PC randomly freezes

Not sure what is going
but lately my windows 10 has been randomly freezing.. and i need to restart the pc.


Anyone can help?

Is there a particular program, or are there a tiny group of programs, that lead to PC freezing? I know you used the word random, however, sometimes, the freezing is not really random. Also, was there any major driver update or updating of drivers? How about Windows Updates - any specific or tiny group of WUs done? I think others in here will ask for a list of important hardware in the computer.

RolandJS said:

Is there a particular program, or are there a tiny group of programs, that lead to PC freezing? I know you used the word random, however, sometimes, the freezing is not really random. Also, was there any major driver update or updating of drivers? How about Windows Updates - any specific or tiny group of WUs done? I think others in here will ask for a list of important hardware in the computer.

not any particular programs..
i just use it normally with browser and some other apps

only update was recent 20H2..

I wonder if low ram is the cause?
I do have a lot of tabs open..

My PC hardware/spec is under my bio "My Computer"

"Memory: 16GB" not bad, not bad at all! I have no idea what is causing the freezing, I will listen in and learn from others in here what the solution set is.

Hello @madmax2,

As a start, please perform the following . . .

 SFC and RestoreHealth

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Highlight ALL the commands below.

IMPORTANT:

• It is recommended when running SFC that Fast Startup is turned OFF [ Turn it back ON when finished ] => How to Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10
  
  
• If SFC finds any ERRORS that it can NOT repair, run SFC again upto 3 more times, Restarting after each to allow any pending actions to be implemented.
  
  
• DISM will initially try and Repair ANY Corrupted or Missing files using the Component Store.
  If this is NOT possible, DISM will use Windows Update. Therefore, Internet access is required.
  If you are NOT connected to the Internet, you will receive a Error: 0x800f081f.

[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Paste.
[5] Press Enter.

Code:

sfc /scannow
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
sfc /scannow

• When the above has finished processing . . .

[6] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Edit > Select All.
[7] Right-click on the title bar of the Administrator: Command Prompt Window again > Edit > Copy.

• Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

[8] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
[9] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

• In your post it will look like this . . .

Code:

<<< Results here >>>

 SFC Error Report

However, if there are STILL SFC ERRORS . . .

[1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
[2] Highlight the command below.

NOTE:

If you have a Relocated Desktop, then change the %UserProfile% part of the Command below to the actual path of the Relocated Desktop folder.

[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] Right-click inside the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Paste.
[5] Press Enter.

Code:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\SFC_Details.log"

• This will create a SFC_Details.log file on the Desktop.

EITHER:

Copy & Paste the results into your post using the [CODE] tags . . .

[1] Open the SFC_Details.log file in Notepad.
[2] Press the Ctrl + A keys together.
[3] Press the Ctrl + C keys together.
[4] In your post, click the Hashtag icon #.
[5] Click INSIDE the [CODE]Here[CODE] tags and press the Ctrl + V keys together.

• In your post it will look like this . . .

Code:

<<< Results Here >>>

OR:

UPLOAD the file => How to Upload and Post Screenshots and Files at Ten Forums.

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I hope this helps.