Why is my computer locked up?

It could be your hard drive, an overheating CPU, bad memory or a failing power supply. In some cases, it might also be your motherboard, although that’s a rare occurrence. Usually with hardware problem, the freezing will start out sporadic, but increase in frequency as time goes on.

Why is my laptop hanging?

What causes a keyboard to freeze?

This issue could be because of inherent bugs in the program that may have changed the keyboard settings of the Windows, or it could also be that the keyboard driver is damaged and may need to be reinstalled.

What to do when Ctrl+Alt+Delete won’t work?

You can also try pressing Windows+L to lock your screen and go back to the sign-in screen. You can restart your PC from there, too. However, if Ctrl+Alt+Delete didn’t work, this method probably won’t either. If none of the previous steps work, press Windows+Ctrl+Shift+B on your keyboard.

How do I unfreeze my computer when the Caps Lock is off?

If the Caps Lock can turn on and off, Windows is still working, but another program may not be responding and causing the computer to freeze. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to open the Windows Task Manager. If the Task Manager can open, highlight the program that is not responding and choose End Task, which should unfreeze the computer.

How to fix when your computer hangs or freezes?

If the traditional Ctrl+Alt+Del method also doesn’t work, here is another keyboard shortcut which can be used when your computer hangs or freezes. Press Windows logo key+Ctrl+Shift+B keys together. This hotkey will force Windows to refresh the screen by restarting the graphics card driver.

What does it mean when your computer hangs up?

Actually most of the time when computer hangs, it might be possible that a particular process, application program is taking too much amount of RAM and CPU resources which makes the whole system unresponsive. Waiting for a few minutes (5-10 minutes) is the best solution in such situations.