JDubbedN
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It's been at least several months since the problem started and now it's getting pretty aggressive or I'm just getting fed up with it. It seems that any game that I play, randomly the game will seem to freeze or lose focus and I have to alt-tab or press the windows key to bring it back to life. This is how it goes...
I'll be playing any game on steam for example. I'll be playing and then all of a sudden the game freezes but the game isn't actually frozen because I can hear the sounds and the game is still progressing as if it was moving and there is no "not responding" text either. I have to press the windows key to bring it back to moving. Which makes me think for some reason, something is taking focus from the game but leaving the game visible yet frozen. I can also move my mouse around and actually do things in the game but the picture doesn't move. For example, when the game freezes, I can still move my mouse and command units in an RTS game or move my character in an FPS game because I'll hear the actions going on, but the game visually is frozen in place.
Things I have tried
1. I thought maybe a software was taking focus so I used an app called Focus Logger and all it shows it explorer.exe as taking focus and it doesn't match the times when I lose focus.
2. I reinstalled the AMD graphic drivers
3. I've manually closed down software running in the back ground one by one while testing and none of the software that I see on task manager seem to be the culprit.
4. I've run antivirus software like Windows built-in protection and Malwarebytes Premium and I removed some PUPS and 3rd party software that were flagged but problem persists.
It makes playing games difficult because I never know when I'll lose focus of the game. It seems completely random and it can happen 3 or 4 times within 20 seconds or it can happen 1 time in and hour. I don't seem to notice that it happens outside of games. Maybe it does happen but it isn't noticeable. It seems to only happen during playing a game.
Any help would be appreciated.
It's been at least several months since the problem started and now it's getting pretty aggressive or I'm just getting fed up with it. It seems that any game that I play, randomly the game will seem to freeze or lose focus and I have to alt-tab or press the windows key to bring it back to life. This is how it goes...
I'll be playing any game on steam for example. I'll be playing and then all of a sudden the game freezes but the game isn't actually frozen because I can hear the sounds and the game is still progressing as if it was moving and there is no "not responding" text either. I have to press the windows key to bring it back to moving. Which makes me think for some reason, something is taking focus from the game but leaving the game visible yet frozen. I can also move my mouse around and actually do things in the game but the picture doesn't move. For example, when the game freezes, I can still move my mouse and command units in an RTS game or move my character in an FPS game because I'll hear the actions going on, but the game visually is frozen in place.
Things I have tried
1. I thought maybe a software was taking focus so I used an app called Focus Logger and all it shows it explorer.exe as taking focus and it doesn't match the times when I lose focus.
2. I reinstalled the AMD graphic drivers
3. I've manually closed down software running in the back ground one by one while testing and none of the software that I see on task manager seem to be the culprit.
4. I've run antivirus software like Windows built-in protection and Malwarebytes Premium and I removed some PUPS and 3rd party software that were flagged but problem persists.
It makes playing games difficult because I never know when I'll lose focus of the game. It seems completely random and it can happen 3 or 4 times within 20 seconds or it can happen 1 time in and hour. I don't seem to notice that it happens outside of games. Maybe it does happen but it isn't noticeable. It seems to only happen during playing a game.
Any help would be appreciated.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 11
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Mini Forums
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G
- Motherboard
- Mini Forums
- Memory
- Kingston FURY Impact 64GB (2x32GB) 3200MT/s DDR4 CL20
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon Graphics APU
- Antivirus
- Windows Antivirus
