First windows 10 is trash. Windows 7 is by far the most stable operating system for firecapture and for sharpcap. Disable your webcam. This can cause problems if its running. Also. very important is make sure in device manager that your graphics card driver is installed properly or you will get flickering. Use msconfig and turn off all start up programs that are running in the background. Remove mcaffee antivirus. Install something like avast. Make very sure that you install the very latest zwo asi drivers you can download them from the website. This is the most important step. If your hard disk is made by western digital, throw it in the bin and buy a samsung ssd. The faster your pc is the better the programs will run. Reboot the machine as soon as the drivers are installed. Microsoft are by far the worst company in the history of the world. Hope this helps. An advanced pc user.....