Question Entire computer starts lagging and freezing when internet is disconnected?

[Furzumz]

I've been having some internet issues with disconnections but I noticed when its disconnected for awhile (5 minutes or more, give or take) everything starts freezing up, programs start refusing to respond, my UI as a whole starts acting weird, programs that need no internet connection will refuse to open or take much longer to open, clicking the power off button will do nothing or will be unresponsive, program windows will refuse to move when dragged or will lag while doing so.

Internet reconnects and these problems vanish. In the past if my internet disconnected I had none of these issues.

I even tried a fresh install of windows, fully updated, on a different drive, same problem. It's very strange.

My specs:
Windows 10 64 bit
Nvidia 2070 super
16GB RAM
ryzen 5 3900x
750w Super Flower power supply

 

[Misgar]

Cloud Storage

Are you using some form of cloud storage or backup solution, e.g. Microsoft OneDrive? If the computer is trying to synchronise Documents, Pictures and Desktop, or a large repository of constantly changing files, it might object to the internet interruption.

Alternatively, some of your programs might be expecting to find their data up in the cloud instead of on a local disk drive, which might explain the slowdown when the connection is broken.

To disprove this cloud sync theory, you could install Windows yet again and set it up with a Local Account instead of a Microsoft Account. You could also disable any cloud storage apps you might be running, then monitor data flowing over your internet connection to see if it has changed.

I disable OneDrive on all my computers and only log in to my Microsoft Account when I want to upload files to the cloud for sharing. I've encountered "problems" with other peoples' computers where Microsoft Office was merrily uploading GB of data from their personal profiles up to OneDrive without them realising.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...onedrive/ea04ca38-1b7d-4af2-99ba-5bdba6ad36a7

If you subscribe to Office365, I think you're entitled to five 1TB OneDrive accounts. If you are making use of Microsoft's generous cloud allowance, your computer may be spending all its time in synchronisation, if you have a slow broadband connection.

Check the flow of data over your internet connection, to see if any large uploads or downloads are taking place in the background, which cannot be explained by tasks you have started yourself.

Windows Update

Some of my older PCs slow to a crawl on the Second Tuesday of the Month, when Windows Updates are released. Large amounts of data slowly download from the internet and it can take 30 minutes plus a reboot before I can start to use the machine.

You won't have this problem on a fast 3900X, but a fresh installation of Windows will take a while to update and may not appreciate it if you disconnect the internet mid-update.

If the Windows update goes wrong, you may have to delete the SoftwareDistribution folder when it gets corrupted. Otherwise, the system may slow down as it downloads the update again, fails to install and repeats again and again. This shouldn't happen on a fresh install of Windows.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clear-softwaredistribution-folder-windows-10

 

[Furzumz]

Cloud Storage

Are you using some form of cloud storage or backup solution, e.g. Microsoft OneDrive? If the computer is trying to synchronise Documents, Pictures and Desktop, or a large repository of constantly changing files, it might object to the internet interruption.

Alternatively, some of your programs might be expecting to find their data up in the cloud instead of on a local disk drive, which might explain the slowdown when the connection is broken.

To disprove this cloud sync theory, you could install Windows yet again and set it up with a Local Account instead of a Microsoft Account. You could also disable any cloud storage apps you might be running, then monitor data flowing over your internet connection to see if it has changed.

I disable OneDrive on all my computers and only log in to my Microsoft Account when I want to upload files to the cloud for sharing. I've encountered "problems" with other peoples' computers where Microsoft Office was merrily uploading GB of data from their personal profiles up to OneDrive without them realising.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...onedrive/ea04ca38-1b7d-4af2-99ba-5bdba6ad36a7

If you subscribe to Office365, I think you're entitled to five 1TB OneDrive accounts. If you are making use of Microsoft's generous cloud allowance, your computer may be spending all its time in synchronisation, if you have a slow broadband connection.

Check the flow of data over your internet connection, to see if any large uploads or downloads are taking place in the background, which cannot be explained by tasks you have started yourself.

Windows Update

Some of my older PCs slow to a crawl on the Second Tuesday of the Month, when Windows Updates are released. Large amounts of data slowly download from the internet and it can take 30 minutes plus a reboot before I can start to use the machine.

You won't have this problem on a fast 3900X, but a fresh installation of Windows will take a while to update and may not appreciate it if you disconnect the internet mid-update.

If the Windows update goes wrong, you may have to delete the SoftwareDistribution folder when it gets corrupted. Otherwise, the system may slow down as it downloads the update again, fails to install and repeats again and again. This shouldn't happen on a fresh install of Windows.
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clear-softwaredistribution-folder-windows-10

Thank you, I'll give it all a try and see how it goes