptop keep freezing

I have a low end laptop with amd athlon silver and 4gb of ram and 1tb of hdd with windows 10 home edition, when i first buy it for coding purpose it never had any problem than a little bit of lag when ...
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Non-resolvable 30 seconds freezing event id 129 (sometimes comes with disk warning id 153) source iaStorAC in new laptop

I have bought a new laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad Edge 14). I was so excited about it until I realized sometimes it freezes when I am working. It freezes for about 30 seconds and it is really annoying. And ...
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Windows 10 reboots and freeze randomly

First config: Motherboard: MSI B550M PRO-VDH WIFI CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1050Ti Low Profile RAM: 2 x 8 GB HYPERX HX432C16PB3A/8 PSU: Chieftec CSN-650C 650W SSD: ADATA SWORDFISH m.2 ...
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Asus ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LV RAM upgrade result in stuttering of apps

This week I upgraded my RAM to 32GB with this Kingston pack HX432S20IB2K2/32 on my ROG Strix Scar 15 G532LV . Since this upgrade, a lot of apps are stuttering most of the time(not all of the time and ...
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Computer keeps freezing after ubuntu installation

Recently, I decided to shift to Ubuntu 20.04. So, I installed it on dual boot setup along with my already installed Windows 10. It worked great for 3 days (great enough for me to shift a lot of my ...
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Trying to figure out Windows 10 login delay; xperf shows explorer.exe hanging up on "Windows.Devices.Lights.dll"

Situation: I boot up my laptop, log in to Windows, and everything loads up quickly as it should. After the system has been up for "a while", a second user logs in with fast user switching. ...
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What could be the possible cause of high CPU spikes, lagging while idle and Windows not booting on dual-boot laptop?

I have an old Lenovo U310 laptop (7-8 years) and for almost a year I've been using it as a dual-bootable system. One OS was Windows 8.1 and the other one was Kali Linux. I've been using Kali Linux ...
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Linux system completely freezes "CPU Stuck for 22 seconds"/ Hardware Error?

I have got the issue of regular freezes on my ryzen 5 computer. It occurs across different distibutions and kernels. The freezes occur mostly when trying to suspend the system to ram, but also changes ...
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Frequent, odd freezes

For the past month I've been experiencing increasingly frequent freezes. It's gotten to the point where it will happen multiple times daily. When a freeze occurs, the first sign is that my audio cuts ...
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PC randomly freezes

Specs Windows 7 64bit Q6600 GTX 550 Ti 4 GB RAM 450 PSU I'm fully aware this is an ancient machine and I'm working on upgrading it, an answer with: you machine is garbage and you should throw it away ...
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Windows 10 excruciatingly slow with network connected

The moment I connect my laptop to any network, wired or wireless, it becomes unresponsively slow. Windows Explorer context menu takes up to 60 seconds to appear, opening command prompt works but ...
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S.M.A.R.T Statues Bad

There are some similar questions already but I think this is different. I have a X554L Asus notebook with Windows 10 on it. When I push the power on button, after Asus logo, I see a black screen, ...
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New build randomly 'freezes'

I have random freezes with my new build. I can still use the mouse to move around, but clicking on some things (varies each time) will not perform the action. When this happens, all the fan settings ...
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Excel is has been spinning for over 12 hours. How do I avoid losing data?

I was trying to edit a macro in the VBA editor. I clicked save and Excel has been "saving" the macro for over 12 hours now. My CPU is running at about 12% and memory usage is around 20%. If ...
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External HDD freezes computer and does not show up in Disk Management

I have a Seagate 1TB external hard drive. I was doing a full reformat of the drive the other day and unfortunately, my pc crashed while it was at 94%. After a reboot, my pc was completely stuck and ...
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The screen freezes while moving files/apps across screens with remote session?

I have a Laptop(i7 and 2GB NVIDIA graphic card) with an extended monitor(27 inches). When working remotely, whenever I'm dragging some apps like file explorer/chrome to another screen, the screen ...
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Very high cpu usage for trivial task | Windows 10

Normally I do not post such question but this is a serious problem which I have found nowhere on internet. I will attach all necessary specs in image below as well as the key problem. So the problem ...
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two different computers, one brand new, still a weird random small freeze occuring

One of the reasons I purchased a new computer a couple of weeks ago was that I couldnt figure out, on my previous PC, what was causing a short, random freeze, associated to a CPU spike, every now and ...
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Windows 10 intermittent mouse and keyboard freeze

I've tried asking this question on other forums, only to get "reinstall your drivers" followed by a dozen "doesn't work" responses. Stackoverflow is my last resort. Very stock Dell ...
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Computer freeze after connecting to usb flash drive

I tried to connect my WD500G mechanical drive to my computer using the case provided USB-A port. Recently when I connected, the system freeze and keyboard light went off. But other things work ...
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Laptop screen freezing/lagging randomly

I have a dell g5 5590 laptop and for about 6 months now I have been having this weird issue: the screen would randomly freeze on a frame and would come back online after moments. Sometimes it would ...
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Computer freezing Windows 10

thanks in advance for your time. i’m experiencing plenty of computer freeze these days. My system runs Windows 10 on a quad core machine (X4 860K). The freezing experience shows my computer that keeps ...
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Hardware Diagnostic Windows10 (System crashes / Black screen)

I very often have freezes of my Windows10 Computer, especially under heavy load (mostly in games). Symptoms: Black screen and sound repeating infintely. No more reaction on any key. Otherwise my PC ...
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