A Windows 11 user discovers how one seemingly simple but major mistake can cause massive performance losses and potential system slowdown.
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NVIDIA's re-released 595.71 driver fixes broken fan control, but it came at the cost of causing severe performance drops for some users.
A user has uncovered how one of the key Windows 11 system services could be gobbling up lots of memory on your PC.
Microsoft today confirmed that it has enabled a potential performance and resource hogging feature by default on Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, as well as in Server 2025.
Nvidia has blamed Microsoft's latest Windows 11 KB5066835 update for performance issues. The company has rolled out a new emergency hotfix driver.
The default Windows 11 system can have several settings and features that may be less than optimal in terms of performance.
Microsoft has acknowledged that there are two Windows 11/10 features that do impact and slow down your PC.
A new report suggests that one of the most vital features on Windows is misbehaving and not working properly anymore, potentially affecting many of AMD's Ryzen chips.
Microsoft nearly released an Office "performance boost" feature in quite an annoying state, but thankfully it realized the problem beforehand.
Microsoft has shared details about a Classic Outlook bug that is leading to high CPU usage on Windows systems.
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Microsoft has confirmed that a new bug in Classic Outlook is making even typing difficult as it is leading to high CPU usage and system hogging. A workaround has been shared.
An Nvidia engineer has helped resolve an AMD driver issue while it itself deals with Windows problems. There's some back-story here.
Windows 11 24H2 might just be silently crippling the performance of some PCs when users are not paying attention.
PassMark has shared some interesting data which shows that there is a noticeable dip in the Windows PC performance spectrum.
Some weird issue in Windows 11 could be leading to a lot of performance loss without the user even noticing it.
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Despite the performance boost and optimizations, you can still be hit by VBS / HVCI even on the latest Windows 11 versions.
While the tech press was quite positive about the RTX 4070 Super, its bigger brother, the 4070 Ti SUPER, and especially one of the MSI models, has not been able to deliver as there are issues.
According to several user reports online, Google was apparently slowing YouTube down if it detected adblockers. However, Adblock has now confirmed that such is not the case at all.
It was only a few days ago that we reported a Microsoft Defender bug that led to Windows 11 performance loss. Following that, Avira is now seemingly freezing Windows up making PCs unusable.
Windows 11 version 23H2, much like some of the previous feature updates for Windows 11, is apparently causing performance loss, and it could have something to do with Microsoft Defender.
Following a recent widespread BitLocker issue that caused the "65000" error code which was mostly a reporting bug, it has been found that the default software BitLocker is causing real impact on SSDs.
On the outgoing Windows 10, it was recently found that Intel's newer 13th Gen is less snappy than 10th Gen CPUs. Interestingly, it looks like modern Ryzen is also falling behind the older Intel chip.
Intel's hybrid CPUs are apparently struggling with latency issues as they can often be sluggish despite being much faster on paper than older CPUs like 10th or 11th gen, according to a report.
Last week, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday for the month of March, and with it, the Moment 2 update was also made available to all. The latest feature update, though, maybe slowing down SSDs.
Microsoft is seemingly enabling VBS on Windows 10 as well, something which was limited to Windows 11 only previously. This could lead to potential performance loss as latest testing indicates.
Another day, another AMD bug has hit Windows 11. This new issue can drop the performance of Radeon GPUs by over 50%. AMD has confirmed the bug exists, though thankfully it looks like a rare issue.
AV-Comparatives recently released its Performance test for the month of October 2022. In the evaluation, Microsoft Defender was found to be the worst offender with the highest performance impact.
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AV-TEST, which tests and ranks antivirus solutions, has conducted its first Windows 11-based security test. However, Defender, despite all of Microsoft's touting, has managed to come in last place.
Microsoft has issued a warning for those out there running Windows 11 on supported CPUs. The company has found that modern chips with the new VAES instruction are "susceptible to data damage".
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A new report suggests that Microsoft Defender has a bug which is causing it to hog the CPU resources on a system using an Intel processor, leading to reduced performance. AMD is apparently unaffected.
In the latest performance impact test from AV-Comparatives, Microsoft's Defender has been one of worst performers of all, barely coming in second-last among 17 anti-malware products.
