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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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Why all my windows refresh and stutter every half hour, at exactly 00 and 30 minutes?

I'm using Windows 10 Professional on a desktop PC. At exactly 0 and 30 minutes of each hour the whole system stutters and lags for a moment. I.e. every half hour. Looks like this: each window gets a ...
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High local ping when two people try to game at the same time (local or online)

Okay, I apologise in advance if this isn't the sort of question intended for here. It looked like it was because https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/ looks like it's intended for people who ...
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Windows Desktop lags constantly, unless youtube is playing a video

I have a 144Hz monitor that works perfectly for games or any demanding app. But I get constant stuttering / low framerate on the desktop (web browsers, explorer, excel, etc.). But, whenever there's ...
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R studio too slow when it starts

The last couple of months Rstudio has become extremely slow when it opens. I may need more than a minute waiting for it to open. I know that there are a couple of posts in the community which deal ...
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DPC Latency issues caused by storport.sys

I have been having an issue with DPC latency. I have spent hours trying to figure out how to fix it, but I have failed to find a solution. To begin, I first noticed this issue after I cloned my ...
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Mouse lag/stutter playing games in Windows 10

Since I got this computer: i5 7600K 3.80Ghz 16 RAM Single channel 1069 Mhz STRIX Z270E mobo PG348Q Monitor GTX 1080 Zotac 500 GB SSD Western Digital I haven't been able to play smooth any games with ...
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Cause of lag spikes / svchost.exe?

I know some things about computers, but I'm not a computer expert. I have a decent computer with 8GB of memory, and a GTX 960. I usually have Curse, Evolve, and Steam open. (I've had this for a while, ...
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Computer super slow and laggy, while resources are not being used

Ok so I have a custom built PC; specs below: CPU: Intel Core i7-4700 Motherboard: MSI Z97-G55 RAM: 16GB DDR3 Video Card: PNY nVidia GTX 770 Primary Hard Disk: Samsung 850 Evo Primary OS: Windows 8.1 ...
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Windows 11 Explorer lags for a second when selecting an image

Recently upgraded to Windows 11, noticed that in explorer if I click on an image, it takes about a second, showing the loading circle on my cursor before it fully selects. I noticed during this time ...
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Extreme lag when opening menus, folders, programs, just about anything that has to load new graphics

This is an intermittent issue. I've gone months without it present at all, and months with it present. The lag affects everything except audio. Input and all visuals are frozen for the duration of ...
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How to reduce startup lag in X Mouse Button Control

I have used X Mouse Button control to reroute my mouse button 4 to a right click auto clicker. I did this by setting the key to rmb and making it repeat (option 6). But whenever I press the button it ...
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How to configure QoS on a D-Link DSL-2750U (1.16f)?

My internet is so slow when family starts using it along with me. I get crazy lags in-game (League of Legends) and browsing as well (even Facebook). But when I'm alone on the network, which rarely ...
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User on the desktop has delayed keyboard response, but not when in the login screen, a different user, or in the admin command prompt

I have this very peculiar issue where when I think my PC was reaching the limit on memory usage, something suddenly happened causing keyboard input lag, yet when I opened up command prompt as an ...
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Alt+Shift change of language lag since Windows 10

This has been a longstanding problem ever since Windows 10 for me. There is a noticeable delay between pressing the key combination and the actual change of language. I often press the keys, start ...
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Computer experiences occasional framerate stutters with 1000hz mouse polling rate

I am experiencing framerate stutters when I have my mouse polling rate set to 1000hz. The framerate stutters mostly disappears when I use my mouse at 500hz but my PC should not be having framerate ...

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