“Stuttering” glitch on a brand-new PC

A subscriber’s new system experiences erratic mouse and touchpad problems almost from the very first startup.

Unwanted pauses, hesitations, and stutters can afflict any PC of any age, potentially causing problems with numerous subsystems: mouse, keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, disks and memory, screen operations, and more! Here are the likely causes, and fixes.

Plus: Taming CCleaner’s Smart Cleaning feature.

Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.8.0 (2021-03-01). This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.8.F (2021-03-01).

Also in this issue:

• BEST OF THE LOUNGE: Fry’s Electronics is closing
• PUBLIC DEFENDER: Here’s looking at you, kid: the child-cam scam
• ONEDRIVE: Using Microsoft OneDrive on your Android device
• LEGAL BRIEF: The best things in life are copyrighted
• PATCH WATCH: MS-DEFCON 4 – February updates trigger few issues

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