Windows 10: When I alt tab in games there is a 50% chance that my laptop freezes up

So whenever I play certain games, specifically Rainbow Six Siege, Valorant, Rocket League, and League of Legends. Occasionally whenever I alt tab, my pc freezes up. Sometimes it freezes on the screen I alt tabbed to, but sometimes the screen goes black. The way that typically fixes it, is by turning on and off my monitor which sometimes takes 2 tries. Sometimes my PC freezes up and I have to straight of restart it. My current guesses is that it could be the laptop itself given that it was a return that I purchased for $300 less, and when I bought it, it had an issue with the keyboard, so maybe its just the laptop. Maybe this one is a long shot, but my other guess is that having 2 monitors hooked up to this laptop could possibly be causing it (1 of my monitors is going through my usb c port for 144 hz because the laptop only has an HDMI port and of course I have two monitors) I'm considering doing a factory reset bc in the past, anytime I have had computer issues, doing an factory reset typically fixed my issues. I'm just worried about doing a factory reset because I don't want to lose some software that came with the laptop that has to do with overclocking and whatnot because idk if I can get that back.



The specs on my laptop are:

i7 9750-h

16 Gigs of DDR4 Ram Single Channel

RTX 2060 w/ 6 Gigs of VRAM (I do update my drivers monthly)

1 TB SSD (this is what all of these games are installed on)

2 TB External HDD



The make and model is ASUS ROG Zephyrus M GU502



I do have a desktop and I vaguely remember this happening when I stopped using it, but tbh I'm not sure its been I while since I have used it. I kind of just assumed that the problem was with the parts were getting somewhat outdated. I originally purchased the laptop for college because I planned on going away, and I wanted to leave my desktop back at home, then Covid hit so pls don't harp on me for buying a gaming laptop. Is this a windows problem, or my laptop in general? I appreciate anyone willing to help, whether you know what the issue is or if you just discuss the issue in general.



Edit: Forgot to mention that I always keep Windows 10 updated.

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Weird alt-tab out of fullscreen games.

Hi Simon,

The multitasking capability of a game depends on the total memory of your computer. If you have large amounts of RAM on your computer, it can multitask heavy programs easily like high-end games. To ensure that we can provide the appropriate resolution
for your concerns with the alt-tab function, we’d like to ask you a few questions:

• What were the recent changes made on your computer before you experienced this issue?
• When did the issue start?

• Have you pressed the alt-tab key during you play Rainbow Six Siege? Or it just happen without pressing it?
  
• Does the automatic ALT-TAB behavior happens on other games?
• Do you have any other programs running on your computer while playing?
• What is the anti-virus program you're using?

• What is your device or system specifications? To know, follow these steps:
  1. Press Windows + S and type
     About your PC.
  2. Send us the information listed under Device specifications.
  
  

Moving forward, if you're multitasking while playing, we recommend that you play this game only without doing other tasks. Pressing ALT-TAB or performing a multitasking interferes with the performance of your video card, especially if you're running a heavy
game like Rainbow Six Siege. It will generate screen viewing issues like intermittently switching your game screen between your desktop environment.

For now, restart your game and do not press ALT+TAB while playing. This will allow your video card to dedicate its graphics performance on the game only instead of your desktop environment.

If you would like me to provide additional advice, simply respond to this thread. I will get notified and I’ll reply to you as soon as I can.

 

Alt + Tab = Crash

Good evening,

It appears that Windows 10 keeps crashing whenever I Alt + Tab out of a game and then attempt to go back in. When I Alt + Tab back in I'm met with a black screen. Then Windows 10 freeze and I can't do anything.

Steps to reproduce:

(1) Start game

(2) Alt + Tab out

(3) Do whatever in Windows 10

(4) Alt + Tab back in

>>>Black screen

(5a) Ctrl + Alt + Delete to end process of game

(6a) No clickable buttons in Windows 10 (can't even shut down)

(5b) Ctrl + Alt + Delete

(6b) Shut down (just spins indefinitely and doesn't actually shut down)

This is a on a brand new copy of Windows 10 (not an upgrade). My current specifications are below:

-5930K

-MSI SLI Plus X99 Motherboard

-16 GBs 2800 MHz RAM

-2x NVIDIA Titan X GPUs

-512 GB M2 SSD

-1600w EVGA PSU

Please advise on what is happening and if this will be fixed soon.

 

Windows 10 Creator update crashes/freeze with alt+tab? Fix?

I have some problems here and i go through your suggestion step.

I find out 0 errors at any notes

So, what problems is it?

how can i fix the screen freezing in the game with Alt+Tabbing

i don't wanna shut off my computer forcibly. It's so harmful to my computer.

And now, the problem have not solved since the 'creator update' published date

don't you guys help the windows users? Just let the damn windows to keep harming our computer hardware?