Program Window Flickering and Artifacting

Question

Hey,

I recently started having issues with a few programs, not all but a few, where the screens or contents in the program windows would start flickering. Basically, it happens whenever and can get really bad, in some cases making the program completely useless.

I've attached a YouTube link below for an example of the issue. You can't really see it in effect as much, but look closely to the playback progress bar. It does that like so and on a larger scale.

https://youtu.be/pfvpXHQVNLA

Answer 1

Hi, thank you for patiently waiting, as per checking and analyzing the event logs, there are multiple Disk (NTFS) errors, this error occurs when there is an issue with the file system or there is a hardware-related problem that on your hard drive, for us to sort out the issue, kindly follow the steps below:

Method 1. Run full check disk.

Open Powershell with Admin or CMD with Admin (Press Windows key + X then click Windows Powershell(Admin))

Copy, paste, and enter the command below:

chkdsk c: /f

Follow the prompt and restart the PC if needed.

Method 2. Do clean boot:

A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.

• In the search box on the taskbar, type msconfig and select System Configuration from the results.
• On the Services tab of System Configuration, select Hide all Microsoft services, and then select Disable all.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select Open Task Manager.
• Under Startup in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then select Disable.
• Close Task Manager.
• On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select OK. When you restart the computer, it's in a clean boot environment.

Troubleshooting reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

If none will work from the above solution, I suggest doing an in-place upgrade wherein it will upgrade the device to the latest version and repair all issues without deleting any files.

Kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Note: If the issue persists, I suggest contacting a local technician to physically check the device for any hardware-related issues in particular to your hard drive.

Answer 2

Here's are all of the minidump files provided in my Windows OS folder.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!ArzB2-HB74cUjvciB0amaqI4v4Edlg?e=AbcR5o

Answer 3

Hi, thank you for patiently waiting, as per checking and analyzing the event logs, there are multiple Bugchecks on the PC, which means a system failure or a Bluescreen is happening to the background, in this case, can you please check if you have minidump files on the PC so that we can further examine what is the root cause of the issue?

Press Windows key + E (To open File Explorer)

Click "This PC" > then follow the file path:

C:\Windows\Minidump

Copy the Minidump files and save them to another location like Desktop or Documents.

Then please upload it to Cloud storage like OneDrive or any cloud storage you are using and please share the shareable link here.

To upload and share the link using One Drive:

Go to this link: https://onedrive.live.com/ then upload the file.

Then provide the shareable link by following the steps from this link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/shar...

Answer 4

Hey Lester,

The issue was non-existent a few weeks ago, but for some reason it suddenly started happening. Hardware is not the problem, unsure about software. Maybe it is driver issues related with my GPU, maybe a config setting like hardware acceleration, I am not sure.

Here are my system logs.

Answer 5

Hi, thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today, my timezone is UTC +8.

I understand the issue you have, there is nothing to worry I am here to help, at first it's a bit unnoticeable, but yes, I see that there is a flickering issue, in addition, is it worked fine before? and have you installed any hardware or software that may cause the issue?

While waiting, can you please check the System logs on the PC so that we can further examine the root cause of the issue?

To do this kindly follow the steps from this link:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2017/12/how-to...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

Then please upload it by following the steps from the link.

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard