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  1. nigbert

    Question Why does my pc lag when i alt tab?

    Alright , i started having this problem since i reinstalled my windows and i cant understand why that is. For example let's say i'm watching a youtube video on my second monitor , it works fine , but if I am also playing something on my main monitor and I alt tab into the game , either the...
  2. N

    Question Slow running

    For like a good period of time i've been experiencing slow running and even few seconds freeze when for example i am in a game and i go a bit alt+tab to search for something. Got an I5 4690k, 16GB rual RAM, Win 10, but the thing is it didn't happened before, but now it's just frustrating, it...
  3. Tblenderr

    [SOLVED] Forza horizon 4 and 5: Game freezes until I alt tab

    I have an Y540 lenovo gaming laptop, with i5 9300h, gtx 1650, 16GB ram, Ssd 1 tb, and 1080p 60hz display, and I have problems with forza horizon 4. I installed this game one year ago in windows 10, I didn't had any performance issues and everything was fine, but when I installed windows 11 the...
  4. K

    [SOLVED] I can't alt-tab out of games ?

    I'm fairly certain this is a windows thing because this didn't use to be a problem, then all of a sudden it was a problem for a few months, gone for a few months, and back ever since. Suspiciously like the timeframe I do windows updates. Anyways, when I try to alt tab out of a game, it keeps me...
  5. S

    Question Alt Tabbing Frequently On A Full Screen Game Can Cause MEMORY MANGEMENT BSOD?

    Hi all, I have the Acer Nitro 5 AN515-53 and was playing the Binding Of Isaac Repentance. I search the wiki for items so I know what they do, so I frequently alt tab between the game and Microsoft edge to search up things. During this time the game would freeze at random points, until it froze...
  6. L

    Question Getting tabbed out of games multiple times an hour ?

    Apologies if this isn't in the right place but I didn't know where else to put it. I've gone through multiple threads on reddit/google/thiswebsite and can't find a solution to my problem. So, basically as the title says I'm frequently getting tabbed out of games (speficially Rocket League but...
  7. G

    Question Random Crashing While Alt-Tabbing

    I recently just bought a ryzen 3600, new ram and a new motherboard. It was all working fine until I bought a 1400 165hz monitor. When certain games are booted up, alt-tabbing turns the whole screen black for a few seconds before showing the next window. No big deal, just a minor...
  8. A

    Question I get a black screen for 2-3 seconds every time I press alt + tab or press windows key

    I get a black screen for 2-3 seconds every time I press alt + tab or press windows key, it only happens to me in fortnite in full screen mode and it only happens when I am using my external monitor not the laptops monitor. I tried disabling full screen optimization and disabling DVR from the...
  9. Quietlee

    Question Please help me solve this problem :(

    Hi everyone, I'm at a loss of how to fix this problem, I can usually solve any pc issues I come across but this one I can't get rid of for the life of me. It started randomly a few months ago and as far as I know I didn't install anything new or have any major software changes. The problem I am...
  10. N

    Question My TAB key only works when I press Q+TAB (HELP)

    Alright so I might have done something to the keyboard that I don't know about. I have no macros whatsoever on this board (Redragon K552). For some reason the TAB key does not work, i've tried everything on the internet and after trying all the different suggestions I found out that if I press...
  11. P

    [SOLVED] PC alt tabs twice randomly during the day

    For about a year now my PC will alt tab from whatever I'm doing once, then again about 10-20 seconds later. This usually only happens once or twice a day so I never really notice it that much. If it happens when I'm in a fullscreen video my taskbar will pop up, then go away when the second alt...
  12. S

    Question Game Alt Tabs on it's own

    whenever i'm playing fifa and i'm in a game, sometimes it just alt tabs out and back in (or windows focuses on something else). it doesn't take me out of the game it's just enough to make it count as a dnf. i really need to get this solved so i can play online in peace...
  13. M

    Question PC Lag when Alt-Tab out of game

    Hello, New guy here. I've been having this problem for as long as I can think. When ever I alt-tab out of a game (any game) my whole system starts lagging. Its for games in Fullscreen, Windows, and Windowed Borderless. I have no idea what the cause could be besides a memory leak. Anyone have any...