Windows 8.1 Keeps freezing any help?
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It is odd that you couldn't run dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth here 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.
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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
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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
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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
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However, after days of diagnosing, I found the reason for the freeze, my Corsair Force 240GB SSD.
I switched it out and reinstall windows 8.1 and the freeze is gone.
Initially I though it was the GPU, Motherboard or PSU until I reach the last test, testing the hard disc.
Before this I was able to always force the freeze when running 3D Mark 11 and some games. It only took about 5 to 10 minutes to make the computer freeze so I thought it was the GPU. When the compute freezes by just browsing and doing light load stuff, I had my doubts and did all forms of diagnosing tricks found on forums and so forth.
Right now my desktop is running fine with regular hard disc. Maybe Corsair's SSD sucks or Windows 8.1 screws up some settings.
I hope this helps anyone having the same issue.
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Mine is constantly freezing too since updating to 8.1. Control/alt/delete often will not bring upon the task manager. Am getting really frustrated, can anyone advise or is it best I uninstall and then re-install? Although I don't even know how to do that!
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Mine is constantly freezing too since updating to 8.1. Control/alt/delete often will not bring upon the task manager. Am getting really frustrated, can anyone advise or is it best I uninstall and then re-install? Although I don't even know how to do that!
You need to get the Windows 8.1 ISO to do the clean install, or do a Windows 8 clean install and straight away upgrade to Windows 8.1.
But this will all depend on how you get the Windows 8 copy.
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I've had this exact problem. I can move my mouse cursor, but nothing else is responsive. I have another thread going on this same issue it seems . . . http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/system-freezes-frequently-but-pointer-moves/b1f40174-b22e-4eaa-9c31-b1539b6c4841.
My computer hasn't "frozen" since Sunday, so I'm not sure what happened as I've tried numerous things such as system restore, defrag, scannow, Dism RestoreHealth, uninstalled Norton that wasn't working correctly (using Windows Defender now), etc. I'm not willing to resinstall Windows (I don't have the ISO and don't want to pay for it) for something that seems intermittent and my computer was working just fine prior to installing Windows 8.1.
