I actually cannot remember when this happened but my Windows 10 starts to freeze after I just left the computer for a very short time, probably less than 2 or 3 minutes.
Initially I thought it is my SSD where the windows is installed that has issue but sooner I noticed that as long as I keep using the computer then it does not freeze.
There are discussions, for example:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/windows_10_anniversary_update_ssd_freeze/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3107273/windows/windows-10-anniversary-update-freezing-on-you-microsofts-looking-into-it.html
More reading reveals that this could only happen to users that are booting Windows from a SSD drive (still unsure) which is my case.
And a representative from Microsoft suggested the following:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-may-freeze-after-installing-the/5a60d75d-120a-4502-873c-8bfec65c82d0?page=1&auth=1
To me they looks too complex and I like simple stuff so below is my temporary solution until Microsoft have a fix for it.
Copy the following code and save it in a batch file (e.g. anti-freeze.bat) on the booting SSD drive and when you think you are going to leave the computer for a while, just double click to bat file to preventing Windows from freezing.
@echo off
if "%1"=="done" goto start
start "" /min %0 done
exit
:start
cls
echo Press Ctrl + C to quit...
cmd /c start notepad
timeout /T 5 /NOBREAK
taskkill /F /IM notepad.exe
timeout /T 5 /NOBREAK
goto start
What this does is it fires a windows command prompt, make itself minimized and then open/close notepad every 5 seconds. This works for me and I have left my PC on for the whole night and it is still alive.
Let me know if it works for you too! Have a nice day.
