the second problem you are describing sounds like services actually crashed, but haven't timed out yet...
the first, welll... i honestly have no idea what you meant.
well anyways, when going through the modules i started updating long ago i found a copy of cs_freeze... it still compiles under anope 1.7.17, i have no idea whether it works properly though.
I haven't had time to finish off everything i started, and lately i ve almost had no time whatsoever, so don't expect it to be finished anytime soon... (got this stupid flash project for school.. and god i hate flash)
You can dl my partial update
hereNote that the updating process is still far from finished, but since it compiles it might work.