Specifically, the platform state before the installation of KB5001330: “If you are seeing lower performance in games, check if rolling back Windows 10 Update KB5000842 solves the issue,” says the NVIDIA staff member on an official blog post. As you can see, the advice recommends removing Windows 10 optional update KB5000842, which was actually released in March before KB5001330. In other words, it seems the gaming problems have been present across all of Microsoft’s recent optional updates.
Removing the Update
It is also worth noting it’s not NVIDIA machines that are facing problems. Users of AMD-powered gaming PCs are also in the same situation. So, it seems for now the only option is to uninstall the affected Windows 10 KB updates. Doing that is easy enough by following this path: Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Advanced option > View your update history > Uninstall update. Of course, uninstalling a KB update means you are also removing the security improvements the update introduced. That means you may solve gaming problems you are facing but leave your system open to vulnerabilities that the KB update patched. Still, until Microsoft rolls out an official fix for this problem, rolling back is the only choice if you want to avoid the gaming issues. Tip of the day: When you boot Windows 10 it delays the launch of startup programs for ten seconds so your desktop and Windows services will have finished loading. If you want to speed up boot time, have a look at our tutorial about how to disable startup delay.
