I'm going to say something shocking, but how about windows releases updates that don't completely wreck peoples PC. I'm tired of spending a day trying a bunch of workarounds until I get my PC back to a semi-stable state.
Windows 10 Stuttering with new update
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
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
71 answers
Sort by: Oldest
-
Anonymous
2019-09-08T02:18:08+00:00 -
Anonymous
2019-09-08T03:55:02+00:00 My computer will not stay on. I cannot keep my mouse working on my Toshiba computer, so cannot get to a web page.
I earlier received the following
https://Windows.com/stopcode. And was instructed to tell support problem. WATCHDOG VIOLATION
I AM A 76year old grandma and am not up on all technology, apparently. I have been trying...no luck!!!!
i am responding on an ipod. Help???
-
Anonymous
2019-09-12T17:19:12+00:00 I'm having a similar issue and no one seems to be addressing it. I was forced to do the update to 1903 as it's a requirement for Gears 5 and now I'm getting stuttering sound!! It's not isolated to games either. It happens while watching youtube, Netflix, and movies and music. If I revert back to the previous version, I'm good, but can't play Gears. What's worse is that I did a fresh install of windows and immediately upgraded to 1903 and still have the problem. Im running a NVIDIA 1060 card connected via HDMI and audio over HDMI. I've tried several things based on internet and still have the issue. Please help!!
-
Anonymous
2019-09-15T18:38:50+00:00 Hi guys,
I have the same issue after update, took a month tried every suggestions from MS agents, advisors and moderators with no luck. My laptop randomly stuttering 2-3 times a day from using Movies & TV on big screen through HDMI, until I did one method that seems to mitigate or at least I can enjoy movies without saying bad word 3 times a day.
To understand windows lag and stuttering you have to go all the way back to 2013;
And the most recently ;
After much research, I found that the most complaints are these two processors that may have contributed to the problem. ACPI that related to Battery and Adjusting the clock speed of the CPU. Also called "dynamic frequency scaling," CPU throttling. And NtOsKrnl that is Windows NT kerneland nothing you can do to tame it unless Microsoft takes their head out of the sand.
Here’s the tool I’m using “LatencyMon” to monitor what’s going on behind my back;
https://www.resplendence.com/latencymon
And here’s the software that at least blocks most of the things that shouldn’t be running without your permission, “O&Oshutup10”;
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
(Always monitor CPU usage, some options on some PC could spike CPU to 100%. For example; Miscellaneous: Extension of Windows 10 search with Bing disable)
Long story short...
- I updated from 1709 to 1803 build and that where lag and stuttering begins
- Rollback to the original image my laptop is perfectly fine again
- Update again to 1903 randomly stuttering came back
(Note: Reset or Clean install doesn’t do any good both times. ACPI and Ntoskrnl are the pc killer)
Following are the method I mentioned;
- Barebones install 1809 (From Microsoft ISO download site) which of causes, bunch of unknown device shows up in device manager. But I choose to update only 2 drivers..
- Displays driver
- Sound Drive (Realtek)
Then
- Install Shutup10 to limits most of background
- Turn off Background Apps in setting
- Turn off all Setting/Privacy
- Turn off all Setting/Gaming
- Turn off SaveMode when Battery below 20% (Only apply to laptop. this is where stuttering most occurs)
- Set network status to “Meter” preventing update
- Disable Windows Automatic update in Group Policy (Windows 10 pro) or “wuauserv” in Services
- Disable all enhance audio from Realtek’s property (KMplayer has its own internal codec)
- increases Pagefile to double the size where windows recommended (not to exceeding ram size)
- I’m using The KMplayer instead of Movies & TV (MS Movies players from my observation might have corrupted memory and/or search index when stuttering happens. When that happens, don’t restart. Instead, force shut down by holding power button)
- And I’m using Chrome instead of Adge (Youtube doesn’t work from Flash not being configured properly and other reason https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.windowscentral.com/how-to-fix-slow-edge-youtube%3famp)
Then to ensure that my system is up to the task, I did the following..
- Run Windows PowerShell (Admin)
type sfc /scannow
If corrupted files found and couldn’t be fixed then use
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
To rebuild package then Run sfc /scannow again (1903 came with corrupted defenders security)
- Lastly run Setting/Security and update/trouble shoot on compatibility and search index. (I found one of the Realteks Dll incompatible, has to set as Windows 8)
Words of caution;
Do research and understand any and all of these procedures before you start. It works for me, might not work for you. Keep in mind, install fresh Windows means you will lose every programs you previously installed and without proper drivers, you might lose some hardware functionality)
Hope my experiences help.
-
Anonymous
2019-09-16T01:02:03+00:00 You might have to wait until Oct 10, 2019 for 1909 build release then try again.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/windowsreport.com/ntoskrnl-exe-latency-spikes-windows-10/%3famp