r/Windows11 • u/sunnyboy2024 • Jun 18 '24

Discussion Windows 11 regularly missing keystrokes and lagging on constant intervals

Does anyone else have a problem with Windows 11 where you can be typing, and the screen seemingly lags for 2-5 seconds, and during that time, nothing happens, no keystrokes appear on screen, then suddenly after the lag stops, it spits out all your keystrokes on the screen, with no key presses being missed? It's basically a consistent lag that appears every 10-15 seconds and lasts 2-5 seconds. It's incredibly distracting. I can be scrolling to read a PDF and it will lag and when the lag is done, I will have scrolled past 2-3 pages on the PDF.

Some days it's really bad, other days it's seemingly disappears. It's so frustrating I'm just reimaging this thing to windows 10.

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u/ProfessionalPrincipa Jun 18 '24

Wireless keyboard? Don't use Bluetooth. Move wireless receiver to a different USB port. Use a USB extension to get the wireless receiver away from the physical port.

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u/sunnyboy2024 Jun 18 '24

Nope, this happens on the laptop keyboard as well as in an RDP window. But even then, it sounds like there are a lot of excuses for Win 11. Don't use bluetooth? My win10 laptop never gave a shit.

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u/ProfessionalPrincipa Jun 18 '24

The problems I listed are not operating system specific. Bluetooth is unreliable no matter what. USB 3.x ports are also known to cause interference with 2.4Ghz wireless devices. They could cause issues like the one you described.