Windows 8 RP "freezing bug" reportedly fixed

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When the Windows 8 Release Preview was first launched in late May, a number of users experienced a "freezing" issue with the operating system. Even Neowin readers have experienced this problem and opened a thread on our message boards to talk about it.

Recently, a Microsoft employee, identified on Twitter as "tripparks", the "Senior Software Development Lead in Test at Microsoft", responded to a Twitter question about the freezing problem and that we should "stay tuned". Now Techie-buzz.com reports that the freezing build has now been corrected in internal builds of Windows 8, little surprise here as we would expect Microsoft to fix this bug before launching.

http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-8-rp-freezing-bug-reportedly-fixed

 

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More info about the Windows 8 Release Preview freezing issue

So Paul Thurrott just wrote a piece on the responses he received from his earlier Windows 8 Release Preview distress beacon. To quickly recap, the operating system, for some users, at random, seems to slowly hang — one app at a time — eventually forcing a reboot.

http://www.withinwindows.com/2012/06/26/more-info-about-the-windows-8-release-preview-freezing-issue