Transactions were stalled Thursday at dozens of North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (NCDMV) driver license offices.

A mainframe computer connection issue was impacting operations at 112 NCDMV locations. According to NCDMV, the mainframe was restored around 3:15 p.m.

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The NCDMV released the following statement around noon:

"After dealing with sporadic connections to the mainframe for the last 24 hours, NCDMV has stopped processing transactions at the state’s 112 driver license offices until the problem is resolved. License plate agencies, online services, and self-service kiosks are also affected and have been experiencing sporadic outages."

WRAL News on Thursday visited locations on Avent Ferry Road and Spring Forest Road in Raleigh, where lines were long and people waiting outside in the cold were frustrated.

Even with an appointment, some people were stuck waiting game until the problem is fixed.

"It’s very frustrating, because the rest of my day is sort of blown," said Mary Mitchell, a DMV customer impacted by the outage. "I don’t know if I even get my license if I want to do anything else.”

Lauren Hiller said she was trying to renew her driver's license before her wedding in nine days.

"I've been trying to get this taken care of for about a month now," she said. "I've been turned away from several DMVs saying they aren't taking any more walk ins that day, so this is frustrating."

NCDMV said the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT) will continue monitoring the systems.

In July, nearly 2,000 NCDMV appointments had to be canceled due to a global IT outage caused by a software update by CrowdStrike, a massive cybersecurity firm. The outage hit industries across the world – including airlines, banks, health care and media broadcasters. In the Triangle, flights were delayed at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, hospitals were impacted, and some gas stations were not able to accept credit cards.

Weeks earlier, in May, the NCDMV's computer systems were down for several hours, impacting offices statewide.