Questions tagged [freeze]
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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How can I provoke Windows to hang (freeze)?
I need to test equipment behaviour in the event that Windows hard hangs/freezes (e.g. frozen screen, no LEDs blinking, no reaction to inputs, including Ctrl+Alt+Del, etc.). In order to have enough ...
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Why do damaged hard drives freeze the entire system?
Why does a hard drive which is known to have bad blocks (verified in HDTune and HDDScan), freezes down my entire system?
It is not the OS drive; it is attached to another SATA port, and I'm trying to ...
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Installer hangs on "waiting for other installations to finish" despite no other installations in progress
I started an installation of the Xcode 4 developer's preview last night before going to bed. When I woke up, the installation had popped up a message saying to close Xcode first (doh!). I did so, but ...
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My computer freezes irregularly
My computer started to freeze at irregular times for 3 weeks now.
Please note that this question change with each things that i try. (For additional details)
What happens
My computer freezes, the ...
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Can a process be frozen temporarily in linux?
I was wondering if there is a way to freeze any process for a certain amount of time?
What I mean is that: is it possible for one application (probably running as root) to pause the execution of ...
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Window's Slack is frozen
The Windows app opens and loads Slack but then Slack freezes. Even the quit button doesn't work. I have to force-ably shut it down via the task manager. The Windows app's menu bar does work but some ...
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Excel freezes when copying / cutting to paste elsewhere
When cutting/copying some cells to paste them into another sheet/page, sometimes Excel freezes/locks up and fades out. At the top toolbar it says in brackets "not responding".
Eventually, I must ...
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GIMP stuck on "Loading Data Files: Fonts"
I load up GIMP and it gets stuck on "Loading Data Files: Fonts" every time.
I have deleted my GIMP profile multiple times, I cleared my font cache, I even searched for corrupt fonts, (0kb font file ...
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How to diagnose computer lockups and freezes?
I built a desktop computer a couple years back with the following specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz 6 MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor BX80580Q9300
Motherboard: EVGA 122-...
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What do do when Linux gui freezes
I'm running Gnome with compiz in Ubuntu 10.04. Sometimes the gui will freeze. I can move the mouse, but I can't interact with programs. The only thing I can do is go to a terminal window with Alt+Ctrl+...
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Windows 7 is stuck at "Starting Windows" when I attempt to boot computer
Basically, whenever I turn on my computer, it gets to the Starting Windows phase and just stays there. The startup animation still plays, yet it gets nowhere.
I have tried booting into safe mode, ...
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Windows 7 running slowly with low CPU usage and memory
I have a relatively new (under 2 yrs old) Windows 7 machine. It has 9GB of RAM, and an i7 core CPU (930 @ 2.8GHz w/ 8 CPUs). After about 8 months since a clean install, I noticed my computer was ...
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How to kill tasks in Windows 7 when even Task Manager won't open or respond?
Occasionally one of my computers will get so bogged down that everything locks up, Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work, Task Manager won't open, or they work, but are opening so slowly that it will take hours ...
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How do I troubleshoot hardware issues related to a computer freeze/crash?
What are some common guidelines and issues related to hardware being the issue of a computer crash?
What should I look for and how do I troubleshoot these problems?
What are some tools that are ...
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Logitech wireless keyboard / mouse hangs
Problems
Intermittent nature
The mouse will often hang (won't move)
The keyboard will often not type
Sometimes, the keys get saved up and come out later all at once, and sometimes they never come out
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