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Windows 8 desktop pc won't wake up / freezes
There are a few questions about win 8 laptops having sleep problems. Mine is a desktop (so power options with batteries and such don't apply) and also my issue might be different.
My system is only ...
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Is there a way to diagnose Windows & hang when trying to sleep, intermittently
I have a laptop which runs on Windows 7 Ultimate. I normally run a dozen of apps while working, such as Visual Studio 2010, Outlook 2010, Eclipse, VMware Player, Chrome and various RDP session. I ...
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Win7 Pro x64 task manager hangs when restarting explorer.exe after waking from sleep
I have a desktop running Windows 7 x64 Pro, set for Hybrid Sleep on a wired network. Wakeup is only enabled from the keyboard (wake on mouse and Wake-On-LAN are both disabled). Sometimes when it ...
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Windows 7 hangs after going into sleep a second time
I've searched everywhere around Google and can't figure out why this is happening so I decide to ask here to see if anyone has a problem like this.
Like it says in the title, whenever I sleep ONCE ...
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Why does my computer freeze randomly and then power button not respond?
My computer has this problem where it will randomly freeze and can only be turned off by a hard power off (i.e. I have to flip the power supply switch, the power button won't respond).
The power ...
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w520 sleep freeze
This laptop is driving me crazy.
Sometimes when I instruct it to go to sleep (by closing the lid or pressing hotkey on keyboard).
It either doesn't respond to the commandThe screen goes black but it ...
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Why does Windows 7 mouse freeze after resuming from sleep?
A similar question previously posted at Super User is Why Does My Windows 7 PC Freeze After Waking from Sleep?, but none of the previous answers intially appeared to solve my problem or were the same ...
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Why can't I physically access my machine after a remote session?
I have a Dell Optiplex 960 desktop running Windows 7 64-bit at work. I typically leave it locked rather than logged off when I go home, so that I'm able to remote in from home and continue working if ...
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How do I diagnose the cause of a freeze after resuming in Windows XP (SP3)?
I have just built a new computer from parts. Whenever I resume from any sleep mode (S1, S3 or S4) the computer freezes within about 60 seconds of the welcome screen appearing. At this point the ...
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Windows 7 stuck after wake up - have tried several things already
My new PC (Intel Core Quad Q8400 2.66GHz, 2GB RAM) came with Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit. It will wake up with a wireless keyboard after hibernation or suspend but it gets stuck there. It doesn't seem ...
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Why might a Macbook Pro be freezing on resume from sleep?
My Macbook Pro (17" 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, OS X 10.4.11) often locks up when it resumes from sleep. I usually know I'm in trouble when the display brightness doesn't adjust right away. Then it ...
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How do I stop Ubuntu from hanging due to processes going into 'disk sleep'?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit on an AMD. It regularly hangs for a few minutes at a time when some of the processes's CPU usage % goes into 'disk sleep'. During that time I can't start new programs and ...
