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Discus and support Game acting as if it's in the background when tabbed in, and the other way around when... in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; Hi,Having a very strange issue with HITMAN 3. The game is acting like its in the background when tabbed in, and when tabbed out it returns to normal,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by MrDan852, Jul 16, 2021.

  1. MrDan852 Win User

    Game acting as if it's in the background when tabbed in, and the other way around when...


    Hi,Having a very strange issue with HITMAN 3. The game is acting like its in the background when tabbed in, and when tabbed out it returns to normal, and tabbing back in makes it worse again. I'm not quite sure how to even word it, but I think the foreground/background resource priority is the wrong way round. For example, when I'm tabbed in/the game is in the foreground, it uses on average about 10% CPU, and 20% GPU, and 10-20 FPS. But when I tab in, it goes up to around 50% CPU and nearly 100% GPU, with 90-100 FPS, which is what I got before this issue started. And as for when it started, I

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    MrDan852, Jul 16, 2021
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  2. Inigo313 Win User

    Tab key acting as D

    So whenever i press tab it might act either as tab or the D key which is really annoying in games where you use tab. Any way to prevent this?

    Also, using a swedish forged keyboard and my keyboard type is swedish
     
    Inigo313, Jul 16, 2021
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  3. Jan Del Win User
    Gaming Lag and Background Intelligence Transfer Service (BITS)

    Let's try disabling the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) via Command Prompt by following the steps below:

    • Open Command Prompt.
    • Run/type msconfig.
    • Click on Services tab.
    • Remove check mark on Background Intelligent Transfer Service.
    • Click on Apply.
    • Restart your computer.

    Get back to us if you need further assistance.
     
    Jan Del, Jul 16, 2021
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  4. Game acting as if it's in the background when tabbed in, and the other way around when...

    Windows 10 keyboard on games acting crazy

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

    Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

    Since you couldn’t find any issues with other games, I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the game and verify the result.

    Follow the steps below to uninstall the game.


    • Right click on
      start menu
      .

    • Select programs and features.

    • Under program and features select the game.

    • Right click on
      Skullgirls
      and click on uninstall.

    • Try reinstalling it again.


    Hope this helps. If the issue remains unresolved, please get back to us and we would be happy to help.
     
    Anju Thekkethil, Jul 16, 2021
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