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
    2023-07-03T12:37:10+00:00

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

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-03T07:34:18+00:00

    I've been doing a lot of typing in last two days and sadly I have to report the issue still persists. It's not nearly as bad as it was but it's still present, unfortunately.

    Is MS even really aware of the problem?

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-01T08:35:33+00:00

    My config, which works, at least a few days now is the following:

    Windows 11 Pro 22H2 22621.1635

    CPU I9-13900k

    Asus rtx 3070, driver 31.0.15.3161 (April 8th 2023)

    Updates installed (in desc order)

    KB5025305

    KB5025239

    KB5023778

    KB5023706

    ...in case it helps...

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