PC Screen Freeze
What Is PC Screen Freeze?
Everybody who has ever used Windows driven PC will know that moment when the screen, and seemingly everything else, ‘freezes’.
All of a sudden you can’t move your mouse cursor, close programs or windows, or basically do anything at all, other than sit and look at a totally immobile display panel!
Everything on the screen is frozen in its current condition, so what do you do now?
Well, the first thing to do is to try being patient, waiting a few seconds to see what actually happens. Often, such a freeze is a temporary thing and everything will start functioning again in a perfectly normal manner in a few short moments.
If that doesn’t work, then you need to move to ‘plan B’ but, before we consider what that might be, lets look at what actually causes your PC screen to freeze up so dramatically in the first place.
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What Causes PC Screen Freeze?
The most common and least dangerous cause of your PC screen freezing is the fact that your machine is using all of it’s RAM memory at that particular moment.
There is simply no memory free to run anything.
So, your machine cannot do anything at all until the program that is ‘RAM hogging’ stops doing whatever it is doing, and frees up some RAM to get things moving again.
Always remember that for every program that you have running in the foreground, the stuff that you have actually started yourself, there are many, many other programs running deep inside your PC as well.
So it is actually quite easy for your PC to have the RAM memory running at 100% capacity, without too much effort on your part!
Another possible screen freeze cause might be the sheer number of programs that you have running at the same time.
Each one is using up some RAM and eventually, if you have enough running at the same time, you will hit 100% RAM capacity usage, at which point you will see the inevitable screen freeze until the system gets a little less busy.
If the freeze up seems a little less temporary than this, then there are two possible causes.
The first possibility is that there is an error or fault in the Windows registry itself, and it is this system fault that is causing the frozen screen. This is the most likely cause.
The final and most serious possibility is that it is a virus in your machine that is causing the error. If this is the case, then the chances are that you wouldn’t be reading this right now, as a screen freeze caused by a virus could very well turn out to be a terminal problem.
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How To Fix “Computer Screen Freeze”
The first question is whether the problem is purely a short term temporary one, or something a little more serious.
Working out the answer to this one is dead simple. When it freezes, give it a few seconds to see if it unfreezes itself. Chances are that at least 90% of the time, that will do the trick.
If not, it may still be a temporary problem, only it is a little more stubborn!
Press the ‘Alt’, ‘Ctrl’ and ‘Del’ buttons all at the same time, and you should bring up the Windows Task Manager frame. See if any program is shown in the ‘Applications’ window as not being responsive.
If anything shows, highlight it and click the ‘End Task’ toggle.
Give it a few seconds, and the non-responsive programs or application should shut down. The chances are pretty good that this will sort it out.
If neither of these work, and the error appears a bit less temporary, then you have to bring on the ‘big guns’, by applying the correct software programs to the problem/
It is highly likely that you already have some kind of anti-virus software on your PC – if so, run a full virus scan now. If you don’t have anti-virus software already, you can download the program from Kaspersky.
Run your anti-virus scan in full just in case, but the chances are good (and you should hope) that it is not a virus infection.
If not, then you have problems somewhere within the Windows registry.
Again it makes good sense to use the correct software to trace and then fix the problems.
Run a free scan using the excellent SpeedyPC software, which should locate and isolate all of the potential problems within the registry of your PC (that is, not ONLY the problems causing the screen freeze).
Then, simply download the software, and use it to get rid of whatever bugs, defects and errors there are in your Window system, some of which are more than likely behind the frozen screen problems.
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SCREEN FREEZE !
ARROW FREEZES–SOMETIMES RIGHT AFTER LOGGING ON TO EXPLORER…OTHER TIMES I CAAN WORK 10-15 MINUTES
W/O PROBLEM.
I AM NOT REALLY TOO LITERATE IN COMPUTEREEZE.
WHERE SHOULD I GO NOW? WE HAVE REGISTRY AND I USE IT DAILY.
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when i turn my computer on it freezes on the blue window that has the windows xp logo and it will not go past that. all system shuts down and the cd rom will not work either what is wrong with my computer can someon help me
How can you run any program scan or registry if your screen is frozen and nothing works? What is my problem now?
My computer takes “forever” to start – multiple start-ups – then shuts down because of some error on a blue screen, which does not remain on long enough to read any contents.
I decided to download google earth to have a look. I downloaded it from Google and it all installed fine. When I tried to run Google Earth my screen froze and everything stopped working. I clicked the mouse button a few times and my PC beeped once at me. (Short Beep) After that nothing would work at all. I have to turn it off and turn it on again. It does this with certain programs I install or download. Problem is they are all safe programs from trusted sites or companies.
Does anyone have any answers
Thanks Nathan
Who is this Yorgi S. Is it backwards for sigroy.. sigfried and roy? tapping themself on the back for a clever marketing stunt?
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I seem to have the screen freeze, and can’t do anything, after trying all I know (???) I have to shut it off at the power bar, after about an hour or so, I can then turn it back on and restart. I don’t know if I am doing any damage, but so far it is my answer. I don’t know how you can run a scan when everything is frozen.
Thank you, very helpful :)
My 2nd PC started freezing after upgrading RAM from 256MB to 2GB. I ran RegCure and cleaned registry plus defrag / anti virus/ and cleaned out all junk files and history. Still freezes. Using “3 Broadband” wireless USB and it gets very hot. In process of getting it changed. After upgrading RAM, is it possible that the BIOS needs updated as the motherboard was updated a few years back,
Also, the graphics card is a Nividia GE force 2MX/MX400,
Can the problem be compatibility between the Graphics card and the higher 2GB RAM now installed
it freeze nothing can be move i turned on and off too many times already,can not get to the bios to change theboot from harddrive to the cd recovery,what i need to do now beside looking at the dead screen,help please
I am at my whits end witrht he blue screen of death frequenting my laptop to frequently. I ran scan after acan (McAfee) and notihng showed – I removed McAfee, installed Norton ’10 and for around 10 days things were pretty normal and blue screen had only reappeared once. Is there any clear to give explanation as to what this is, and what can I do to see rid of it? Many thanks indeed. Gavin.
this freezing pc has been my problem since i bought my pc. i have reformatted my pc yet the problem persists.i ha ve concluded plan to buy a new laptop but let me try your product.i will give you feedback.
Hi … I read your Message but on another Device Because my Other Pc will not work and it will freezing and it will not give me a chance to put SPEEDY PC on it … what am i Suppose to do in this case ? please i want Answer
Load your PC in safe mode if you can’t get in regular. F8 then Safe Mode with Networking is what you want.
Gavin M: The problem may actually be mcafee, it has been known to be resouce hogging, so while you are doing work etc. you may think it is running silently in the background but in fact it could be taking all the memory available to protect your pc so RAM is most probably being used by Mcafee. To find out if Mcafee is causing the problems uninstall it and remove everything as long as you have the cd to reinstall. Go on to http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/anti-virus_trial this is a great anti virus system. once you run this trial free for a month check and see if your computer freezes. Another thing is that you could go to a local computer store and ask about installing more RAM. depending on what kind of RAM you need it could cost anything between £20 – £100 or more. But do not get turned away because thjis can be a possible long term soultion to your screen freezing up. Hope this helps.
when i play pokemon diamond (ds emulator) the pc freezes after like 30 minutes. it happens all the time.
i need help computer freeze every time i use internet
I have recently downloaded a antivirus software(Bitdefender 2010).I installed it and after i restarted my computer , a window popped and said if i wanted to apply something on internet explorer , and when I say no , then nothing can be opened the only thing I can do is moving the mouse. I have Windows xp home edition.What can I do?
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When turning on my laptop, it freezes on the Gateway computer screen. Nothing you already mentioned works. How can I wipe it clean and reload all programs and drivers?
Hi – I’ve got a screen freez problem with my sound going ‘hackidy-dack’ (t-t-t-t-t) I even bought a new screen card and still the same problem. It might be windows registry – but know nothing of this and how to fix it (if it’s the actual problem) I do agree on the possibility of ram depletion – but it doesn’t make sense – If got 4Gb of ram – Quad-core and then I play a game for 15-20min and freez !! (along with sound note repetition). Sometimes in Windows as well (10 min after I’m in windows) ?? Please please help. Joe -
my pc keeps frezin up an runnin slow
I had recurrent screen freeze. After reading loads of advice on the wqeb I decided to take the simplest solution first.
I hoovered the dust out of all of the fans and patrs of the computer that are accessible.
Now it is running fine so I assume that the dust was causing the fans to work less efficiently and the PCU etc was heating up and so causing freeze.
I would recomment that everyone try this solution first as it is a lot cheaper than all the complex solutions that I have read on the web.
i do online racing at i racing . com, a couple months ago my computer started freezing during the races, i would half to do a manual shut down to get out, i racing put a gauge on my screen to see if anything would change during this problem. the only change was in frames per second, it normaly runs at 51 fps, but when my screen does its slow down it drops to 7 or 9 fps. any ideas. PC Pro spen about 5 hours in my computer and cold not find any problem, a computer shop in town could find no problems, but i still have problems. ron
Hi, my laptop when out of battery in the middle of a disk check, and when i restarted it and it finished the disk check the dektop pops up, i cant move my mouse but no programs starts up, NONE. and it says that windows is not responding. HOW DO I RUN A FULL VIRUS SCAN WHEN I CANT USE MY PC !? (i dont want to reset my pc)
my computer froze and i cant even log in the bottom bar outline shows but other than that its still on the login page. i was trying to move some files but i put them on my desktop and now my screen froze. only the start button worked so i put it my laptop on stand by. it brought me to the login page but when i logged in it didnt work and the screen froze.
help! I cant get rid of a backgammmon game that i was playing
i hate sites that try to sell you crap, if your pc pauses then it will be registry try this software it will fin dthe problems, they dont metion money, all these programs claim you have 600 probs then fix one of them and please buy to fix the other 599
my screen freezes when i play my online game.
screw dat, I know someone who ran one of those “FREE” scans, messed up his machine and had to buy the not so free software to put it back where it was “FIXED IT”
My Pc’s system sofware froze after installing an antivirus. I’ve tried troubleshooting to no avail. I’ve also tried to unistall it but there’s no reponse. What should i do now?
none of ur solutions worked for me .. i am using gateway laptop 3gb ram ..512 graphics .. win 7 premium .since the day i bought tis laptop i am facing this problem of freezing .. once it freezes i try to restart forcefully usin power button but it freezes at startup logo . this problem persists for couple of days and goes ..and after some days again i hv same prblm :(
This fails, when i press Ctrl Alt Del nothing happens even though I know its supposed to.
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I have a blue screen on my Dell 1450 lap top. There is much information on how to fix the problem. Because I am unable to to to access any programs on my lap top because it is frozen with a fatal error blue screen, I don’t know how to get around this problem. Right now I am using a second computer
Thank you