Windows 10: My PC freezes only when playing games

Hello everyone,I've had this problem since I installed Windows 10 on my pc where my PC completely freezes when playing any game after 20 minutes or less into the game.My CPU ram and disk usage all seem fine in the task manager, and all my drivers are up to date but there is a weird thing about my GPU's driver when I automatically update it by Windows it downloads an incompatible driver, anyways I tried running a system scan sfc/scannow in command prompt it found some missing or corrupted files, fixed them but nothing changed. Please tell me how to fix this.

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Can't play Hit It Rich game and system freezes

Hi carmenstanley1,

Thank you for your response.

I can understand how frustrating it would be. This issue might be due to corrupted profile or if the game is not installed completely. I suggest you to follow these steps and let us know if it works.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

• Are you aware of any changes happened on the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Have you tried playing this game on other browser (Google chrome or Mozilla) and check for the issue?
  

Step 1: Uninstall or Repair the game.

1. Press Windows and
   R key together on your Keyboard.
2. Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Right click on the Hit it Rich app > Select Repair or uninstall it.
4. Reinstall the application and check for the issue.
   

Step 2: Create a new local account.

The reason might be due to user account corruption, so I would suggest you to ‘Create
a local user or administrator account’ and check if the issue persists.

Note: You will not see all your files under your default file location.
So your data will be saved under C:\Users\User_name.

If you are facing issues with freezing, I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps on
Tips to improve PC performance in Windows
10.

Hope it helps.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Minecraft freezes gaming PC

Hi,

We have here a thread Windows 10 freezes when playing games
related to your concern. We suggest that you go through the steps provided by
Roger Lu.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Games freeze when playing

When I play most games, they freeze and stop working. I have tested this playing online, they only freeze visually. My input still works, as I have had my friend verify that my character still moves. I still have volume and sounds that seem to be working properly. I have two monitors and everything works just as it is supposed to on the other monitor. The games don't lag before freezing. My computer and drivers are all up to date. I have looked everywhere and asked around, but can't find a solution, or even people with a similar problem. I reset my computer and that seemed to work for a while, but 2 weeks later the issue resufraced.

I can play games like Hearthstone without an issue, but something like Heroes of the Storm or Grim Dawn freeze up. Prey freezes up along with MGSV: The Phantom Pain. Again, to clarify, my computer does not freeze up, but it seems just the game visuals do.

Specs for my PC are:
Windows 10 Home version 1709
OS build: 15063.674
Processor: Intel i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
RAM: 16 GB
64-bit
GPU: GeForce GTX 770