Windows update interfering with KSP?

[kino]

Hope this is the right place- as per title, is it possible that a Windows Update ( on hold, I don't automatically download them, so they queue up ) causes a drop in KSP fps count?

I'm asking, because this has happened to me twice:

-sudden drop in fps, without me having done anything at all;

-various searches and fixes for different issues ( malware, graphics settings, conflicting mods, all you can think of) do not solve the problem;

-checking Windows Updates, finding some important ones waiting for download;

-download and install them;

-ksp working properly again.

Thanks for the attention.

[Stone Blue]

Well, one thing I know, is Windows Update has at least a couple processes that run in the background when updates are available. (UNLESS, IIRC, you have WU set to NEVER check for updates)
These processes are memory sucking PIA's... They do not shut down until ALL updates are either downloaded & installed, OR hidden. I've found that even though these processes do not max out RAM, my computer will be VERY sluggish with them running... So I'm guessing, they somehow are very CPU intensive, as well?

I've found once you download updates, its best to immediately shutdown, and reboot EVEN if Windows Update does NOT give you warning that you have to restart.... I've ALSO found that once you restart, its best to restart YET again... This 2nd restart clears out the Windows Update processes that open again even after the 1st restart, I assume to re-check for updates to make sure you got them all, AND to make sure the ones that got installed, are installed correctly... Unfortuntaely, those processes seem to sometimes stay open indefinately, until a 2nd restart...

This is one reason, of several, why I HATE Windows Update, and one reason why I have been using Linux more and more as my main OS... It also doesnt help Microsoft's case, that they have that "Get Win10" abomination of a horrible marketing tool they try to slyly pass off as an update, that is constantly triggering updates if you ignore it or dont keep hiding it, even if there are no updates available. (And even hiding it, it seems to "miraculously" re-appear next months update cycle...

Edited April 13, 2016 by Stone Blue