Windows 10 Stuttering with new update

Anonymous
2019-06-15T22:22:51+00:00

Okay, so I updated to the latest version of windows last night, and discovered an issue IMMEDIATELY. Every few seconds my screen/audio/EVERYTHING stutters for a split second. It doesn't matter if I'm watching videos, playing games, not doing anything, it stutters. I've double, triple, quadruple checked that 100% of my drivers are fully up to date, and that I have all of the latest security and graphics updates and made sure nothing needed downloading or updated at all. It still stutters. I've tried absolutely every solution I could find on the internet. Still Stutters. 

Where things get interesting is when I roll back the update to the previous one. It works perfectly fine with absolutely no stuttering. I went back to the new update, and the stutter happened again. So it is definitely the update that is the issue. But just to be completely sure, and hoping to rid the issue, I factory reset my PC and then reinstalled the update. Surprise surprise,  the stutter happens.

So what in the heck is the issue!? And is anyone else experiencing this problem? I'm worried I might be stuck with it until another month or two from now when Microsoft does their next decent sized update, and I need to solve this problem ASAP.

Thanks!

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-19T21:13:13+00:00

    Hey, thanks for the reply. I have an intel cpu and Nvidia gpu so I doubt the same fix would work for me. I'm just going to build a new pc anyway and do a fresh windows install... if the new hardware ever comes back in stock!

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-12-19T19:58:24+00:00

    I've had this stutter/lag/pause (what ever it is) for a long time now. Have avoided it by pausing windows updates and using restore point but this last time I hoped windows update had corrected the problem so went ahead and updated. Big mistake. Not only did the problem reappear but it also deleted all my restore points so no going back. After days of searching for the answer thru all the support sources available I finally found the problem. It was the AMD graphics driver. Once it was replaced by the stock windows driver POOF problem gone.

    Heres the sequence and the source of the advice I got.

    Go to Device manager> Display device > Properties >Driver tab > Update Driver > Browse > Let Me Pick.      And pick basic microsoft driver.

    This is the guardian angel source for the advice-- https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/amd-radeon-r4-graphics-driver-causing-micro/370e4b78-c1fa-4180-b2c8-45a100e104b6

    Hope this helps others avoid the time consuming headache.

    LCK

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-12-09T21:18:27+00:00

    Thanks a lot for the solution. I will keep this in my bag of tricks. Over time and driver updates and even some hardware changes, I haven't had too many problems with shuddering anymore. I did find out that any overlay on the screen (like turning your volume up) while using full display, will result in windows display drivers take over. I'm sure that they fixed though. Thanks again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-12-09T14:48:34+00:00

    Hi,

    This is in reply to the Windows stuttering original post:

    I know this is an old post, and I am not sure if there was a solution found, but it came up for me on Google when searching this issue.  My PC did a Windows update a day or so ago, today it is stuttering, the mouse, the apps etc.  The fan is coming on when this happens and then goes off again once the stutter stops.

    I sat and watched the task manager for a minute or two with the CPU tab clicked to see what apps were using the most CPU.  Turns out there was this app - DSA (32bit) which is the Intel Driver and Support Assistant - which was spiking the CPU to 115%, this was causing the stuttering.

    The solution was to uninstall the Intel Drive and Support Assistant, I also uninstalled the Intel Computing Improvement Program, and the Microsoft Telemetry from the group policy as these were spiking a bit also.

    It may be worth watching task manager when the system is stuttering to see which app/process is potentially causing it.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-11-19T01:56:57+00:00

    Man, you have no idea how glad I am that I stumbled across your comment, I've done everything from a clean windows install, to buying a new ssd, 👍 your tip worked

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