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Hi All,
I have an issue with windows 8.1 of which I would like someone to shed some light on for me.
The issue I am having is that every so often since upgrading 8.1 last night it keeps locking up on me for no apparent reason resulting in a a restart by the reset switch, and this never happened with windows 8 but it is annoying how 8.1 is now doing it.
Can anyone help? as I am seriously debating downgrading from windows 8.1 back to 8 as I don't want a system that locks up on me and is unstable all the time due to using my computer to do coursework for college and can't afford to lose any work that has not been saved.
SPECS:
MSI E350DM-E33
AMD E350 X2 @ 1.6Ghz
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD
ATI HD RADEON 6310
Yours Sincerely,
Shane
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since I've done that trick I found the system has been running great. I'll repeat it here and then try to scatter it into other replies. People should be made aware of this trick. Go into Task Manager. Right click on Windows Explorer. Click "restart"... then restart your PC... the PC will take awhile to reboot... the Windows system must be "reinstalling" or something.... this reset everything very well, for me....
It is odd that you couldn't run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealthhere is a link to the scanner http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx If it doesn't work you can search Bing for Microsoft security scanner
Did it give you an error? Maybe it was typed in wrong or you weren't running command prompt as admin. You can copy from here and right click then select paste in the command prompt.
Does dism /online cleanup-image /checkhealth or dism /online cleanup-image /scanhealth run.
One of those will scan the computer for issues and report back if there is anything to fix. The other will the registry and other places to see if Windows set flags which is just its way of marking that there is an issue that needs repaired.
None will try and fix anything but they should run.
Same exact problem I'm having! Ever since I upgraded to 8.1 yesterday this has been happening.
EDIT: I also notice that when the freeze occurs for me that my mouse is responsive as normal and I can move it around the screen but my keyboard stop responding. I can click with the mouse but it doesn't do anything. The system doesn't automatically restart, I have to force a power-down or restart by physically hitting the button on my case. No errors seem to show upon restart either.
Intel i7 960
Asus Rampage III Extreme
6Gb Corsair DDR3
250Gb Intel SSD
2x Nvidia GTX 670
I've had Windows 8.1 installed for about a month and it's been working fine. Ever since a day or two ago though, it's been freezing when left idle for awhile. The mouse can move but nothing responds to anything.
This problem seems to me to have started after installing updates KB2884848, KB2883200, and KB2895219, although I can't be sure of this.
Specs:
Lenovo ideapad Z580
Windows 8.1 Pro
Intel i5 3210M
8GB RAM
Mine freezes regardless of it being idle and as I said to the guy who replied before you my mouse doesn't even respond to me moving the mouse. It is rather annoying though.
would you say that un-installing these updates would be worth a try?
