# platformEnterCriticalSection deadlock?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/platformentercriticalsection-deadlock/447>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 15, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/platformentercriticalsection-deadlock/447 "2011-09-15T21:16:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 15, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/platformentercriticalsection-deadlock/447/1 "2011-09-15T21:16:33Z")

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**[bearsomg](https://sourceforge.net/u/bearsomg/)** wrote on [Thursday, September 15, 2011](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/aa203d72/#7c9c):

Weird scenario going on here… When I compile my GLFW app on windows 7, it  
works perfectly fine. When I compile and run the same code on XP, it seems to  
always hang whenever the \_glfwPlatformLockMutex function is called. Anyone  
got any idea what would cause this?