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Windows 11 possibly causing Edge and other browsers to crash
Here’s an update (OP):
Apparently, Windows 11 (and the new Edge) comes with several “security revamps“ and in their language it should technically mean that you don’t need any security plugins to work safely (I have no way of confirming this but please let us know if you do).
This basically means that any plug-in or add-on or a program that you install that has security features like an antivirus or an ad blocker or a VPN would potentially conflict with the running operating system and cause glitches.
In my case, I reinstalled Windows 11 altogether and started with a fresh copy of Edge with no extensions. This seemed to work and since then I have only added one or two extensions that still seem to be working OK for the time being.
It kinda sucks that I can’t customize much but at least it’s not crashing every 6.5 minutes. My next step would have been to factory reset my computer and go back to Windows 10 and forget about the upgrade.
weeloshwhale Thanks. Will try this as the issues appear to be escalating. Thought the blue screen was gone forever. 😒
- It turned out my problem was the Lenovo Intel display drivers. Installed the latest generic Intel display drivers and the problem is resolved.
- Oh how were you able to figure that? And wa were the drivers only freezing the browsers? 🤔
@I'm still seeing this issue. Both Chrome and edge freezing up... Third time already in the last 4 hours!!
pratikmsh There are so many different things that appear to cause this erratic behaviour that it makes sense to do what was advised initially - do a fresh reinstall of Windows 11 then watch how it behaves as you add on the other stuff that makes your system work as you wish it to. Good ole debug. 😞
I think I got lucky - I uninstalled the screen capture tool (Snip & Sketch?) and use the PrtScrn on the keyboard instead. Since then it has been stable with only two bluescreens in the past three months or so.
Ok, thanks for the reply. Not the same issue as mine, though, because I have no extensions installed and am still having the problem.
