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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.
Chosen solution
- Run cmd.exe as an administrator
- Type "netsh winsock reset", and then press enter
- Restart PC
My computer would normally freeze up 3-4 a day. Since I applied the above solution my computer has been running normal for about 24 hours now.
Thank you Frankie303 for the fix,
lPenny
Hi! Freezes can have a lot of reasons.
My FIX here is for freezes who does´nt have any effect on the task Manager! Thats crazy - random freezes on Internet apps - all but Microsoft - thats crazy too!
It resets (Firewall?!) Network Settings to win8.1 Default. Thats something updaters never had - and thats the reason for random freezes on apps like Firefox, steam or other Internet apps..
So it´s a fix for all they had 3rd Party Firewalls or Antivirus installed before win8.1 update!!!
I do not have KB2901549.
I ran netsh winsock reset as administrator and did a cold reboot.
Within 5 minutes of running Microsoft Excel my machine froze up again.
TeddyP
Chosen solution
- Run cmd.exe as an administrator
- Type "netsh winsock reset", and then press enter
- Restart PC
My computer would normally freeze up 3-4 a day. Since I applied the above solution my computer has been running normal for about 24 hours now.
Thank you Frankie303 for the fix,
lPenny
