This type of blockage in particular tends to be quite harmful and annoying both in personal and more professional environments. Whether we are working or playing a game with friends at home, if Windows suddenly crashes, this can be quite a nuisance in most cases.
Issues with updates
As a general rule, users update the equipment with the latest system version Microsoft operating. These are key elements when it comes to receiving the latest news released by those from Redmond, in addition to patching security holes. But despite its importance, something we do from Windows Update, on many occasions they see that their system crashes and does not respond when updating.
In fact, this is one of the great reasons for complaint of millions of users of the operating system over the years. And for many efforts made by those of redmond here, they fail to fully resolve it.
With everything and with it, most of the time, the best thing to do is to keep our equipment and its corresponding applications updated at all times. Not only to not miss the latest functions developed and shipped by Microsoftbut for something more important such as the security of our stored data.
Attacks with viruses and malicious code
Another of the most common causes of these blockages that we can find in Windows is due to some type of malware attack. These can arrive at any time through the Internet, through an email attachment, on a USB memory that we connect, etc. In addition, these malicious codes are becoming more complex, so they can cause all kinds of problems.
How could it be otherwise, these can cause the dreaded system crashes, since they attack all kinds of components, both hardware and software. At first here the simplest thing is that we use the antivirus that we find pre-installed in the operating system, we are referring to Windows Defender. But at the same time we can take advantage of the advantages offered by any other third-party security solution as long as it is properly updated.
Of course, the most interesting thing here would be to carry out a complete analysis of the entire computer instead of the quick scans that we usually carry out in this type of software. In fact, and due to certain malicious codes that could have reached our computer, Windows not only crashes, but also does not allow us to restart the system, with the problem that this can cause us.
Windows crashes by third-party apps
Needless to say, in the operating system, over time we install a huge number of programs. Some are more popular than others, but there are some that can cause certain incompatibilities. This, as you can imagine, sometimes translates into the windows crashes of which we speak to you in these same lines. An example is the installation of more than one antivirus on the same computer, or somewhat specific and little-known programs that are not as good as one might expect.
Likewise, certain incompatibilities can occur between different programs that we have installed on the system. To give you an idea, if you have just installed a certain application on your PC and all of a sudden Windows crashes, there is a good chance that the application that we have just added is to blame for all of this. In this case, the best we can do is uninstall it and try to see if it works. solve the problem that we are dealing with in these lines.
Incompatibility with hardware components
Just like it happens with the programs we told you about before we added it to Windows, this also happens with the hardware we install on the PC. Perhaps this is one of the easiest reasons to solve, since blockages due to incompatibilities with hardware usually occur as soon as the device is started up.
For example, if we connect an external disk, or a camera to the PC, and suddenly it starts to crash in Windows, the reason for all this is quite clear. In addition, to this we can add the blockages that the drivers of those problematic components can also sometimes produce.
And it is important to know that each of these hardware components that we connect to our Windows-based computer generally installs its own drivers that are used to communicate with the OS. When we talk about these drivers, we are actually referring to small pieces of software that make changes internally to the system, which can sometimes cause incompatibility-related issues. In this way and depending on the component we are talking about, sometimes we can find complete blockages of the equipment with the issues That this entails.
In the event that we locate the hardware component that is giving us problems in this case, the best thing we can do is contact the manufacturer. If we do not find a valid solution for the error related to the windows crash, we should try to find a similar hardware component, but from another manufacturer or choosing another model of the same. Of course, first of all, we should make sure that we have the latest version of the drivers installed for the element in question.
Hard drive problems
Another reason why our PC can hang temporarily or indefinitely is located on the hard drive or SSD, since it is the one that houses the computer’s operating system. If your storage drive is having malfunctions, cannot access data that is stored in bad sectors, or is simply reaching its useful life, this may be another reason why our team is experiencing these types of issues. . If it is a new hard drive or SSD, it is also possible that it is defective, although it is unlikely if we have trusted a manufacturer of recognized quality.
To check if the useful life cycle of our storage unit has been completed or is almost there, we can use any application to analyze storage units, applications that will analyze all the sectors and show us a summary with the number of bad sectors, always and when we can complete the process without it crashing again.
Possible solutions if Windows crashes
In the same way that it happens with the reasons why the operating system can crash, the solutions that we can use are also varied. Next, we will talk about some of the most effective in this sense for when our Windows PC suffers locks sporadic, or constant.
In this way, in the event that we do not know exactly the cause of these, we can try some of the solutions that we will present to you now.
Update Windows to its latest version
Despite the fact that sometimes the new updates are the cause of Windows crashes, the recommended thing in most cases is to install them. In fact, Microsoft tries to do everything possible to keep Windows up-to-date with their shipments. These correct errors or security problems and bring us the latest news. Normally they come to us automatically through Windows Update, in the Settings application.
We access it with the Win + I key combination, to go to Updates and security. Therefore, if we suffer from a blocking problem on our computer, a system update could solve it.
This is something that is extensible to the different applications that we have installed in the operating system as such. In the event that the blocking error is located exactly in some specific programs, it may be the case that all this directly affects Windows due to an incorrect version and that it is creating that conflict that we are discussing. This means that just as it happens with the same Windows that we update periodically, we should do the same with all the software that we have installed on the system. This way we can avoid all kinds of errors and not only the one that we are dealing with in these same lines.
Go back to a previous version of the system
But if the opposite happens, that is, as soon as Windows is updated, the dreaded crashes begin to occur, we can try to take a step back. With this, what we want to tell you is that, in these specific cases, we can return to the previous version by removing the new update. To do this, what we have to do is reopen the Settings application as we mentioned before. Here we are going to find a good number of functions and parameters to control the Microsoft operating system to the maximum.
Once in the new window that appears, we have to go to the Update and security / Windows Update / View update history / Uninstall updates section. Now we only have to look for the most recent one and eliminate it from the equipment.
Update system drivers
We have already told you before that one of the most common causes for which we can suffer blockages in the system, is due to some hardware component or its drivers. While the first option is to remove that device problematic, we can also try to update your drivers.
And it is that we must know that the blockage can be caused by an old driver of one of the components installed on the computer. The best we can also do is to update these drivers to their latest version. To do this we have to access the Device Manager by right-clicking on the Start menu. Once in the window that appears, we recommend clicking on each of the hardware components with the right button and clicking on the Update driver option.
Check the function of the components
In the event that the computer is somewhat old, its components may be failing, leading to Windows crashes. For example, a faulty RAM memory is often the source of Windows freezing. Likewise, a failing hard drive could also be to blame, especially if we notice crashes when trying to access files on the drives.
To verify that the problem is not caused by the internal components that are part of the PC, we can use certain specific applications. These are the ones that are in charge of analyzing the components of the equipment, perhaps such as memory RAM, the CPU, or the disk drives. Here applications as well-known as HWiNFO64 or CrystalDiskInfo.
Uninstall or disable antivirus and cleaning programs
Sometimes the causes of computer crashes can be programs such as antivirus or cleaning applications that we install. Thus, if we have many of these solutions running on the system, they are likely to cause problems in Windows as well as consume system resources.
That is why at this point in which we…
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