Windows 11 issue?

Anixx · Dec 12, 2021

Well, it just rebooted again, so no, it is not a memory shortage issue.

Again, without a BSOD and without a disk check.

Apollyon The De · Dec 12, 2021

Anixx said:
Do you have pagefile and memory compression enabled? It looks like enabling the two made the crashes and random reboots disappear.

I don't know. How do I disable them?

Apollyon The De · Dec 12, 2021

Anixx said:
Well, it just rebooted again, so no, it is not a memory shortage issue.

Again, without a BSOD and without a disk check.

what is a BSOD?

BunnyJ · Dec 12, 2021

BSOD = Blue Screen of Death.. you get one of those when a major error occurs in Windows.

Winuser · Dec 12, 2021

Apollyon The De said:
Sorry, I just thought blinking on/off screen and random restarts were two different issues.

You are correct. They are two different problems.

glasskuter · Dec 12, 2021

The integrated graphics for that Coffee Lake cpu is Intel® UHD Graphics 630. There have been new Windows 11 graphics drivers recently released.
Latest Intel Graphics Driver for Windows 11

Apollyon The De · Dec 13, 2021

BunnyJ said:
BSOD = Blue Screen of Death.. you get one of those when a major error occurs in Windows.

Thank fully no BSOD.

Apollyon The De · Dec 13, 2021

glasskuter said:
The integrated graphics for that Coffee Lake cpu is Intel® UHD Graphics 630. There have been new Windows 11 graphics drivers recently released.
Latest Intel Graphics Driver for Windows 11

Well 7 hours since I updated with this driver package and no "dock blink" issue yet. Fingers crossed.

Apollyon The De · Dec 13, 2021

Ghot said:
"Host process for Windows Services", should never stop working.
svchost.exe is one of the main Windows programs. It pretty much runs everything.
The Event Viewer can be found by right clicking the Start button and choosing: Event Viewer.

IF you decide it's a Windows problem, you might want to try an In-Place upgrade.
This will fix most all Windows problems.

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything. If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it...

www.elevenforum.com

Here is the short version of the In-place upgrade tutorial...

DISABLE non-Microsoft:
a) antivirus software
b) firewall software
c) drive encryption software

Make a full OS backup with a program like Macrium Reflect (free)
Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

Go here and get the Windows 11 ISO (use the 3rd option), and save the ISO to your desktop.
Download Windows 11

View attachment 15746

Right click the ISO image and choose: MOUNT
Open File Explorer and you will see a new drive letter. It will look like a DVD optical drive.
Double click the new drive letter to open it.
Find setup.exe and double click it to start the in-place upgrade.

Choose the Keep personal files and apps option.

After it's all done... to UNmount the ISO image, right click the new drive letter and choose: EJECT.

The ONLY thing you will lose is some of your personalizations. Your programs and data will be intact.

This process seems to have fixed random rebooting on it's own issue. It's been days since I repair install and no reboots. Fingers crossed.

Ghot · Dec 13, 2021

Apollyon The De said:
This process seems to have fixed random rebooting on it's own issue. It's been days since I repair install and no reboots. Fingers crossed.

In-Place Upgrade is like"Galaxy Glue". It fixes anything. :)

Apollyon The De · Dec 13, 2021

Ghot said:
In-Place Upgrade is like"Galaxy Glue". It fixes anything. :)

LoL

Apollyon The De · Dec 13, 2021

glasskuter said:
The integrated graphics for that Coffee Lake cpu is Intel® UHD Graphics 630. There have been new Windows 11 graphics drivers recently released.
Latest Intel Graphics Driver for Windows 11

not sure it worked now so I am trying intel support instructions:

Thanks for your response, the information provided has been useful.

Regarding your question, I am unable to find the driver link on the article, what I found is that it suggests installing Driver 30.0.101.1122. The latest driver available on the Intel download center is version 30.0.101.1069.

If you want to install the latest graphics driver from Intel, I suggest you do a clean installation of the latest graphics driver.

1. Disconnect from the internet to make sure the driver will not be automatically updated by Windows
2. Download the latest DCH drivers and save them on the computer:
3. Disconnect from the Internet so no new drivers are automatically installed by Windows Update.
4. Uninstall the driver and the Intel Graphics Command Center and driver from Apps and Features.
5. Restart the computer.
6. Confirm in Device Manager > Video Adapters the controller is listed as 'Microsoft Basic Display Adapter' > if not, repeat steps 2 through 4.
7. If the adapter continues to be listed as ‘Intel HD Graphics’ or similar, and no other Intel Graphics driver is listed under 'Apps and Features' for removal, then it means Windows has switched to a previously installed Legacy driver. At this point we can remove Legacy drivers from Device Manager:
1. Right-click on 'Intel HD Graphics' or similar, and select 'Uninstall Device'
2. In the pop-up window make sure 'Delete the driver software for this device' is checked.
3. Click on 'Uninstall'.
4. Restart. (Repeat steps 6.1.1 through 6.1.4 until the device gets listed as 'Microsoft Basic Display Adapter')
8. Install the DCH drivers that were downloaded on step 1 Restart the computer.
Reconnect to the Internet.

imanlien2020 · Dec 13, 2021

Apollyon The De said:
My computer randomly restarts for no apparent reason.

Also, my screen occasionally flickers on and off.

I don't know why but the flickering stops when I run a defender virus scan?

These things never happened with windows 10.

Are these windows 11 problems?

My girlfriends PC turns off and back on randomly throughout the day. My PC I have double monitors side by side and my right(2nd) screen flickers off then on after a couple seconds. Dont know why? Mine did the same thing on Windows 10. So either they havent fixed it yet cause I know alot of people are complaining about the same thing. My scenario however may be because I have a brand New PC build using AMD processors.

glasskuter · Dec 13, 2021

imanlien2020 said:
brand New PC build using AMD processors.

AMD driver tutorial Latest AMD Radeon Graphics Driver for Windows 11

Anixx · Dec 14, 2021

Today again restarted unexpectedly. Again, no disk check after reboot.

barman58 · Dec 14, 2021

Some light reading with various reported issue causing random reboots on Windows 11

Windows 11 Reboots Automatically? Here's How to Fix It

Users that have already made the upgrade to Windows 11 are currently reporting a weird issue where the PC engages in random restarts that have no apparent

appuals.com

May or may not help or at least give a route to a solution

Anixx · Dec 14, 2021

barman58 said:
Some light reading with various reported issue causing random reboots on Windows 11

Thanks! So, it is a common issue!

Anixx · Dec 14, 2021

I think, the disabling of automatic reboots will not change anything because it simply sets whether to reboot in case of BSOD or just stay with BSOD.

Anixx · Dec 14, 2021

This has some more tips: How to fix random restart problems in Windows 11

barman58 · Dec 14, 2021

Windows is like a lot of operating systems, they are pushed to the edge of stability for the sake of performance, It's been the same since I first started supporting them professionally with Windows 3.1.1

The problem with pushing them to the edge is that a slight weakness or mis-setup can cause systems to fail, so systems are designed to reboot rather than risk hardware damage. I think that the link lists a good number off the main possibilities but others obviously exist .

It's just a case of backing up data regularly as you work through things