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• Windows hangs or freezes randomly

  Original title: System problem

  I am using windows 7 ultimate and my computer freezes randomly over and over again after a few seconds, it starts normally

  Hi Praveen,

  1. is the issue limited while accessing any program in particular?

  2 have you made changes on the computer before this problem?

  This problem may occur following a conflict of third party software, virus system or file system is corrupt.

  Refer to the steps in the following Microsoft article and check if that helps.

  Windows hangs or freezes: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2681286

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again, the data files that are infected can be cleaned by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope that the information provided is useful.

• Windows 7 Professional freezes sometimes - same error message hangs too! Help!

  Hello

  Windows 7 Professional installed has been suspended or freezing occasionally in recent weeks and would appreciate advice on how to solve this problem.

  Some additional details about my situation:

  • I've been using experienced PC (a HPw1907v with windows 7 Professional installed) for the last few months, but only the problem hanging or freezing in 3/4 weeks.
  • It doesn't seem to be common to the freezing episodes factors - sometimes I run a certain program - sometimes nothing at all.
  • When the PC crashes, I can not access the keyboard (Ctrl/alt/delete etc.) but audio will focus on the race.
  • The only way to get the PC going again is to pass the thing and the new (I know that's not good for the PC) and when the closing error screen appears it is often frozen (other than the countdown to numbers).
  • Sometimes I have to manually restart 2 or 3 times before Windows starts up again (in other words, it will restart but always show a frozen mouse).
  • I tried to install a Microsoft performance fix run and he seems to think there is a problem with programs running at startup-, but being not very PC to read and write, I'm not sure what programs to stop execution etc.
  • I already looked at several forum posts ""freezes"windows 7", but none of the other users problems exactly matches my problem.

  Any advice for someone who doesn't know much about PCs would be greatly appreciated.

  One final thought - I wonder if reinstalling Windows can fix it...

  Thank you

  D

  Hello

  This problem can occur because some third-party programs resulting in the issuance or the virus.

  I suggest you try all the steps from the following link:

  Crashes Windows or freezes
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2681286/en-us

  Come back and let us know the State of the question, I'll be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

• Windows 7 screen freezes, freezes mouse cursor and keyboard freezes.

  Hi all

  About a month ago my internet kept cutting at about 02:00 in the afternoon - even if my BThub said it was a signal - and my internet access would not return until 05:00 sharp later that day here. This went on for about two weeks, it doesn't happen too much now, however, recently, something happens...

  I have a desktop HP Pavilion s5000 and all day - every day - not only freezes my screen, if I'm online or simply type in a Word doc, but my mouse cursor and keyboard freeze too, all at once. It's as if all of the computer crashes, and the only way I can "unfreeze" it is cutting off the entire batch to the switch. In this case nothing three times a day to ten times a day. Can someone tell me what could be the problem and how I can try to solve it? I did a system restore, to restore the PC to a date earlier, I did this about five times now, but the problem persists.

  Many thanks in advance,

  Danni.

  Hello Danni,

  Thank you for reaching out to us to the Microsoft Community Forum.

  When your computer hangs or freezes, it is disruptive and can slow you down. There are a few reasons your computer might hang, freeze, or crash. Try the following common methods provided for in article below as a first step to solve the problem.

  8.1 Windows, Windows 8 or Windows 7 hangs or freezes

  Note:

  The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Also as you use HP computer, you can try the troubleshooting provided in the link below steps and check if that helps resolve the issue.

  Computer hangs or freezes (Windows 7)

  Note:

  BIOS change / semiconductor (CMOS) to complementary metal oxide settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

  Important:

  In case you follow ' step 7 "in the above link from HP that speaks to recover the computer to factory settings then you will need to contact HP support and we also recommend that you back up all important data to an external drive before recovery of the computer to the factory settings.

  Hope that the information provided will help you. Do we know the State of the question, so that we can help you further.

• Trying to install a new installation of win xp on a dell insp 700 m. all is well until you are ready to hit enter to select where to load windows. the keyboard freezes and crashes.

  win xp install

  Im trying to install a new install of win xp on a dell insp 700 m. all is well until you are ready to hit enter to select where to load windows. the keyboard freezes and crashes. It worked early, when I hit enter to launch the cd? any ideas? TX marty

  Thank you! I tried what you mentioned, nothing has worked... I plugged a usb keyboard and it works, so I'm starting to believe it could be a motherboard problem. I finally got windows xp pro installed, no conflicts in Device Manager, all the drivers are installed and now running smooth. I removed the keyboard, and re-set, all connections look good, but still not good. the synaptics keyboard works fine and both rt & lft click the buttons. I pulled the ram to inspect it, it's the right speed, ddr2700, and after running for an hour, it was cold to the touch! I'll try to get a new keyboard and replace it, their pretty good work, if still not good it becomes pieces on ebay... lol tx again... Marty

• KB915597 cause windows vista to freeze

  KB915597 for Windows Defender update causes Windows Vista to freeze.  At all times, I have to restart my computer for this reason.  And I can't uninstall Windows Defender because it is now integrated into Windows Vista.  In addition, I can not uninstall the update.  If ever I have to reinstall windows again and uncheck automatic updates, so I can make sure that this update is downloaded or simply live with the question until Microsoft fixes it.  Microsoft has released a fix for this error yet?  There is nothing wrong with my laptop because I just erased the hard drive and reinstalled vista.  I actually discovered this by accident because I reinstalled my operating system before but this freeze happening started and I thought it was a problem of Dell Update.

  http://www.PCWorld.com/article/226739/remove_windows_defender_as_long_as_windows_is_defended.html

• Windows hangs on access to this file

  I have a file on my PC which causes a deadlock if I do something with it. It may not be relevant, but the file in question is \movie.dll. My mcafee crashes when it scans the file. I can not rename, delete, or replace without causing Windows hang. CTRL-ALT-DEL does not work and the only thing we can do is power off.

  Hello

  Use the Safe Mode if possible - repeatedly, press F8 that you start.

  If necessary, use these utilities

  UnLocker 1.90 + (free)
  http://unlocker.emptyloop.com/

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-click on - RUN AS ADMIN

  Below also work on Vista 64 bit

  Another good alternative - use FileAssassin:

  FileAssassin - free
  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/fileassassin.php

  Force delete (cannot delete) closed or in used files or folders with FileASSASSIN
  http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/27/force-delete-cannot-delete-locked-or-in-used-files-or-folders-with-FileASSASSIN/

  Download - SAVE - go to where you put it-click on - RUN AS ADMIN

  And this - MoveOnBoot

  MoveOnBoot
  http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/MoveOnBoot.html

  I hope this helps.

• Windows live photos freezes when I try to import photos

  Windows live photos freezes when I try to import photos from a directory on my removable disk. In fact, it freezes every time I try to do anything.

  I tried to do it with PICASA and it does the same thing.

  However, when I open it in safe mode, it works fine.

  Help, please.

  Hi zl1940,

  (1) if it works well before?

  (2) remember to make changes?

  I suggest you try the following steps:

  Method 1: You can run the fixit available in the article below

  Windows Live Photo Gallery freezes or cannot start

  Cannot download albums in Windows Live Photo Gallery after upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7

  
  Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  Method 2: Clean boot the computer, and check to see if the problem persists

  Follow step 1 in the link below,

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  If everything works well after a clean boot, you can deduce that some third-party services are at the origin of the problem.

  Continue with the remaining steps to pin-point on the third party service.

  After find you the program that is causing the problem, you will have to perhaps to update or install a newer version of the program, if you rarely use that you should consider uninstalling the software.

  Important: n ' forget not the computer to start normal follow step 7 in the link.

  If the problem persists, please repost your query on the Forum Windows Live

  Windows Live Forum -http://windowslivehelp.com/

  Thanks and greetings

  Ajay K

  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Windows Live Mail freezes and goes to not responding not to when you try to print an e-mail message

  Windows Live Mail freezes and goes to not responding not to when you try to print an e-mail message. I t comes up with unicode UTF-8

  It print a page of test very well and also printed from Notepad and word fine

  Scott

  Hi Scott,.

  (1) if it works well before?

  (2) remember to make changes to the computer before this problem?

  (3) what is the complete error message you receive?

  Method1: The computer in the boot and a test to see if you can print

  Follow step 1 in the link below,

  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135

  If everything works well after a clean boot, you can deduce that some third-party services are at the origin of the problem.

  Continue with the remaining steps to pin-point on the third party service.

  After find you the program that is causing the problem, you will have to perhaps to update or install a newer version of the program, if you rarely use that you should consider uninstalling the software.

  Important: n ' forget not the computer to start normal follow step 7 in the link.

  If the problem persists, you can post your query on the Windows Live Forums for more expert help

  Windows Live Forum -http://windowslivehelp.com/

  Thanks and greetings

  Ajay K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• Windows media player freezes

  Windows media player freezes about five seconds after I opened the program.  If I start to play a song in the library, it stops about two seconds in the song and make a noise and freeze.  Help.

  Hi Gobe4sting,
   
  Method 1:
  
  I suggest you delete the contents of the database of media player and check if this solves the problem.
   
  a. click the Start button.
  b. click on all programs.
  c. click on accessories.
  d. click on run, type the following to air filed:
  Medial player %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\
  e. click OK. Select and delete the files in this folder. Open Windows Media Player to initiate a rescan of your library.
   
  Method 2:
   
  Try to solve this problem with boot.
  See the following Microsoft KB article:
   
  How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/929135 
   
  Note: After a repair, be sure to set the computer to start as usual as mentioned in step 7 in the above article.
   
  Reference:
   
  Solve problems in Windows Media Player
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-in-Windows-Media-Player

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  I. Suuresh Kumar - Microsoft technical support.

  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.
  

• Windows hangs and nothing works, when I go to the Twitter site

  I have a strange problem. I am running Firefox, Windows 7 64 bit. Windows by hanging anything works keyboard, mouse, Manager of the tasks. He does for about 3 minutes, then it goes again. The funny part is he does it only when I go to my Twitter page. Also windows Explorer closes a little work.  Happens that when I use Firefox, Chrome, IE all other browsers do not cause windows to hang all tried. Fire fox will stop responding, then start up again only on my Twitter page. Ago that I know that Firefox is the problem, but their support is saying that Firefox can not cause Windows hang on Twitter. Funny, it seems that these problems begin when I install Firefox. But everyone tells me it's a matter of Windows. Can anyone help?

  Hello

  If you have only these problems when using Firefox, the solution seems obvious.

  Stop using Firefox and and uninstall this browser.

  Start using another browser that works.

  Concerning

• Windows 7 keeps freezing during and after the connection

  So for the last two weeks, my computer (a Dell Inspiron with Windows 7 laptop) has been having this problem.

  Whenever I try to start Windows, the computer freezes. Most of the time, I'll be able to connect in the first place and the desktop and the taskbar appears normal, but I won't be able to open all programs. The mouse will have a circle "loading" beside him who won't go away, will not come to the top of the start menu and the taskbar will be completely insensitive. When I move the cursor to the taskbar, the arrow usually turns into a circle of "loading". By pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete in the meantime does nothing. The only thing I can do is turn off the computer by pressing the power button.

  Sometimes I won't be able to connect at all. The desktop appears as a blank screen, either dark blue or black color. Sometimes the mouse cursor is sometimes visible and sensitive enough to be moved to the screen, sometimes that is not there or completely unresponsive. Whatever it is, there is absolutely nothing I can do when the computer is in this State.  Sometimes the Office does not at all, and I'll be stuck watching the blue 'Welcome' screen until I turn off the computer. Sometimes I can't even that, as the computer crashes as soon as I click on my user icon.

  These problems occur when I connect the guest too account. Sometimes they occur when I try to start the computer in Mode safe, but sometimes (usually after many frustrating attempts), I will be able to log in Mode safe mode normally. (Right now I'm in Mode safe mode with networking.) When I try to log on to the guest mode safe account, it always freezes before connect you or displays a message saying that there is "a mistake with the sense of service" or something like that.

  While in Safe Mode, I tried entering the system setup and turning off some startup programs. Who gets usually the computer working again for a little while, but after a few days problems reactivating. I also tried to do a restore of the system three times, but every time the restore has failed to occur due to errors (do not remember exactly what). The computer began working again after the attempt, but once more, the problems would be just begin again in a few days.

  What causes this problem, and what can I do to solve it for good?

  Hello

  It could be a particularly strong virus or malware. Safe mode, I would run my antivirus software on a deep, boot level scan. If you don't have an antivirus, I use and recommend Avast Free Edition: http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html (only use the Direct download link).

  Other than your antivirus and also run it from Safe Mode, the following malware scanners:

  Malwarebytes': http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html ;  and,

  SuperAntiSpyware: http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html .

  Again, use the Direct download link only. Let me know if this solves the problem for you.

  Kind regards

  BearPup

• The volume causes Windows Explorer to freeze

  Hi all

  A question I continue to meet is one which concerns the volume on my laptop controls.  Every now and then, when I try to adjust the volume of my computer, Windows Explorer will freeze.  When I try to click on the bar of Solution Explorer, I was informed that "Windows has stopped working", and I give myself the option to restart, closure or waiting so that he could respond.  I can shut down or restart and will unlock the bar, but any time I try to adjust the volume after this first occurrence will result in another gel.  Volume control by physical on my laptop volume button or the virtual volume mixer will produce the same result.
  Here are some specs...
  Software: Windows 7 Edition home premium (32 bit)
  Material: Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577
  It is a problem that happens erratically, but tends to occur more frequently when the laptop is unplugged.
  
  Can anyone give advice?

  Thank you, Pranav.

  I actually received a response from Technical Support for Windows earlier and it solved the problem!
  In this case, they said that i:
  First, back up all files.
  Then make a quick virus scan to search for threats.  A few should be ok, but 10 or more are a problem.
  Then, do an analysis of the file system to find all system files is damaged.  The scan detects and repairs.  To do:
  1. Open an elevated command prompt. To do this, click Start, click principally made programs, Accessories, right-click guest, and then click run as administrator. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click allow.
  2. At the command prompt, type the following command and press ENTER: sfc/scannow
  And that solved it for me!

• Windows 7 keeps freezing up on top of me

  I am running windows 7 on a Lenovo thinkpad and it keeps freezing up on me during about two minutes at a time. Just freezes. I tried to install the programs, remove programs, updated and so on. Can you help me?

  Hi Eddie,.

  From the description above, your Windows 7 is freezing.

  I suggest you try the steps from the following link:

  Windows 7 freeze problem
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2681286

  Note: When you perform online virus scanyou will lose some data which are affected by the virus. Microsoft is not responsible for the loss of this data.

  Post us the results once you try the steps above.

• What can cause my windows 7 keeps freezing upwards

  What can cause my windows 7 keeps freezing upwards

  Hi Peggy,

  There may be several causes, but the following link gives several good suggestions:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_vista-performance/Windows-freezing-up/59ad7ed6-A048-E011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5?page=1&TM=1315928800478 (still applicable to Windows 7)