Windows 8 not responsive.

Keenantheplant · May 27, 2015

I have a legitimate copy of windows 8.1 pro. After I was gone for a week, I went on my computer and it generally ran fine. I did notice that a couple programs were unresponsive though. The next day I went on my pc and everything is not responsive. I can hardly do anything without the program having to close. A few times windows just completely froze. I was able to get windows update open and it said windows was updated as soon as I started it the first day I got back. Could this be the update that's causing all of this? I've had this computer for almost a year now. I do maintenance on it pretty regularly(getting dust out of it with compressed air). I replaced my hard drive about a month or two ago with a 1 tb caviar blue and installed windows on it. If this were a hardware issue, I'd imagine it would have something to do with the hard drive or cpu. Anyways, thanks for reading

UPDATE #1: Currently in the process of restoring my pc to a restore point made yesterday around the time that it updated. Though this may work, It would be nice if you still had a suggestion just in case this doesn't work

My specs:

Case: CM elite 110

Mobo: Msi H97i

Cpu: Pentium g3258 @ 4.6ghz (Reaches 60C max)

Cpu cooler: CM seidon 120v

Ram: Kingston hyper x fury 1x8gb 1600mhz

Gpu: Sapphire r9 270

Hdd: 1tb Caviar blue

Psu: Evga 600B

TheKDub · May 27, 2015

1. Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

2. Have you tried booting into safe mode?

3. Have you tried running some virus scans?

Keenantheplant · May 27, 2015

1. Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

2. Have you tried booting into safe mode?

3. Have you tried running some virus scans?

I have tried rebooting and it didn't work. I wasn't able to even open my anti virus software(avg & malwarebytes). I have not tried booting in safe mode. I already started restoring to an earlier point, but if that doesn't work i'll try safe mode. Thanks for the suggestion

TheKDub · May 27, 2015

I have tried rebooting and it didn't work. I wasn't able to even open my anti virus software(avg & malwarebytes). I have not tried booting in safe mode. I already started restoring to an earlier point, but if that doesn't work i'll try safe mode. Thanks for the suggestion

Then yeah, I'd guess probably a virus or something made its way onto your computer.

Safe mode should let you run your anti-virus software.