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    Default Windows 8 freezing

    Dunno if anyone has seen this. Got a Windows 8 PC (Preinstalled new HP box) with Virtual DJ running on it. It will work fine for a while (10 to 15 mins) then it will start freezing up. Hard drive usage has 100% peaks but I cannot see what is causing this as there is very little showing.

    I've got Norton on there and it comes back clean and ran Malwarebytes and nothing but even running those can take several hours as it will occasionally get stuck on files and the hard drive will thrash for ages.

    I've updated to the latest Catalyst drivers too.
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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    Could be a faulty hard drive
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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    Could be norton.. I stopped using em recently cos it kept doin this on Win7 x64 after norton did its last update....
    Dunno why I didnt have the time to fanny around but it stopped happenin when I uninstaled Norton. Maybe coincidence !!

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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    I almost guarantee it's Norton. Hate it with a vengence.
    Only people with no computer savvy use Norton, then complain when things start going wrong.

    Norton keeps people like me in business!

    Get rid. Can only make things better.


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    Default Windows 8 freezing

    Why would you want norton on windows 8 anyway
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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    For years I have used no AV protection and just installed whatever when I get a virus e.t.c Last time I installed Norton to fix a trojan I forgot to uninstall it and in less than 3 weeks PC seemed to runnin at half speed ..
    Got rid and all is well.

    If u want a full time AV prog I usually go 4 AVG I used to use Kaspersky but they got too bloated in the end aswell...

    Slightly contradicts my earlier post but thats cos I couldnt be arsed to go in to detail lol

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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    Quote Originally Posted by macmilm View Post
    If u want a full time AV prog I usually go 4 AVG I used to use Kaspersky but they got too bloated in the end aswell...
    Buhahaha AVG sucks cock (not in a good way)

    The amount of computers I have had to sort with that shite on them ......


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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    Quote Originally Posted by prezzy View Post
    Buhahaha AVG sucks cock (not in a good way)

    The amount of computers I have had to sort with that shite on them ......
    Always worked for me in the past....
    Bareback ridin at the mo tho.... until some download is full of trojans.
    I tend to just download whicheva has the most seeds on TPB.. fix prob then get rid..
    I think ALL av progs drastically slow u down and cause no end of probs

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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    Norton is for people who believe the shit that the spotty faced cunts at PC world peddle you.
    There are 3 types of people in the world - those who make things happen, those who watch things happen; and those who wondered what happened.

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    Default Re: Windows 8 freezing

    My Macbook Pro (2010) used to hard freeze with Windows 8, required the following command run from the cmd.exe

    bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes

    then a reboot and all was well.

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