You set your Windows 11 power mode to High Performance or Ultimate Performance, but after restarting the computer, it reverts to Balanced. This reset happens because of a conflict between the Windows 11 Settings app and the legacy Control Panel power plans. The Settings app now manages power modes by applying an underlying power plan, … Read more
Your Windows 11 laptop loses battery power overnight or during the day while in Sleep mode. The battery percentage drops by 10, 20, or even 30 percent in a few hours. This problem is caused by Modern Standby, a power management feature that keeps the network connection active and allows background apps to run. This … Read more
Your games or 3D applications stutter and show a high GPU Wait time in performance overlays. This problem occurs when Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling is enabled but conflicts with your GPU driver or other system components. This article explains why GPU Wait spikes happen and provides step-by-step fixes to resolve them. Key Takeaways: Fixing GPU Wait … Read more
Windows 11 manages the page file automatically by default. This file on your SSD acts as virtual RAM when physical memory fills up. Constant writes to the page file can reduce an SSD lifespan over time. The page file is a system file named pagefile.sys located at the root of your system drive. This article … Read more
You open Task Manager and see the GameDVR process consuming 30 percent or more of your CPU, even when you are not playing any game. This problem occurs because Windows 11 keeps the Xbox Game Bar recording system active in the background, capturing clips you never requested. This article explains why Game DVR background recording … Read more
If your Windows 11 computer slows down noticeably when you launch a legacy 32-bit application, Virtualization-Based Security or VBS is likely the cause. VBS uses hardware virtualization to isolate critical system processes, and this overhead can degrade performance for 32-bit programs that rely on emulation layers like Windows on Windows 64 or WOW64. This article … Read more
Low storage space on a Windows 11 device can cause slow performance, failed updates, and error messages about insufficient disk space. Compact OS is a built-in feature that reduces the size of the Windows operating system by compressing system files, freeing up several gigabytes of space. This article explains how to safely enable or disable … Read more
SearchHost.exe, the process behind the Start menu search bar in Windows 11, can spike CPU usage to 100 percent across eight cores, freezing your system for minutes. This occurs when the search indexer attempts to rebuild its database from scratch or processes a corrupt index file. In this article, you will learn the root cause … Read more
You have used ReadyBoost with a USB flash drive to speed up Windows 11 boot times, but recently the improvement has disappeared. This problem usually occurs after a Windows Update changes how the system handles external caches or after a driver update resets USB controller settings. The ReadyBoost cache may still show as configured, but … Read more
Windows 11 uses PowerThrottling to reduce energy consumption by pausing background processes. This feature can slow down or interrupt applications that need consistent CPU access. You can whitelist a process to prevent PowerThrottling from affecting it. This article explains how to add a process to the PowerThrottling exclusion list using Windows Settings and the command … Read more