What Does “Not Responding” Mean?

Published: 29 May 2023
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⌛ "Not Responding" is Windows' way of telling you that a program might have a problem. Sometimes Not Responding benign and sometimes it's a sign of a deeper issue.

⌛ Not responding
“Not responding” happens when a program stops interacting with Windows properly. This can be due to legitimate delays, if the program is busy working, or to errors like a programming bug, design error, hardware problem, malware, and more.

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Chapters
0:00 Not Responding
1:00 Programs are expected to respond to Windows
1:45 Legitimate delays
3:39 Internet issues
4:28 Not-so-legitimate causes
5:00 Software design error
5:35 Hardware
6:00 Malware

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