So it looks like I may have reverted back to Windows7, or uninstalled Avast IS by the time they get back to me. I’m on a timer for the former, and the latter will happen only if it works fine without IS installed.
It’s a shame, but sometimes it can’t be helped. Thanks to you both for answering.
TL;DR: Major lag playing online games or offline games. Sometimes my computer fails to find a network until I turn off my Avast Firewall.
Recently, I upgraded my Windows 7 PC to Windows 10. Since that time, I have had inordinate amount of computer "lag" whether playing online games like World of Warcraft, or even games played offline like Minecraft.
I’ve updated all video and hardware drivers, even after turning off as many Windows 10 “automatic update” functions as possible, since they were reverting many of the driver updates I had corrected. Nothing seemed to help.
Last week, I noticed that the Avast usage was greatly increased when I was playing a game for more than a few minutes, so I decided to tinker with the Settings there.
A few days ago, I suddenly lost connection to my Private Network at home. Windows was saying that I didn’t have wires plugged in, but after resetting my Modem and Router a few times, I finally disabled Avast Firewall on a whim. The moment I disabled the Avast Firewall, my computer “found” my network again.
That leads me here. Since then, I’ve read a few reports online (not a lot, but a few) of Windows 10 users who uninstalled Avast Internet Security to fix all their problems with lag.
I don’t want to uninstall Avast IS, so I would like some assistance to determine what I can do to get my performance back to what I expect.
Sharing and Friends were turned off, but turning them on didn’t fix it either. After re-installing, there is only one Network Profile and one Friend on the list. Any others I had were from my last apartment and are invalid now anyway.
To be clear, I moved over a year ago, and have not had any issues until I upgraded to Windows 10 earlier this month.