Windows 10: Freezing games on PC for no apparent reason?

My hardware:

i5 4670k á 4,4ghz (has been running so stable for years)

Asus Strix GTX 1060

MSI Z87-G45 gaming motherboard

16GB G.Skill DDR3 Ram

The games will have a still image after a short time and then switch to "Inactive" or "Not responding" in the Task Manager.

The "error" has been occurring for about a week.

:)

 

Can't play Hit It Rich game and system freezes

Hi carmenstanley1,

Thank you for your response.

I can understand how frustrating it would be. This issue might be due to corrupted profile or if the game is not installed completely. I suggest you to follow these steps and let us know if it works.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

• Are you aware of any changes happened on the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Have you tried playing this game on other browser (Google chrome or Mozilla) and check for the issue?
  

Step 1: Uninstall or Repair the game.

1. Press Windows and
   R key together on your Keyboard.
2. Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Right click on the Hit it Rich app > Select Repair or uninstall it.
4. Reinstall the application and check for the issue.
   

Step 2: Create a new local account.

The reason might be due to user account corruption, so I would suggest you to ‘Create
a local user or administrator account’ and check if the issue persists.

Note: You will not see all your files under your default file location.
So your data will be saved under C:\Users\User_name.

If you are facing issues with freezing, I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps on
Tips to improve PC performance in Windows
10.

Hope it helps.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Minecraft freezes gaming PC

Hi,

We have here a thread Windows 10 freezes when playing games
related to your concern. We suggest that you go through the steps provided by
Roger Lu.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Windows 10 freezes up for no apparent reason.

To the group:

My PC, running windows 10, freezes for no apparent reason. The mouse pointer freezes, and the Task Manager can not be opened using the Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination; it simply does nothing. The Event Viewer found in Administrative Tools reveals a
critical error with the "kernel power." What is this? Could this be a hardware issue? The mainboard is a Gigabyte H170N-WiFi, CPU a Intel i5@2.70Mhz, and SanDisk SSD. All hardware, except for keyboard, is new(less than three months. Does anyone else have
issues with all these? Thanks.

--Tim