Questions tagged [unresponsive]
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Unresponsive mouse and keyboard on login screen (macbook pro 2015)
When I boot the laptop from shutdown state (not resuming or awakening), it quickly goes to the login screen as normal but the mouse and keyboard seem unresponsive, but not completely:
Every like 5-7 seconds I'm able to enter a keystroke or move the…
fjyaniez
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How to troubleshoot unreceived emails that do not bounce back?
First, I've been told that if an email is undeliverable, you always get a bounce back. In other words, the server tells you that it was unable to deliver the email and you are effectively notified that the person you were trying to reach has not…
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YouTube pages unresponsive on Chrome
For one or two days now, whenever I open a YouTube page on Google Chrome, I have dialog boxes similar to this one :
On this screenshot, the active tab is not the YouTube page, but the same bug occurs when the active tab is the YouTube page…
Seeven
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Why does remote desktop screen go black and stay that way for a minute whenver I restore a window from a maximized state, or maximize the window?
I'm connecting to a Windows 7 machine with desktop composition and all that turned on. It starts out in a non-composition mode where you can see portions of windows being drawn, but then it freezes for about 10 seconds, then resumes with desktop…
Triynko
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How to end unresponsive processes that can't be taskkilled in Windows?
How do I kill an unresponsive process or task in Windows when it becomes completely unresponsive (window becomes a ligt grey, cursor a rotating blue ring)?
Clicking [X] or trying to end process in taskmgr has no effect [status is…
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Greenshot unresponsive
Starting around this day today I notice Greenshot screenshots getting unresponsive.
It was working very well for many months. I don't think it has updated for all these time. I am using the latest version 1.2.10.6. My Windows also hasn't…
Winston L
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How to fix CPU problems in Windows EventLog service?
The EventLog service in my machine (running under svchost.exe) is using a lot of CPU. I assume it's because some application, driver or component is generating too many logs. How can I spot this offender?
fernacolo
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Ubuntu 22.04 dies all of a sudden after some time, yet the PC is still running
I've recently started running into a strange issue with Ubuntu 22.04 (x64), can't quite understand what's going on. It's a (kinda) old computer that's a temporary solution for Discord bot hosting, which means it runs 24/7. It appears that after…
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Ubuntu 22.10 - Google-Chrome-Stable not loading any page (Page Unresponsive)
Since last week, Google chrome stopped working on my Ubuntu 22.10 Laptop. When starting Chrome, I get a white page loading and 30 seconds later a popup saying page Unresponsive. Same issue with other websites and even the settings page (white page,…
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Windows 10 so slow after August 2020 update. It's ridiculous
I tried to revert back to the 21st of August, but Windows gets stuck in an endless loop after boot. So the revert back never happens.
Before this major update my laptop computer was smooth and fine, and also had no 100% HD usage in Task Manager.…
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How do Windows application crashes work internally?
Specifically: What is the difference between these Windows application crash behaviors:
Closing instantly ("crash to desktop")
White overlay with "busy" cursor and messagebox
Application freezed forever without error message (mostly games in…
Berny23
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How can I automatically kill unresponsive apps and games with a batch file?
Sometimes a game becomes unresponsive and I have to go into Task Manager and kill it, then restart it. It can be very annoying and time-consuming. While I know how to use taskkill and start an app through batch files, I do not know how to test if an…
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After Windows 10 upgrade, going into lock screen (Windows + L) sometimes results in unresponsive black screen with only mouse cursor visible
Upgrade was successful and system generally works fine with Windows 10. There are a number of similar issues on the web but not exactly the same.
This happens after pressing Windows + L to go into the lock screen
It doesn't happen every time, I'm…
Simon D
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Unresponsive desktop on all Linux distributions
I have an Asus X550LN laptop (Intel i7 4500U, 8Gb Ram, Nvidia 840M), I am trying to install any Linux distribution on this laptop for a year now and I am encountering the same problem.
I downloaded Linux Mint 17 64 bit, put it on a USB flash drive…
Vanix
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Windows GUI unresponsive under heavy load: Give it higher priority?
I'm doing some very heavy computation on a Windows Server 2012 machine. Like, thousands of processes doing heavy stuff.
Occasionally, I want to do some administration work and check progress. But the Windows GUI elements are all slow/unresponsive…
SilentSteel
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