# You seen this Windows freezing problem?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 9, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650 "2004-01-09T15:19:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/1 "2004-01-09T15:19:40Z")
Fujitsu PC running Japanese Windows XP. Our machine is not loaded with much extra software.
From time to time, usually once or twice in a 3-hour session, the machine will freeze with two bottom-menu items highlighted. Ten seconds pass, it’s good again.
Annoying as hell. Got any clue?
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/2 "2004-01-09T15:22:46Z")
Is the cooling fan still working? Sometimes excess heat will cause this, I think.
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### Author:  [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/3 "2004-01-09T17:22:35Z")
Happens to me, especially when moving/deleting a large file in Windows Explorer. I’m suspecting it’s something to do with the page file hitting the maximum, but I’m not sure yet.
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### Author:  [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2004, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/4 "2004-01-09T21:13:54Z")
**Aeschines** , please do not use unnecessary foul language in GQ. Title edited.
Thank you.
- **xash**
General Questions Moderator
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/5 "2004-01-11T07:30:57Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by xash \*
> \*\ ***Aeschines** , please do not use unnecessary foul language in GQ. Title edited.
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> Thank you.
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> - **xash**
> General Questions Moderator \*\*
His post doesn’t appear to have been edited… so what exactly did he say that was “foul”?
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/6 "2004-01-11T07:46:10Z")
I had a scanner that caused similar problems for my machine. Uninstalling the software fixed the problem. If you don’t have a scanner hooked up, you might try running a program that removes spyware to fix the problem.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2004, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-seen-this-windows-freezing-problem/223650/7 "2004-01-11T08:01:54Z")
Whoops. Just saw the subtitle… I retract my question.