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"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Friends tend to install viruses on friend's computers on purpose.
Oh, them friends, them.
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This is actually a rant against a Chinese virologist that claims covid-19 was custom made in a lab.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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My laptop has been hanging at random a few minutes after startup.
It's a complete freeze and nothing works after that except pushing the physical restart button.
It never freezes again after the restart.
It only does this sometimes, like two times this past week (with multiple startups a day) and not at all the week before that.
Since it's usually something like three or four minutes after startup you'd expect to see something going wrong, like something in the event viewer, but there's nothing really out of the ordinary.
Software freezing an entire machine like that is possible, but unlikely I guess.
So it could be a hardware problem.
Something with a HD or maybe memory.
![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing impossible to fix this sh*t if you're not intimately familiar with troubleshooting computers and even then it may be a guess as broken hardware may not always show 
Last time something like this happened, it was my SSD, which I only discovered because it wasn't being used or shown by the system at all (I simply remembered I had an SSD).
So... I guess business as usual until it either fixes itself or the laptop becomes unusable
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The feeling is mutual... 
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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A computer is a machine incapable of feeling.
This isn't a game, Kornfeld 
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I had a strange problem with the Windows Desktop Manager consuming Gigabytes of memory when an external monitor was attached. After running the following command it seems to be solved:
powercfg.exe /hibernate off It's a thing you can try, at the cost of a slower startup. It frees space taken by hiberfil.sys on the system disk.
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Ran the command, I'll let you know if the problem persists in a week or two/three 
Also, I got a prompt saying some RZ needs to browse my files, should I accept?
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We'll see what happens, I did not get any prompt, no idea what or who RZ may be 
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RickZeeland wrote: no idea what or who RZ may be
Neither do I, Rick Zeeland, neither do I... 
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In the old days I would just type C: and reinstall everything.
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What's the exact command?
format C:...?
Worth a shot
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It sounds to me like a heating + loose connection issue - something disconnects when the computer starts heating up, then reconnects again when the computer has reached its operating temperature.
If you have a good hardware guy in your area, see what he can do. If he can't do anything, and this is the computer you use for work, replace it. Your time is too valuable to waste on debugging your tools.
EDIT - removed joke icon (placed by mistake)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
modified 23-May-21 10:29am.
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That's actually an issue I currently have with my oven!
When I turn on the grill it'll sometimes short circuit the entire house.
When I flip the electricity back on it'll run without issues.
Took me a while to connect the dots on that one, I usually turn on the oven and then the TV while also microwaving stuff, etc.
Haven't used the grill in months, just using air heating now which works fine
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: If you have a good hardware guy in your area, see what he can do.
Kind of a long shot, it may have something to do with temperature, but it could be something else entirely...
Besides, they'll want my computer for an entire week, if not longer, which is impossible as it's the only one I have and I still have to work.
Replacing this beast isn't something I'm looking forward to.
Getting something similar will cost me around €3000 (it's the 32 GB RAM that makes it so darn expensive)
Got this second hand from my previous employer for less than a third of the price.
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Issues like that are often from cold solders.
Can often be tracked down using cooling spray and or a heat gun.
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Clear out (delete or disable) ALL scheduled tasks in control panel, administrative tools, then restart.
Run AdwCleaner one time from MalwareBytes for good measure.
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I am facing weird things latelly too...
my mother in law has randomally no sound at all, not even the green bar when one changes the volume and then it sounds "clink".
It was all working fine, until she started to install messengers for video conferences... she has 5 of them 
Teams, BlueButton and RedConnect due to Work
Zoom due to some distance university lessons she is doing
Skype for some remote "pilates" lessons
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: my mother in law has randomally no sound at all,
Then you should be thankful. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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You are evil...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: until she started to install messengers for video conferences... she has 5 of them
Something I sometimes experience is that Zoom or Teams changes my default audio output or switches them around.
Normally, I've got my speakers and my headphones and they have different volumes.
It's not at all obvious even when it works as intended.
So anyway, I go into a Teams meeting and my sound is adjusted and suddenly I'm on another output.
Or, I'm on another output while Windows still shows the other one.
Or Teams says I'm using headphones, but I still hear stuff despite not having headphones plugged in, or vice versa, or backwards and inwards out...
It's a bit of a mess sometimes
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mmmhhh... that gives an idea... thank you
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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How long has it been since it had a clean OS install? I ask because I've found that after three or four years we've put so much crap on our PCs that they start to become unstable. Possibly time for a full backup of your data and a complete reinstall of the OS, and I mean complete as in delete the partition table during OS setup.
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