Question

I am trying to run an Android Virtual Device (called “Android4.0.3“) on Windows 7 64-bit. However, whenever I start it, it ends up completely freezing the computer (no mouse/keyboard input seems to be accepted). My music kept playing in the background, though.

Is there any way to run the device without freezing up Windows?

Answer 1

Comodo Firewall’s Defense+ was messing things up. IIRC, the driver runs at the kernel level, thus giving it the ability to totally freeze up the computer.

To fix this:

1. Right click the Comodo Firewall icon in the taskbar.
2. Under “Defense+ Security Level”, select “Training Mode”.
3. Be sure to switch it back to what it was before once you’re done running the virtual machine at least once.

Still not working?

1. Right click the Comodo Firewall icon in the taskbar.
2. Click on “Open…”
3. Click on “Defense+”
4. Click on “Trusted Files”
5. Look for the AVD directory and remove those entries; or, simply click on purge.