Windows 10: Windows 20H2 version freezes randomly while using internet browsers like Edge or Chrome

When I am attending calls for work or even just watching Netflix or YouTube using Edge or Chrome, the whole system just freezes.I click on the close button for the browser, nothing happens.I can minimize it though, but it does not close.I Right-click on the Desktop and hit "Refresh". The right-click menu does not fade away 100%. I can still see it but it's just a bit translucent as if it was stopped in the middle of fading away.I was on 1909 just fine and because of this reason held out on updating to 20H2 for a very long time I freshly installed 1909 after the problem began, but on 20H2 a

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Browsers (Edge/Chrome) freeze for about 2-2.5 minutes randomly!

My browsers (both Edge 87.0.664.55 and Chrome 87.0.4280.88) freeze for about 2 - 2.5 minutes randomly! This is a fresh clean install of Windows10pro and did it before with the last install as well (I have all updates etc for win10pro 20H2, and latest Edge and Chrome.)

It's always 2m13s-2m27s that it freezes. I can't switch tabs within the browser then or open tabs. I can move the window around or close it (thou I can't open the same browser till after the 2min+.) I can use the rest of the computer fine it seems, and even open/use a different browser fine. It will do it when closing a tab or just browsing through a webpage. I can't figure out what is causing it. Tried both browsers with and without uBlock Origin to see if it was ads causing this but doesn't seem to make a difference.

No errors I can find anywhere.
Any ideas??! This system I just built for my mother and she can't use it like this (its an older i5 750 with 8GB RAM, GTS8800 and three SSDs in it, but totally fine for her browsing etc.) *Sad
Thanks all!

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Well I installed Firefox (83.0) and it doesn't freeze at all yet. So its the Chromium based browsers that are doing it so far.

 

Internet browsers randomly freeze PC, automatically reboots

This issue began happening a few days ago. I am experiencing a complete system freeze following an automatic reboot. This happens only with internet browsers (tested with Firefox, Chrome, and Edge) being open, typically while loading a webpage or having
more than one tab open, but I am finding no specific pattern to trigger it as freezing occurs within minutes of use up to a few hours.

Ive had some programs become unable to open such as Malwarebytes and Nexus Mod Manager as a freeze happened while loading in a program, a complete reinstall fixes the issue.

Steps I have tried:

• Delete browsing history via Control Panel Internet Options and browsers
• Cleaned PC of dust - hardware temps are also good
• Virus(Eset NOD32) & Malware(Malwarebytes) Scans - no negative results
• msconfig services check - good
• msert.exe microsoft security tool - no negative results
• RAM check - good
• Drivers up to date

Any other ideas?

 

Chrome keeps freezing on Windows 10

Hi Pat,



There may be a few reasons why your Google Chrome keeps on freezing. One reason is the browser that you're using. For us to further isolate your concern, we need you to answer the following:

• Is this happening on other browsers as well (e.g. Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox)?
• Does the issue persist only on a specific website or it occurs on all websites?

Let us know if you're still getting the same error after performing our suggested troubleshooting step so we can assist further.