Windows 10: Periodic random micro freezes

Hi,


I've been having a problem for a while now with my computer where it hangs for about a second at random intervals-- about once every two or three minutes. Everything displayed on the monitor freezes and any audio that's playing grinds horribly for the duration of the micro freeze. It never lasts longer than a second, but it's really annoying while I'm playing games or listening to music.


These freezes happen regardless of which programs are open or not open and seem unrelated to whatever I'm doing.


This is a new computer with a fresh Windows 10 installation, and I've experienced this problem since getting it. All my drivers are up to date. I've heard allowing Windows to select an accent colour based on desktop background can cause this issue, but I have that feature disabled. I've tried a few other tweaks mostly related to audio options, I think I was on the wrong track but unfortunately I can't remember them all.


Nothing unusual seems to be happening in performance monitor during these freezes-- a small spike in CPU activity but not more than opening a new tab and loading a website, for example. There's also no way to know if these spikes are related to cause of the freezes or just a symptom of my computer "catching up" after the freeze.


This issue has been frustrating me a lot, if anybody knows the solution to this I'd really appreciate it.

:)

 

Random freezes or shut downs

Completely random freezing/shutdowns on a system with no recent hardware changes, and hard drive, memory, and PSU fine, usually means a software issue (file corruption or malicious software). I suggest following DavidV's recommendations.

 

Random Crash/Freeze on Build 10130


Hello everyone.

I have been running the Windows 10 preview for the last few months and other than a driver issue here or there, did not experience any real problems. However, with the last update to build 10130, I have been experiencing a random crash/freeze that manifests itself in one of two ways:

1. If I step away from the computer and come back before the monitor is set to go to sleep, I will come back to a frozen cursor, unable to do anything.
2. If I step away from the computer and come back after the monitor has gone to sleep, I will come back to a black screen, unable to do anything.

In both cases, I have to hold the power button in to shut down the computer for a restart.

Any direction or help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Random freezes or shut downs

Hrrmmmm... but wouldnt formatting and reinstalling windows fix the issue since the virus/trojan/spyware isnt on the system any longer?