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A few weeks ago, my Windows 7 Professional started to misbehave with the cursor locking up, moving back, jumping to an HTML screen, etc. I could mostly recover by moving the arrow keys back and forward or deleting these unwanted pop ups. It occurs with all applications, more on than off. I...

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I have a problem with my computer locking up with the keyboard and mouse unresponsive and a horrible sound coming from the speakers (I think). This has happened 5 times since I upgraded to a SSD. The first two times it happened the computer was really hot. Fan Speed showed that it was in the...

Hello everyone, New member here. I bought a new computer at Fry's, when I make a new folder on the C drive I get the blue-circle-of-death and Windows Explorer locks up. Is this a know bug in 8.1? I went to the MS website and downloaded all the updates for Windows, then rebooted the machine...

My wife's Windows 7 home premium on a HP desktop computer with IE 10 is unable to properly access web pages. The computer boots properly and quickly. All installed programs also work properly including Windows Live Mail. However, when launching IE 10, any page will take several minutes to load...

So, since yesterday evening, I've been having these really strange lock ups. I will be playing/using the computer and then Windows Explorer will lock up- as in, I cannot right click on the Desktop, I cannot open new programs, I cannot close programs. However, for a short time afterwards (1-3...

I have a custom computer that at the start it would lock up and I wouldn't be able to do anything. The sound would keep going but no response and the only solution would be to restart. As time passed I eventually got the BSOD and did some looking up to see what was wrong. Upon research I...

Hi, Recently me computer seems to be locking up also having constant crashes with video driver has recovered message and lately BSOD has popped up a couple of times. Im not sure if they are all linked I thought it was a issue with graphics card so i purchased another one then I thought it was...

OK, I know this thread is old, but I am having an issue with my pc locking up when I try and transfer files. The problem started when I had the bright idea of trying server 2008 with hyper v and running a vm on hyper v should have stuck with VMware. Any way the vm besides having no sound card...

My Windows 7 system and/or Office 207 Professional occasionally 'lock up' and gives me the chance to report the error before closing the program involved. The PC Issues flag has two solutions, one for Skype and one for Microsoft Office. Which ever one I try to read the action centre screen...

I have a Lenovo K320 desktop. Came out of the box with: Intel® Core™ i7-870 Processor ( 2.93GHz 1333MHz 8MB ) ATI Radeon HD5570 8 GB PC3-10600 DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz 1TB 7200 280W Power Supply I wanted to beef up my gaming so I got a new GFX card which required a new power supply. I...

For the past month my computer has been experiencing multiple issues. I don't believe the cause is a Virus/Spyware, though I could be wrong. Sometimes the computer just shuts down. No BSOD, no error message, it just shuts down. Other times the mouse and keyboard hang. The lights on the keyboard...

I have a Dell Studio 14z and ever since upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista we have had nothing but issues with the unit. Recently, we have started to experience shutdown issues along with periodically it freezes on the desktop for 2-5 minutes and then continues on. I would like to first...

I couldn't actually figure it out which one out of those three happens, I will try to explain as best as I can. I get totally random lock ups. Happens during a game, watching a movie, browsing or just listening to music. Sometimes it lasts for a minute, sometimes 90 secs or so. But it's not a...

I have a new dell studio running windows 7 and for some reason almost all of my programs, when I try to open them say "not responding". This also includes the games that came with windows such as minesweeper and solitare, etc. I can still use internet explorer but it also says not responding and...

As the title suggests any attempt to use Alchemy with Fallout 3 in Windows 7 results in a crash aproximately 1 minute in to play. The crash is in the form of the game simply locking up. I am able to alt-tab and close the game via task manager. Without Alchemy the game runs fine but the audio is...

I'm having a weird issue that I hope someone can help me with. I am running build 7100 of Windows 7 64 Bit. Yesterday I upgraded my ram from 4gb to 6gb. Now Windows will just lock up solid. (No mouse, can't ALT-Tab-Delete) It just freezes. Everything was working with no issues at all until...

Hi everyone I dont know if anyone can help me but im running windows 7 build 7100 on my partitioned HHD and it had been running fine. then one day my computer would not start in windows 7 ( It will start in safe mode but no other) It always seems to lock up when starting when the windows logo...

Windows 7 will not lock up on me if I am constantly moving the mouse or doing something like being active on the PC, if I leave the pc, as if it knows I am away from it and locks the frick up. I have max performance set for power plan I have disabled everything goes to sleep or hibernation etc...

Hi all, Preamble So I have a few issues in W7 this being my most serious and confusing and I feel that this is most likely hardware related but it in all honesty could be anything. I am running W7 x64 on the following platform: Intel desktop Board (DG31PR) Intel Core 2 duo 2.33MHz 3GB ram...