Originally Posted By: Kent - PG Music
Hi Dave,

Did you have any other programs open when you got the stuttering on the laptop?

I have a monster of a Win10 machine at home (hex-core i7, 16gb of ram, MOTU interface), and I get the occasional hiccup in my music programs (including Ableton, which is very stable) if I have a web browser open. I find Facebook is the worst offender, causes pops and clicks and I have no idea why. My CPU and memory usage never go above 5% when this happens.

Thanks
Kent
PG Music

Have a similar system, and occasionally Firefox is loaded in the background, or Palemoon, a stripped version there of. Never noticed that it makes a difference, but it might be related to a loaded browser plugin? I'd rather suspect Edge maybe, and Cortana to be more influential, IMO they behave like spyware, and are always active. Why i take 'em down. OOSU10 and W10Privacy ary a great help, and just discovered one that kills Win10 spying: 'Destroy Windows 10 Spying_2.2.2': download F