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Lag is a term for delay or high latency. It means that the answer for a request is taking more time than expected.

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Windows 8 System.exe writes to HDD like crazy

I have checked Application event logs and found that every second about 20 entries for MSSQL Server were recorded. Removed the server and all its components and the problem is gone... Thanks everyone ...
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Laptop Lags for Few Seconds After Startup

Following are the specifications of my laptop: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics 3.20 GHz Installed RAM: 16.0 GB (15.3 GB usable) System type: 64-bit operating system,...
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Extreme Citrix Desktop Lag/Latency

My wife and I work identical jobs, remotely from our work-supplied laptops. She experiences extreme lag while in the Citrix desktop environment, and I do not. It is extremely difficult to do her job ...
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How to diagnose which driver or program cause stuttering in Windows 10?

My Windows 10 system experiencing regular lags and stuttering, approximately once per minute. This is especially noticeable when I'm watching video. Strangely, this problem disappears when GPU-heavy ...
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Why is my HP Pavilion Laptop 14-ce3xxx slowing down while plugged into the charger?

I’ve been using an HP Pavilion Laptop 14-ce3xxx for almost 2 years now. I can’t really tell if the thing occurs since I initially bought it but here is what happens: Whenever I plug the charger in, ...
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Severe input latency & lag on Threadripper 2990WX

Issue Description I have just recently upgraded my CPU to the AMD 2990WX and I started noticing VERY high input lag when running about 10 heavier applications or so concurrently (VS, Docker, Hyper-V, ...
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Why am I having a severe mouse lag when CPU usage spikes up to %100?

I'm having a very noticeable mouse lag when my CPU usage spikes up to %100 or between %90 and %100, this happens when I open a project in visual studio, or when building a project, or when rendering a ...
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My laptop has heavy CPU load when playing SOME games

I just got my hands on a used Alienware 13 R3 with these specs: QuadCore Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 3400 MHz (34 x 100) , 6MB cache 12157 MB RAM (12 GB) nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Dell) , 6 GB vRam (DirectX ...
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Why is my computer slow (usually on startup) even though Task Manager doesn't show anything terrible?

For the past few months, my computer has been running slow on startup. This only happens every now and then, and it seems completely random. It sometimes goes away for a week or two, but then comes ...
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Vmware virtual machines slow down drastically over time

The vm os is latest Windows 10. Over time while my pc is inactive but there is always a automation running on the virtual machines, the vm slow down alot to the point where the cursor looks laggy af ...
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SSD or storage controller lag when copy files

I have 240GB Lexar NQ100 SSD in my old laptop (max read/write speed 500MB/s), split in two 100GB partitions, first partition is OS Windows 7 other empty so far. I have copied 40GB of files one big ...
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Windows 11 causes instabilities with bluetooth and wifi, applications get stuck and stutter

HP EliteBook 830 G5 HP Q78 1.09.01, 16.10.2019 Windows 10.0.22000 I installed Windows 11 about 3 weeks ago. Before, my Laptop ran on Windows 10. Apps running: Office 365 (Word, Excel) Chrome OneDrive ...
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Music on VLC constantly lags/buffers while playing games

When I play Call of Duty, I like to play music in the background on the PC. I've been doing this for several years and had no issues, but for the past month now VLC (at some point), lags really bad or ...
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Audio/Screen Output is lagging every 7 minutes

I have had this problem since I installed Windows 10 about 2 years ago (new custom PC), but the problem was occuring very rarely until a couple of days ago. I have tried Windows reset, clean install ...
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Do leds (num lock, caps lock, scroll lock) on keyboard light up before being handled by computer or after?

I'm trying to find a simple method to measure input lag in games and came up with idea of binding some action (shooting from a gun for example) to caps lock and measuring difference between caps lock ...

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