Windows 10: PC Freezing When Minimising Or Opening New Tab

Whenever I play a more hardware intensive game and either switch to it or try to minimise it, my entire computer freezes and im forced to restart. I recently bought a new motherboard and CPU, and these problems started to happen after this, although before I had noticed that sometimes I would fullscreen a video and my pc would freeze, however I would usually be able to fix this by alt+f4. Specs:Ryzen 5 5600Rx 5700 XT16 GB's of RAM 2400 MHz if its relevant, might be too slow?B550M-K MotherboardMAG A650BN psu so I assume its not a power issue unless im an absolute idiotI also noticed that EVER

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IE11 freezes when opening new tabs quite often.

Hi Byron,

Based on your description of your concern, after fixing your Windows 10 update issue, your Internet Explorer 11 app is experiencing freezing issues when you open a new tab. In addition, a Microsoft Edge shortcut button appeared on your browser. We suggest
that you follow the steps from the articles below to help you customize or reset your Internet Explorer settings:

• Change or Reset Internet Explorer Settings
• How to Reset Internet Explorer Settings
• Windows 10 Help

Should you have further questions, feel free to post on this thread.

 

Alt tab not minimising some games?

Hi,

If I alt + tab from game that's running full screen then my game is minimised to the Taskbar. I must remind you that unless you have another application either running on the desktop or also minimised, alt + tab won't take you anywhere. If I hold the keys
down, my game shows in a small window in the middle of the screen. When I let go of the buttons it goes back to full screen.

On pretty much all of my games, if I press the Windows Key on my keyboard, it automatically displays the Start menu and my game is minimised completely.

While a game is minimised, it still uses system resources such as in RAM, CPU and GPU cycles.

There is nothing special about my PC configuration. Standard Windows Settings. I built the PC myself it's an i7 8700, 16GB and an RTX 2080 graphics card.

 

"Open link in new tab" opens a new tab but also replaces the page I was on

Hi Bob,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are facing issues with Internet Explorer. I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

To assist you better, please provide the information:

• When you say that "Whenever I click open link in new tab", are you referring of opening link in the new tab or clicking on link in a particular page to open in new tab?
• When you say that "the link opens in a new tab but also in the page I'm on", is the link opens in the new tab near to the open websites?

I suggest you to send the screenshot of the issue in the next post.

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