Windows 11 system hangs

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Windows 11 system hangs

Terry Critchley 0

Windows 11 hangs for about 10 or more seconds every so often and input is frozen. This only started a few weeks ago and my guess is that a Windows 11 update may have caused it. Are here any diagnostics I can use to trace this?

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DaveM121 936.6K Independent Advisor

Please check to see if your PC is producing any small Watchdog dump files, I will check those to see if they provide any insight into a potential cause of the system crashes.

Open Windows File Explorer.

Navigate to C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports

If there are any Watchdog dump files in the sub-folders of that folder, copy the files onto your Desktop, then zip those up.

Upload the zip file to the Cloud (OneDrive... etc.), then choose to share those and get a share link.

Then post the link here to the zip file, so I can take a look for you.

Terry Critchley 0 Reputation points

2026-10-03T09:12:20.6366667+00:00

can't see a Watchdog entry
DaveM121 936.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2026-10-03T09:16:04.58+00:00

Thank you for that information, without any data to analyze, it is very hard to find the underlying cause of the system freezes.

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Go to the support page for your PC on the manufacturers website, they should provide a method to check all your drivers for available update, if there are any updates available, apply them.

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If that does not resolve the problem.

Open the Settings App.

Go to System - Recovery.

Click the 'Reinstall Now' button in the 'Fix problems with Windows Updates' section and wait for that process to complete.

This process should fix any corruption in Windows that may be causing the system freezes and will not affect your files, settings or installed apps.

Answer 2

Terry Critchley 0

Cnanot see Watchdog entries

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