SOLVED: Windows 11 24H2 CPU and Audio Issues

[Jimjoe]

PC USERS: Anyone who recently updated to Windows 11 24H2 that is experiencing CPU spiking and audio glitching. The issue was related to CPU "core parking" causing CPU spikes and audio glitching. I was able to resolve this by following these two videos after installing Process Lasso:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1eK7xIdXIs&t=378s

Follow carefully as this first video explains setting the appropriate performance mode that disables core parking AND how to disable core parking in the ProBalance preferences and manage exclusions. (top priority)

https://youtu.be/yrcASU9auwA?si=W_ROMHpaYANlmHEE

This second video is more specific to optimizing for audio and video software. I'm sure these changes help, however I noticed the biggest drop in CPU spikes and audio glitching after the adjustments from the first video.

Enjoy!

[Swedra]

Not looking forward to it (I am already REALLY tired to have to take extra steps to make simple things work), but I might have to give this a try at some point. Ableton works flawlessly for me usually, but then all of a sudden it switches what cores it parks (or something else happens in the background, as is the norm with a Windows OS nowadays) and if it happens at the wrong time there is a sudden spike, sometimes it just spikes but in the worst case scenario it WILL cause a crackle.


EDIT: I have to do more testing, but unlocking the option in power settings to be able to set a minimum amount of unparked cores and then setting it to 80% instead of the default 4% looks very promising!