SOVLED! Users Have Been Experiencing Periodic…

A lot of Windows users have been experiencing periodic system hangs due to outdated display drivers. In most of the cases, driver update should put an end to the hanging. Depending on the situation, you should also delete temporary files, increase the size of the paging file, run SFC and DISM scans, turn off Fast Startup, perform a clean boot, … Take a look at this article and learn what must be done. 

The Causes Of System Hangs

All in all, in the course of operation, Windows computers could slow down if people run resource-intensive tasks. Still, if you notice system hanging every now and then, the list of suspects includes: 

• Display driver. 
• Temporary files.
• Memory. 
• Corruption.
• Fast Startup.
• Third-party applications. 

How To Stop System From Hanging

Update Driver

• Step 1: Go to Search bar, type devmgmt.msc and press Enter. 
• Step 2: In Device Manager, expand Display adapters, right-click your graphics card and pick Update driver. 
• Step 3: Hit Search automatically for updated driver software.
• Step 4: After the update finishes, restart your computer.
• Step 5: When the screen comes back on, determine whether the issue persists. 

Delete Temporary Files

• Step 1: Go to Search bar, type %temp% and press Enter. 
• Step 2: Press Ctrl + A to highlight all temporary files then hit Shift + Delete to delete them.
• Step 3: Rester your computer. 

Increase The Size Of The Paging File

• Step 1: Go to Search bar, type Advanced System and press Enter. 
• Step 2: In Advanced tab of System Properties, hit Settings under Performance.
• Step 3: Go to Advanced tab of Performance Options then hit Change under Virtual memory.
• Step 4: Uncheck the “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” checkbox. 
• Step 5: Hit Custom size then enter 1000 for the initial size and 8192 for the maximum size. Lastly, select Set, choose OK, click Apply, choose OK and restart your computer. 

Run SFC And DISM Scans 

• Step 1: Go to Search bar, type cmd and hit Run as administrator. 
• Step 2: In Command Prompt (Admin), type sfc /scannow then press Enter to run the SFC scan. 
• Step 3: Once the SFC scan wraps up, type the following commands in Command Prompt (Admin) and press Enter at the end of each command to run the DISM scan:
  • DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth
  • DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
  • DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
• Step 4: Proceed to type exit then press Enter to close Command Prompt.
• Step 5: Restart your computer. 

Turn Off Fast Startup

• Step 1: Click Start menu then pick the cog icon.
• Step 2: In Settings, select System, choose Power & sleep and hit Additional power settings.
• Step 3: Click Choose what power buttons do, pick Change settings currently unavailable and uncheck the checkbox next to Turn on Fast Startup.
• Step 4: Hit Save changes then restart your computer.
• Step 5: See how things turn out. 

Perform A Clean Boot 

• Step 1: Go to Search bar, type msconfig and press Enter.
• Step 2: In System Configuration, go to Services tab, check the Hide all Microsoft services checkbox and hit Disable all.
• Step 3: Go to the Startup tab, hit Open Task Manager and disable everything you see.
• Step 4: Close Task Manager, return to System Configuration then Select Apply and choose OK. 
• Step 5: Restart your computer. 

If the hanging vanishes following clean boot, feel free to conclude that a third-party app is at fault. To make sure that the system no longer hangs, get rid of recently installed apps on your computer. Finally, follow the steps down below to change back to normal startup. 

• Step 1: Open System Configuration.
• Step 2: Tick the Normal Startup circle.
• Step 3: Click Apply, choose OK and restart your computer. 

Frequently Asked Questions

What must be done to update the GPU driver manually? 

• Step 1: Launch your web browser, visit the official website of the manufacturer of your graphics card and download the latest driver for it. 
• Step 2: Right-click the downloaded driver setup then pick Run as administrator.
• Step 3: Follow on-screen instructions.

Is it possible to shut down Windows using Command Prompt?

In a pinch, you may use Command Prompt to shut down your PC. All you have to do is to open Command Prompt (Admin), run the command shutdown /s /f /t 0 and let the process run all the way.