Controls unresponsive while enchanting in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Chande]

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This has happened a few times, usually when exiting the enchanter: enchanter window closes normally but controls are stuck, and the crosshair pulsates like it usually does when pointing at an intractable item. Player control returns after ~30 seconds, just now though they did not return. No input worked- I couldn't even return to main menu. Had to end process via task manager. Not sure what triggers this, but my hunch is that it has something to do with renaming items.

[MACALL]

I experience the same thing once in a while; however I can say I've yet to rename any items so it may be something else. I am thinking it has something to do with using the mouse scroll wheel, eventually instead of only moving it up and down the list it actually zooms in/out on my character as if I was trying to switch between 1st/3rd person then as soon as I exit out of the table it does what you're describing. I haven't had it do it permanently though.

[Irene-I]

It happens to me even if I just pause for a second on trying to decide how to enchant something. My solution now is to know exactly what I want to enchant, do the single item, exit and quick save. I never try to enchant multiple things because it almost always locks on me if I do. FYI, I experienced the most frequent lockups so far in Windhelm and the least in Whiterun. I found that quick saving then reloading the entire game (by exiting out of the game and then loading it back up) fixes it after about 5 seconds of loading your save.

[DougWison]

Using scroll wheel definitely has issues and only when enchanting, not with smithing or alchemy. I think maybe this has happened when I didn't rename anything. I closed HWMonitor and restarted Skyrim and it happened again: While using the enchanter the game would not respond to any Keyboard presses (with Xbox controller disabled.) I managed to quit the enchanter and then could not walk/run. Restarting Win7 and leaving HWMonitor off seemed to fix the issue. I've had trouble with HWMonitor and Fallout3/New Vegas before as well. Could be that certain background processes don't play nice with Skyrim.

[Ashley Parker]

I found an easy fix for the non responsiveness after exiting an enchantment session in which you used the scroll wheel. You just have to press the F key to switch between third and first person and you'll be able to move again.

[Shae]

I know to press yes/no after setting the enchantment type. When this has happened no key presses do anything, even f. It doesn't happen every time and only once did controls not return after ~30 seconds. Not sure what is meant by HWMonitor, Win7 Resource Monitor? I'm not running either while gaming.

[Rumbley]

I've had the same problem but it only happened after trying to rename an item.
What bothers me a bit more is occasionally my movement is restricted in game...i.e. I'll be walking along and all of a sudden i stop moving forwards...then after tapping W(/any other keys- Some keys still respond,leading me to believe this is a seperate bug) a few times I'll start moving again. At first I thought it was my keyboard but I've tried a few different things and the most important point I found is that when I autorun it also stops(meaning it's not my new keyboard being unresponsive). So must be a bug, but doesnt seem like alot of people are having a problem with it. It also only happens in certain areas and only occasionally.