Fix: ‘Your PC Ran Into a Problem and Needs to Restart’ in Windows 8, Windows 10

Was there a time when you were working or playing a video game on your new Windows 8 or Windows 10 operating system and you got the “your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart” error message? Don’t be alarmed because you will see the reason as why you’re Windows 8 is acting like this and also the steps you need to take to fix this issue.

If you accidentally deleted or perhaps because a specific program deleted registry files from your System 32 folder you have in your Windows partition then you will most likely get the error message “your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart”. Also if your memory in Windows 8 or Windows 10 device is running at a higher percentage than your operating system accepts then you will also get this error message.

Note: The high percentage of memory usage can be caused by a specific application that you may have installed recently.

How to solve “your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart” in Windows 8 and Windows 10

First option:

1. Move the mouse cursor over the lower right side of the screen to open the Charms bar.
2. After the Charms bar is opened you will need to type in the search box “Command Prompt”.
3. Left click on the “Command Prompt as Administrator” icon after the search is finished.
4. Write in the Command Prompt window the following command : “SFC /SCANNOW” without the quotes.
5. Press the “Enter” button on the keyboard.
6. Let the SFC scan finish and see if you still have the same error message appearing after this.

Second option:

1. Go to the desktop in your Windows 8 or Windows 10 by left clicking the “Desktop” icon on the start menu.
2. Right click on the “My Computer” icon you have on the desktop.
3. Left click on the “properties” feature you are presented.
4. Left click on the “Advance” tab in the upper side of the Properties window.
5. Under the “Startup and recover” topic left click on “Settings”
6. Under the “System Failure” topic you will need to uncheck the box next to “Automatically restart”.
7. Under the “Write debugging information” topic left click on the dropdown menu and left click again on the “Complete memory dump” feature.
8. Left click on the “OK” button.
9. Left click on the “Apply” button to save the changes.
10. Reboot your Windows 8 or Windows 10 device.
11. Check to see if you still have the error “your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart”.
    Note: In case you still have this issue I would suggest you take the device to the store where you bought it from because it is most likely a hardware malfunction.

Now that you have two ways on how to fix the error “your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart” you only need to apply them and fix your issue in Windows 8 or Windows 10. Also write us below for any other issues regarding this subject and we will help you further with this case.

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