Text disappears and reappears as I write (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Edge, maybe NotePad -- Windows operating system)

Anonymous
2022-10-13T09:12:08+00:00

Okay so now I have a very weird issue that I don't even know how to describe. One thing for sure, it's not OVERTYPE mode thing.

I have noticed that on Microsoft Edge and in Microsoft Word sometimes when I write, some of the last characters disappear and reappear when I type. Let me explain this via an example.

Let's say I want to write the word Microsoft.

  1. Micro types normally
  2. When I type s, o disappears, so now it's Micr
  3. When I type o, Microso appears
  4. Etc.

It happens only occasionally, rarely but it is extremely annoying and I wonder what might be the cause. I have only noticed it in Edge and in Word, maybe also Notepad. Other apps seem to not have this issue, or at least I haven't noticed it.

More interesting thing, while typing messages on twitter today I noticed it once. When typing this very message I didn't notice it happening at all. Since the issue appears so randomly and so rarely I don't have a video to show. But the video would basically look like as if I was typing and removing some parts of the text, then typing it again tbh.

My specs:

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6H
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H (3,30Ghz) with Radeon Graphics + Nvidia GeForce  RTX 3060 (Radeon GPU is turned off through MUX)
6023 MB VRAM
16 GB RAM
SSD Samsung MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L2
Lith-Polymer battery 60Wh 15.36 V/17.37V
230 WAT Power Brick
2560 x 1440 (QHD) 165Hz
Windows 11 Home 64-bit

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Display and graphics

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-16T16:47:31+00:00

    I have the same issue and it's really annoying. In my case sometimes it briefly shows random letters and/or broken fonts and as I continue typing they dissappears and the correct letters reappears. It's not a keyboard problem because I tested different models and different computers, and it seems to happen only in a particular computer, and in determined apps such as MS Word Pro Plus 2021.

    This is the referred pc's config:
    Processor: I3 8100
    Motherboard: Aorus Elite Z370M
    Memory: 16gb (2 x 8gb) @ 3600 mhz + 8gb (2 x 4gb) @ 3200mhz

    Video card: AMD Radeon 6750XT 12gb

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-03T12:37:10+00:00

    Hello everyone, are there any new findings in the case? The problem still exists for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-04T08:10:08+00:00

    Just heads up. My laptop has been to repair 3 times since and it was reinstalled several times. Now it's running Windows 11 with integrated GPU turned off and dedicated being NVIDIA gpu. The issue is still happening, just way less often. I see it the most when writing fast on Twitter.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T18:40:34+00:00

    I followed JohnnyGui's suggestion (post of April 12th) re using the Microsoft Feedback App and I used that to point Microsoft at this Community conversation. I didn't receive any acknowledgment or indication that anyone at Microsoft is looking into that feedback, but maybe JohnnyGui has heard something??

    Since this issue seems to affect many (a majority? all?) Windows 11 users and since I assume lots of Microsoft employees use Windows 11 including Microsoft Office programs et. al., one would think at least some of those employees would have alerted the appropriate Windows 11 developers to the issue. But maybe they just haven't yet figured out how to fix it ??

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