Black Ops Zombies Freezes

Call of Duty Black Ops is one of the popular and biggest sold game of the year 2010-11. Zombie is a leisure game mode in it for both single player and co-op modes.

Unfortunately, there are so many cases when COD Black Ops Zombies freezes in the middle of the gameplay. We are going to discuss about the factors affecting its performance and the number of improvements we can implement in the game so that it stops freezing.

You might have the question below in your mind:

Why does COD Black Ops Zombies freeze on my computer?

1. Steam is running in online mode
2. Registry is Fragmented
3. Steam uses 100% system resources
4. Game priority needs to be increased
5. Junk entries in the registry hive of the game
6. Game configurations needs to be modified

Steam is Running in Online Mode

Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by the Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute games and related media online. Steam also has community features, automated game updates, and in-game voice and chat functionality.

COD Black Ops Zombies freezes when Steam is running in online mode. You need to disconnect Steam from the internet, and then restart the game.

Registry is Fragmented

The share of Windows Registry in the performance of open programs and processes is very high. Almost all games, programs and your operating system use the registry for constantly retrieving and storing information. The registry fragmentation slows down this process and thus COD Black Ops Zombies freezes.

You need to close the game temporarily and defrag the registry using a registry defragmenter.

Steam uses 100% System Resources

It is a drawback of Steam that many times it uses 100% of the system resources. This results in the COD Black Ops Zombies freezing. It is better to terminate Steam while playing the game. After finished playing, you can re-run Steam again.

1. Temporarily close the game.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete.
3. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users shall select the option Start Task Manager.
4. Click Processes tab.
5. Right click the process named steam.exe.
6. Select the option End Process. Confirm your choice.
7. Close Task Manager, and restart the game again.

Game Priority Needs to be Increased

Your operating system concentrates on the running tasks and processes based on their priorities. For example, a process of high priority will be more concentrated than those processes having normal/ low priorities.

COD Black Ops Zombies freezes if other processes are more concentrated during the game play. We shall set the game to high priority in order to stop lagging.

1. Temporarily close the game.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete.
3. Windows Vista and Windows 7 users shall select the option Start Task Manager.
4. Click Processes tab.
5. Right click the process named blackopsmp.exe.
6. Select Priority | High.
7. Close Task Manager, and restart the game again.

Junk Entries in the Registry Hive of the Game

The word junk entries denote those registry entries which are no longer needed and need to be destroyed or cleaned. In other words, it is an unused and outdated stuff in your registry. When there are too many junk entries in the registry hive of the games, COD Black Ops Zombies freezes.

1. Temporarily close the game.
2. Download best registry cleaner for the year 2011.
3. Instantly scan and fix the registry junk.
4. Re-run the game again.

Game Configurations Needs to be Modified

For fixing the problem please modify the game configurations as below.

1. Temporarily close the game.
2. Open My Computer.
3. Open the directory where Call of Duty Black Ops Zombies is installed.
4. Double click the folder named Players.
5. Double click to modify the file Config.cfg.
6. There is one command: seta r_fullscreen "1".
7. Replace 1 with 0.
8. Save the file by pressing Ctrl + S.
9. Restart the game again.

Instant Fix-Up?