Question How do I stop Windows UI from skipping/stuttering?

[charllay]

I have a Dell Inspiron 7706 2n1. It is running Windows 11, has Intel 1165G7 processor with integrated Iris Xe Graphics and the dedicated GPU is Nvidia GeForce MX350.

Shortly after I bought it in October, I noticed that Windows UI skips/stutters every 8 - 10 seconds. After many weeks of troubleshooting, I found out that the skips/stutters go away when I disable Nvidia drivers in Device manager. I have tried drivers from:

Dell https://www.dell.com/support/home/e...g/0-VU5BdnMvYStGUU5ZcVl1UU5ad2dndz090/drivers

Nvidia https://www.nvidia.com.br/Download/driverResults.aspx/197461/en-us

And Windows update, but the skips/stutters still persist.

Recently, I discovered that the skips/stutters go away when I'm running the "Adjust image settings with preview' page in Nvidia control panel. So I run it at all times minimized. The render uses about 13% GPU utilization.

Please how can I stop these skips/stutters?

 

[kerberos_20]

use DDU to uninstall your current gpu drivers and use drivers provided from dell

 

[charllay]

use DDU to uninstall your current gpu drivers and use drivers provided from dell

done that a dozen times

 

[kerberos_20]

done that a dozen times

for both graphic cards?

 

[charllay]

for both graphic cards?

yep

 

[charllay]

for both graphic cards?

restart into safe mode, uninstall drivers using ddu, restart into normal mode, reinstall updated drivers