The release (*11*) the big update (*11*) Windows 11 2022 (22H2) hasn't gone well, and now there's another issue to report: Microsoft says some users may experience "lower-than-expected performance in some games ".
It is the most recent entry in the (*11*) Known Issues (Opens in a new tab) list maintained by Microsoft (via (*11*) PC Gamer (Opens in a new tab)), and is described as slow gaming or stuttering when reading. If this is something you've noticed since installing the update, you're not alone.
According to Microsoft, this is because some games and apps "inadvertently enable features (*11*) performance debugging (*11*) the GPU that are not intended for consumer use", so this is a built-in feature ( *11*) Windows 11 waking up when it shouldn't.
You can fix it?
Microsoft has suspended rolling out (*11*) the 22H2 update to computers it says may be vulnerable to the bug, but if you already have it installed, the official advice is to update affected programs and games to newer versions." could" help with the problem.
Other than (*11*) that, Microsoft says it's "working on a resolution and will provide an update in a future release." In other words, you'll have to sit back and wait until a fix is included in a future (*11*) Windows 11 patch.
You may still be able to go back to the previous version (*11*) Windows 11 while Microsoft sorts out your code: In Settings, select System, then Recovery, then Roll back to go back to the version (*11*) software without the 22H2 update applied .
Analysis: bumps in the road
When you update millions (*11*) computers, it is inevitable that some (*11*) of them will have problems, but the goal is always that these problems are as few as possible and affect as few (*11*) devices as possible.
It's hard to gauge the scope (*11*) of this issue, but given that a (*11*) Reddit thread about the issue (opens in a new tab) has generated hundreds (*11*) comments, we suspect a significant number (*11*) games will be affected by this issue.
We previously reported that a significant number (*11*) users were experiencing (*11*) game performance issues after (*11*) applying the 22H2 update to their machines, and it seems likely that this is the same batch (*11* ) problems, now officially recognized and recognized by Microsoft.
Since this major update also caused issues with printers and Windows Hello, Microsoft hopes to fix this game issue as soon as possible; (*11*) Otherwise, Windows 11 OS usage will remain low.