Computer is slow after Windows 11 22H2 update

May I recommend that you never allow automatic updates of anything but rather get notified and you can look at each update and decide whether or not you want to try it. In addition, you can use group policy editor to prevent even the suggestion of updated builds for as long as 365 days. In that way you can do your own research regarding the new build and you can choose of and when you want to install it.

I build all my PCs and networks. I went from lightning fast and seamless to essentially unusable. Reverted and all is well.

You really think Microsoft listens? Can’t use mac for my applications so I use the best options. Here it’s the prior build. Good luck!

Thanks, yohim.

It looks like those of us adopting the new build will likely just have to hunker down and wait patiently, while Microsoft and 3rd party device manufacturers optimize their drivers.

My biggest gripe here is that I was unaware of these issues until Windows automatically updated it to 22h2 while reinstalling the previous version and I noticed the degradation almost immediately. I Googled for some advice and discovered that Microsoft had been aware of the gaming performance issues for months before the roll-out, and people had been complaining about it even then. On top of that, NVidia were also aware that their monitoring software in the driver suite (GeForce Experience) was faulty and have only just started trying to fix that too. NVidia card owners are top of the list of complaints at the moment, with expensive RTX cards underperforming because of shoddy driver rollouts and most gamers opting to go through the contrived issues of rolling back. It's shameful that they would decide to force us into it despite their knowledge that it degrades performance.

I do think they listen though. It's just whether or not they act fast enough that is the concern here. Lots of people are suffering and Microsoft inflicted this, knowingly.

One thing's for sure - many people will have lost trust in the big Windows 11 builds when they are released in the future. I know for sure I will hold off for as long as possible when they become available. I used to get excited about the new releases...

I build all my PCs and networks. I went from lightning fast and seamless to essentially unusable. Reverted and all is well.

You really think Microsoft listens? Can’t use mac for my applications so I use the best options. Here it’s the prior build. Good luck!

I can also confirm, after three reinstalls of 22h2, that there is something seriously wrong with this new build. I'm not sure what's been added under the bonnet, but I am getting slowdowns across the system.

My PC:

Motherboard: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-8700K
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series™ H115i PRO RGB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance® LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16
Graphics Card: Gigabyte RTX 3080 Ti VISION OC 12G
Sound Card: Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5
OS SSD: Samsung 980 PRO NVMe 2TB
Backup SSD: Samsung 970 PRO NVMe 500GB
Gaming SSD 1: 2X Samsung 860 EVO 1TB 6Gb/s (RAID Stripe)
Gaming SSD 2: 2X Samsung 870 EVO 1TB 6Gb/s (RAID Stripe)
Main Monitor: LG 34GK950G 34" Ultrawide Monitor
Monitor 2: Alienware AW3418DW 34" Ultrawide Monitor
VR Setup: HP Reverb G2

My primary frustration is with gaming. I am running a fairly hefty system as listed (CPU's a little old but powerful) and it feels like everything has some sort of bottleneck to break through before running with anything near my original pre-update performance. Added to that is the extremely unpleasant VR experience now. It's so bad that there is a visible wobbling effect (like a broken refresh rate, or as if my lenses are floating in water) causing huge lag spikes and distortion, making VR nausea inducing for the very first time, even in calm environments,

What on earth did Microsoft do? How can this kind of issue (which is being reported on a massive scale) have broken through QA and been approved as ready for a forced launch with Windows users? I am using the latest NVidia drivers (another culprit) and am up-to-date with all my Windows updates.

My experience of Windows has gone from happy to miserable...

Follow the methods in - How to Speed Up Windows 11