I have a distinct impression that the frequency of programs freezing up has increased recently, both on my work computer and my home computer. They’re running different versions of Windows and it’s several different programs (Word, Firefox, Excel, and possibly others.) exhibiting this behaviour.
I’ve tried running the task manager to see if any program is hogging a lot of resources, but while the freezes happen the processor is 80-90 percent idle, and it’s often just a single program that’s unresponsive.
Is this just happening to me, or have others observed it, and does anyone have an idea about what’s causing it?