Computer Freezes Troubleshooting

Reader Question:
“Hi Wally, I am having problems with Computer Freezes and wondering how to fix it?“ - Holly B., Canada

Before addressing any computer issue, I always recommend scanning and repairing any underlying problems affecting your PC health and performance:

Step 1 : Download PC Repair & Optimizer Tool (WinThruster for Win 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP and 2000 – Microsoft Gold Certified).
Step 2 : Click “Start Scan” to find Windows registry issues that could be causing PC problems.
Step 3 : Click “Repair All” to fix all issues.

Setting up weekly (or daily) automatic scans will help prevent system problems and keep your PC running fast and trouble-free.

Wally’s Answer:

Overview of Computer Freezes

When your computer freezes, it can be quite frustrating.

The causes of computer freezes can be many different things and many of these things can be fixed comparatively easily or prevented altogether, although you may still have computer freezes intermittently. Computer freezes can be due to lack of memory space, a bad motherboard, device drivers issues, video downloading issues, and more.

These can be attributed to normal use, improper file or program installation, and to viruses, spyware, and malware that you have caught from email or downloaded files. In addition, some hardware devices can cause your computer to freeze up or corrupted software can cause the stoppage of your computer use as well.

Sometimes your computer freezes when you are on the Internet, simply because the connection is not as strong as needed, or it can be due to downloading video or other media.

In other cases, unfortunately, it is often hard to find the cause of computer freezes or a reason can not be found, but there are some issues that a computer can be having that can cause.

What Problems are Associated with Computer Freezes?

The effects of computer freezes are pretty self-evident. The freeze of your computer, whether you are working on a paper, surfing the Internet, or playing a game can be very frustrating.

It can cause you to have to shut down the system or, at the least, have to shut down the program that you are on, which can cause you to lose information or, in the case of a game, where you are or what level that you are on. It can be a split second freeze or slow down, or it can be a freeze where you have to shut down the task or the computer to continue working or playing.

When you are in the midst of working on your computer and the computer freezes, this can affect the enjoyment that you will experience and it can affect your work or play.

Computer freezes or lockups are a common issue, but it is not something that you have to deal with. By finding the cause of it, you can decrease the number of computer freezes and be able to use your computer without worrying about it freezing up or locking up.

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Is Your PC Healthy?

I always recommend to my readers to regularly use a trusted registry cleaner and optimizer such as WinThruster or CCleaner. Many problems that you encounter can be attributed to a corrupt and bloated registry.

Happy Computing!

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