Windows 8 Consumer Preview randomly freezes

CDavis504

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Does anyone else have this issue? It happens at random times and the only way to restart is to hold the power button down and force a hard reset. Is there any fix for this?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    dual booting Windows 7 / Windows 8 build 7989
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus K61-IC
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20 GHz
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 220M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" HD Display (720 P)
    Screen Resolution
    1366 * 768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB 7200 RPM
Does it happen every time you move your mouse cursor to the edge of the screen?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Home Premium / Commodore OS Vision / Windows 8 Release preview
    CPU
    AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 7750 BE 2,7Ghz (2/4)
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-e
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GIGABYTE (ATI) Radeon HD 6870 (1Gb)
    Sound Card
    Do i have one?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
    Screen Resolution
    1x HD1080 1x SXGA
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 500 Gb
    1x Samsung 30 Gb
    1x LaCie 1Tb Hard drive.
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    Antec three hundred
    Cooling
    3 fans + psu and cpu + gpu
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    CM Storm Xornet
    Internet Speed
    110mb/ s
    Other Info
    Look, what i've created... just a few visits at the recyclement center was enough...
Does it happen every time you move your mouse cursor to the edge of the screen?

No it is always at random times, sometimes before I can log in, sometimes after its been sitting idle for a while and sometimes just when i go to click on something.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    dual booting Windows 7 / Windows 8 build 7989
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus K61-IC
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20 GHz
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia GeForce GT 220M
    Monitor(s) Displays
    16" HD Display (720 P)
    Screen Resolution
    1366 * 768
    Hard Drives
    Internal 320 GB 7200 RPM
Hey I was having the same problem with windows 8 CP freezing all the time on me..

I am running it on a laptop nd I am also running the OS on an SSD drive but I do not think this is the issue.

Here is a workaround that worked for me.


1. Go to the start page and type "advanced system settings
2. Then performance
3. Then visual setting
4. Set the radio button to adjust to best performance.
5. Reboot.


Worth a try,

Oh, about SDD drives!

I discovered a problem.
SSD are not supposed to be set for de fragmentation aint it?

After looking at that area I see it shows my main drive (SSD) has be selected to be optimized this may explain why the freezing does not take place right after a fresh install of the system.
I discovered this setting via orb/charm bar/control panel/administrative settings/defragmentation.

If it turns out if your SSD's partition isn't aligned correctly it will under-perform and could be the cause for the freezes..
If it indeed has defragmented the ssd then a complete reinstall of the OS may be in order or realigning of your SSD's partition.

Hope this helps solving your problem.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 8
Oh, about SDD drives!

I discovered a problem.
SSD are not supposed to be set for de fragmentation aint it?

After looking at that area I see it shows my main drive (SSD) has be selected to be optimized this may explain why the freezing does not take place right after a fresh install of the system.
I discovered this setting via orb/charm bar/control panel/administrative settings/defragmentation.

If it turns out if your SSD's partition isn't aligned correctly it will under-perform and could be the cause for the freezes..
If it indeed has defragmented the ssd then a complete reinstall of the OS may be in order or realigning of your SSD's partition.

Hope this helps solving your problem.

I dont want to sound dumb or accidentally make anyone else sound dumb, however, after reading this ^^^ I looked into it because I had "defragmendted" my hard drive (SSD) right after the first install of windows 8 which ran without trouble till I started messing with drivers. Once I figured out all the drivers I returned the tablet to factory state and did another clean install of windows 8, installed the drivers which I found worked and came up with the same odd little problem as the OP.

After reading that SSDs are not to be defragmented, I thought well poop that is probably what happened however at the same time realized that on the original smooth running install I had "defragmented" the hard drive. So, I checked. Turned out I had not "defragmented" the hard drive yet on my current install of Win 8 CP. I started reading and noticed that Win 8 seems to recognize that there is an SSD installed and does not "defragment" the hard drive but instead "optimizes" it. I went ahead and did so and immediately I have noticed a tremendous improvement! I opened all the office programs(ppt, onenote, word, excel, outlook, etc), firefox, IE and then opened a bunch of the new apps to load the system and see if it would pause/glitch/freeze what have you and I found it ran that whole mess at full speed without even a hiccup! If you cant tell I am ecstatic about these findings. So, contrary to what is stated above, I suggest to "optimize" your SSD if you have not done so and have this pause/glitch/freezing problem described here. If you dont know how, it is just simply the disk defragmenter in the system section of the control panel. Again with reference to the above stated, before just clicking go, I would suggest ensuring that your computer is in fact optimizing an SSD and not defragmenting it. It should say specifically "optimize"

Hope this helps some people. Please I also welcome corrections as I am still learning with this stuff.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus EP121/Lenovo X220t
    CPU
    i5/i5
    Memory
    64gb ssd/320gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    intel/intel
My computer freezed for about 1 minute every time i had the mouse cursor on the top left corner. But after doing the performance trick my computer did not freeze. And as OP said his computer was freezing, so does mine from time to time. Hope this fixes it!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Build 8250
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP dv6001eo
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II N660 Dual-Core Processor 3.00 GHz
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
I am having the same crashing problem. (dual booting with Windows 7)
However, when I select "Optimize" for my SSD Windows 8 says "Optimization not available".

Anyone know why that is occurring?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 & 8.1 64-bit, Kubuntu
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Manufacturer: Me
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
    Memory
    G.Skill ARES DDR3 1600 - 3 x 4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS HD7770-DC-1GD5-V2
    Sound Card
    on board
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS PB278Q PLS LED LCD 6ms
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO
    2 x Seagate SATA3 2TB Barracuda 64mb Cache
    PSU
    Corsair HX-650
    Case
    Cooler Master Centurion 5 II
    Cooling
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
    Keyboard
    Logitech Internet 350
    Mouse
    MS Wireless Laser Mouse 5000
    Internet Speed
    100Mb down /2.4Mb up
    Browser
    IE11, Firefox
    Antivirus
    Norton Internet Security
    Other Info
    Leadtek DTV2000DS Dual HD TV Tuner
    USB3 kit for 2 front panel USB3 ports
Does it happen every time you move your mouse cursor to the edge of the screen?

No it is always at random times, sometimes before I can log in, sometimes after its been sitting idle for a while and sometimes just when i go to click on something.
My problem is the same. I don't know what can do...Picture from Event Viewer:
View attachment 5127
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps
Does it happen every time you move your mouse cursor to the edge of the screen?

No it is always at random times, sometimes before I can log in, sometimes after its been sitting idle for a while and sometimes just when i go to click on something.
My problem is the same. I don't know what can do...Picture from Event Viewer:

Hi and welcome.

Please run the tool found in the top thread of this subforum, then attach the zip it makes here.

If this is a wired desktop machine, you would do very well by setting a static ip address for your network adapter.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
No, it is a laptop. But I can't see the zip file, can you tell me what name it have or send me a link. I am so sorry.. ;x
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps
No need to be sorry. It's all good.

This is the download: http://www.eightforums.com/attachme...windows-8-log-collector-w8-file-collector.zip


- Download the W8 Log Collector ZIP file and extract the EXE file
- Right click on the extracted W8 Log Collector.exe file and click on Run as administrator
- Click on Grab All
- Now go to your Desktop and right click on W8 folder and click on Send To -> Compressed folder
- Upload it to your post if you like
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
I started getting freeze up last week. I have used CP since it was released and have loaded all my programs and they all worked great until last week. Since I now know that all my programs work in Windows 8 and Spider Solitaire is not available I deleted Windows 8 from my dual-boot and will wait for the next release (RC in May?) then give it a go. I really like Windows 8 and looking forward to the next release.

Jim :cool:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 HP 64bit, Windows 8.1 Pro w/Media Center 64BIT
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS - Home Built
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
    Motherboard
    ASUS M5A99X EVO
    Memory
    Crucial Balistic DDR-3 1866 CL 9 (8 GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI R6850 Cyclone IGD5 PE
    Sound Card
    On Chip
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS VE258Q 25" LED with DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Two WD Cavier Black 2TB Sata 6gbs
    WD My Book Essential 2TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Seasonic X650 80 Plus GOLD Modular
    Case
    Corsair 400R
    Cooling
    Antec Kuhler H2O 620, Two 120mm and four 140mm
    Keyboard
    AVS Gear Blue LED Backlight
    Mouse
    Logitech Marble Mouse USB, Logitech Precision Game Pad
    Internet Speed
    15MB
    Antivirus
    NIS, Malwarebytes Premium 2
    Other Info
    APC UPS ES 750, Netgear WNR3500L Gigabit & Wireless N Router with SamKnows Test Program,
    Motorola SB6120 Gigabit Cable Modem.
    Brother HL-2170W Laser Printer,
    Epson V300 Scanner
Thanks for the help! :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps

Please attach the zip to a post here. To do so, click "Go Advanced" while making a new post and then click on the paperclip.

The link you provided needs an account to download from.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
It's my mistake. This is the zip file.. :p
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps
1) Please uninstall Uniblue Driver Scanner.

2) Install the Windows 7 64-bit NVIDIA inf update driver Version V5.1.2600.171 in the Chipset section, from this link:

ASUS - Notebooks- ASUS K50IE

3) Reboot.

That should do some good.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up
I tried this driver yesterday, but the result was the same:
View attachment 5138

With Windows 7 64-bit NVIDIA inf update driver Version V5.1.2600.170 installation complete, but I don't think this can help.​
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps
Open device manager and manually update the driver that shows a problem. Point it inside C:\NVIDIA to the correct folder for the driver needed, while doing so.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8250 x86 + 7 SP1 x86 + Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
    CPU
    P4 3.4 GHz HT
    Motherboard
    MSI-7211
    Memory
    OCZ 2 GB DDR @ 400 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    HIS AGP HD 3850 Turbo Ice-Q
    Sound Card
    MOTU Traveler firewire interface
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer x223w
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    WD Caviar Black 1 TB Sata II, WD 400 GB Sata I, WD 120 GB Sata I
    PSU
    300W generic
    Case
    Cybertron
    Keyboard
    Logitech Classic Keyboard 200, Dell RT7D20
    Mouse
    Logitech M510
    Internet Speed
    2 MByte/sec Down, 250 KByte/sec Up

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 & Win 8 CP
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS K50 IE
    CPU
    Intel Dual Core T4400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce310M
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Keyboard
    Razer Tarantula
    Mouse
    A4 Tech
    Internet Speed
    35mbps
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