Win 7 "stalling" ?

don't really want to have just 30 days with my os, especially with school coming up in a month.

Snuffy said:

Yes, all this seems about right. I have noticed it since Beta test.
my solution.

start -> cmd (run as admin) @ popup
netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=normal

almost instantly you will see a big difference.

the normal setting for this is different.

netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=default

Its been a couple of hours and no problems...Yet, thanks

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That fix (Netsh commands) is for slow internet or slow local net shares which can appear like stalling but are generally contained and short lived and frequently just SLOW rather than compeltely halted.

It may or may not be the OPs problem, another lag/lockup problem that seems very common is to have the entire OS slowly seize up for several minutes.

Since the OP mentioned it happening in net apps, it could be the auto tuning, but if it happens in general it's more likely the other problem which doesn't seem to have a real airtight fix yet.