Windows 10: Update 20H2 and other further updates only makes things laggier, does nothing better for users

Alright, I'll keep this short. 1 or 2 weeks ago, windows updated by itself. And everything got laggier. My laptop shuts off by itself when playing a game due to heating now. I can't play any game which requires good system like war thunder when I should normally be able to play it. I can NOT revert versions. I can NOT use anything connected to restore. I can NOT close background apps since ALL OF THEM are IMPORTANT. This is most likely the last thing I'll post about this performance issues and if I can't do anything, and if I literally see an "expert" unable to fix the issue, I'll just lose my hope in Microsoft I guess. Also, I CAN NOT DO A CLEAN INSTALL, DON'T EVEN SUGGEST IT, I HAVE PLENTY OF IMPORTANT THINGS IN MY DAMN HDD AND I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT AS IT TAKES MULTIPLE HOURS. Thanks.


A photo from the game I could play with full graphics with no problem, basically in the photo I have graphics set on lowest and you basically see the FPS:




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Update 20h2

Hi Wicki,

I am Sumit, an Independent Advisor and a 3 year Windows Insider MVP here to help.

20H2 should not be installed right-away on your device - MS said the rollout is only to a fraction of users and would be labeled as an optional update initially. Are you enrolled in WIP?

You may uninstall 20H2 using the steps below:

https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2020/10/uninst...

Content on the above blog is written by a Microsoft MVP so it is safe. However, do watch out for the ads.

 

Update History is not showing v.20H2

Hi Dominic

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

This is normal behavior in Windows 10, typically when you install a Feature Update like 20h2, the update history is wiped, this is to prevent the user from trying to uninstall an update that was prior to the Feature Update, which would de-stabilize Windows
10, the list should start building again, when some updates are applied to version 20h2 . . .

 

User.000 issue after updating to 1909

I'm one of the many people suffering from issues with user profiles after applying Update 1909 to Windows 10. I've read all the threads I can find on the topic here and have followed the suggestions, all to no avail. Any other thoughts are appreciated.

After applying Update 1909, the ProfileImagePath was changed to c:\users\User.000
One file that was always in use and couldn't be removed was left in c:\users\User (can't recall or find the exact file now), so I could never rename or remove the c:\user\User directory.

I followed the multiple suggestions from Brink and others:

• Rebooted at least 6 times
• Enabled hidden Administrator
• Booted into Safe Mode
• Changed ProfileImagePath
• Tried to rename c:\users\User but couldn't because a file was still in use
• Copied all data from c:\users\User.000 into c:\users\User
• Rebooted and had temporary profile
• Followed steps in Brink tutorial to change ImageProfilePath; rebooted with no change
• Restored using Restore Point from before Update 1909 - returned to single profile state (User.000)
• Removed each update that was installed individually and rebooted after each update removal - profile state never changed
• After all updates were removed, repeated the steps above with hidden Administrator, changing profile, etc. - same issue with file in use in c:\users\User
• Followed all steps above with hidden Administrator but without copying files from User.000 to User - same results

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!