Windows 11 Support Thread

Dames said:
Hello! I don't suppose anyone else here is running W11 with an AMD 5700XT GPU? I am at my wit's end - since this morning, my AMD Radeon Drivers keep crashing whenever I do ANYTHING on Windows (i.e. try view the preview HDR in settings, watch Youtube videos on any browser, basically do anything with video. And yet, if I run benchmarking software such as FurMark or OCCT, I can run full 4K resolution stress tests with absolutely no issue... So it definitely seems like the hardware is fine, somehow something has gone farked overnight as everything was fine yesterday! I did a fresh install of Windows this evening (fully wiped, clean install) and I'm still getting the same problem. I don't suppose anyone has any ideas/suggestions? I've tried rolling back to earlier driver versions with no luck, so wondering if this isn't maybe something funky with W11.

Edit: Uploaded some vids to Ufile showing what happens >> https://ufile.io/f/na1yx
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Are you on the 21.10.2 drivers?
 
The Voice said:
Are you on the 21.10.2 drivers?
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Yes - I’ve tried with 21.10.1 (rolled back) and 21.10.4 (optional) but get the same results with all 3 versions.

I had a browse on the AMD support forums as well but couldn’t find anyone else mentioning anything similar. To add, I bought this GPU brand new in July/August of last year, so it’s only just over a year old.
 
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I've never done a direct update of Windows (always a fresh install). But, I let Win 10 upgrade to 11.
Everything went smooth. All regular apps working and no drop in performance :thumbsup:
 
Dames said:
Yes - I’ve tried with 21.10.1 (rolled back) and 21.10.4 (optional) but get the same results with all 3 versions.

I had a browse on the AMD support forums as well but couldn’t find anyone else mentioning anything similar. To add, I bought this GPU brand new in July/August of last year, so it’s only just over a year old.
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You using DDU to uninstall the drivers?
 
Rouxenator said:
Are you able to boot into safe mode and see anything in the Event Logs ?
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In theory yes, but unfortunately my knowledge past what I’ve already tried is not great… So I’m not 100% sure exactly what I would be looking for and how to interpret etc.
 
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Windows 11 Is Randomly Making Tons of Empty Folders - How-To-Geek​

If you’re a fan of random temporary folders on your computer, there’s a returning Windows bug that has made its way to Windows 11.

The bug causes empty folders to appear in the system directory, which is a weird bug that sometimes happened in Windows 10, too.

The Windows 11 bug was first spotted by Born City, and basically, it’s causing a Windows 11 computer to create lots of empty folders with names that start with “tw” and a .tmp extension.

Fortunately, the bug isn’t too detrimental, as the folders created are empty and do not take up any space on your hard drive. Still, it isn’t enjoyable to potentially have thousands of folders randomly created on your computer.

If you’re curious whether your PC is getting these random folders, you can head to C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local and see if there are folders starting with “tw” and ending with a .tmp extension.

Apparently, it’s an app called ProvTool.exe that is responsible for the folder-related bug. It serves as a provisioning package runtime processing tool that you can disable, but it’s not recommended since the folders it’s creating aren’t hurting anything.

You can freely delete the folders without causing any harm, though they may come back.

The issue was reported in June 2021 on Windows 10, so it looks like it made its way to the new version of Windows.

Hopefully, Microsoft will address the problem at some point. While it’s not an overly intrusive bug, it’s still something that the company should fix eventually.
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A Windows 10 bug has found its way into Windows 11.
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Updated to Win11 two days ago. Only issue thus far is that I'm unable to print any documents even after running the troubleshooter. No errors, it just says 'printing' but nothing happening. Managed to fix the issue after seeing this video...

 

Windows 11 hit by another bug as Microsoft’s File Explorer nightmare gets worse - Techradar​

Not being able to get this core aspect of the OS right doesn’t look good

Windows 11 has been hit with a new bug, and this one is yet another glitch that’s proving problematic with a core part of the operating system’s interface – namely File Explorer.

File Explorer simply refers to the files and folders on your drive, that you regularly interact with in windows on the desktop – that’s how central it is to the Windows 11 experience, and now a new gremlin in the works is slowing down performance when the context menu is invoked.

The context menu appears when you right click on a file or folder (or the desktop itself), giving you a bunch of further possible context-sensitive actions to take.

Windows Latest reports that the bug is related to the changes with File Explorer whereby Microsoft has altered the way the context menu works in Windows 11 to trim down the number of options presented when right-clicking, prioritizing the most commonly-used options to appear as icons at the top of the list.

Apparently, though, sluggish performance is an unwanted side-effect here, and one Windows 11 user complained of noticeable delays when using the context menu (via the Feedback Hub).

They observed: “There’s a delay of 1/2 second in most cases, but also sometimes you can see it start to open, then flicker as it has to readjust the size to reflect the options. Just seems sloppy.”

Another user reported: “Opening the context menu is slow and after it opens about half the items are stuck ‘loading’ for a few seconds … the old menu [had] twice as many menu items, but it at least loaded instantly.”

It’s also worth noting that the bug seems to have more impact on lower-end PCs.

However, the good news is that a fix has actually been implemented, and it’s already being tested in preview versions of Windows 11.

Windows Latest asserts that the solution is present in preview build 22478.

Windows 11 has been a bit of a nightmare for File Explorer bugs since the OS was released.

Straight off the bat, there were issues with a File Explorer memory leak dragging down system performance, and then more leakage around the command bar (at the top of folder windows) causing slowdowns (with users running into trouble when dragging over files with a box to select them, too).

Those issues are being fixed in preview build 22478, as well as this fresh context menu bug, so that will hopefully prove to be a panacea for all these File Explorer-related hiccups soon enough when all this comes to the release version of Windows 11.

Microsoft certainly needs to get these fixes right, because they pertain to the overall responsiveness of the operating system, and user perception of how Windows 11 runs in general.

If there are continued problems around these basic aspects of the OS, that’s really not going to reflect well on the software giant.
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Im not sure I like Windows 11, perhaps I just need to give it more time. Im used to right clicking on the taskbar and been able to bring up task manager pretty quickly. This doesnt seem to be a thing in Window 11. Also going to miss that little weather icon I used to have.
 
w1z4rd said:
Im not sure I like Windows 11, perhaps I just need to give it more time. Im used to right clicking on the taskbar and been able to bring up task manager pretty quickly. This doesnt seem to be a thing in Window 11. Also going to miss that little weather icon I used to have.
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I liked the theme and system sounds, that's about it.
 

Certain Windows 11 built-in apps won't work for some users - TechSpot​

A fix is coming for everyone on Windows 11 via the November Patch Tuesday update

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Early adopters of Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system have had to contend with the usual collection of bugs and glitches, ranging from performance regressions to printing issues and everything between.

Some people may even find they can’t use some built-in apps, but luckily there’s a fix for that.

This week, some of you may have also found that you can no longer use or even open certain built-in apps such as Get Started, Tips, Snipping Tool, Touch Keyboard, Voice Typing, Emoji Panel, and Input Method Editor user interface (IME UI), as well as the accounts page and landing page in the Settings app for Windows 11 S users.

Microsoft says the issue only affects people that have not yet installed the KB5006746 update that was released on October 21, and S mode users are more likely to experience this problem.

The affected apps rely on a certificate that expired on October 31, and the best way to solve this problem is to manually install the latest update, as it will renew the expired certificate.

KB5006746 is currently marked as an optional update, but it will soon be offered to everyone as part of the November Patch Tuesday update.
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Windows 11 is evolved from Windows 10, which is both a blessing and a curse. Microsoft has spent the past several years perfecting Windows 10, which means...
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