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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.
After upgrading from Windows 8.1 to windows 10 a few days ago my keyboard and mouse began to freeze up when I type, especially on Facebook. Sometimes the hourglass is present and sometimes not. How do I fix this. It was working fine before I upgraded...
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Hello!
Around Sep/2014, we assembled a computer from scratch, with 32 GB RAM, two dual output ATI video cards (for 4 monitors), an 8-core AMD processor, four HD, and installed Windows 8.1 Professional from the original DVD.
About 8 months later, with daily updates, and a few programs all loaded onto its E: drive throughout that period, the machine started to freeze, when idle, although it would work flawlessly, even when streaming a long video (like a full length soccer game, or a concert).
We searched for answers on the Internet, and tried a few suggestions, to no avail.
Today (Jul 05/2015), when we turned the computer off, and back on due to another freeze, a message equivalent to "Windows is repairing the C: drive" came on the screen, and, that progressively went from 0% to 100%, in just a couple of minutes.
Next, a screen offered to Refresh, Reset, or Restore the PC, to which we clicked on Refresh. The process continued, as soon as we inserted the Windows 8.1 disc into the D: drive.
The whole deal lasted about 30 minutes, and Windows downloaded all the apps from the Store, and provided an html list of all the Removed Apps.
Perhaps, having the C: drive dedicated to the Operating System has made things a little easier. Since the Refresh job, our computer has had no issues!
Cordially,
Val Ferreira
