Windows 10: desktop window manager causing crash

HiMy computer has been crashing lately. Going into reliability history I discovered the critical events were listed as the desktop windows manager, which stopped working at least five times crashing the computer and forcing me to turn it off and on again, losing my documents, open windows and causing chaos.When I went into services.msc there is no DWM listed at all.How can this be? and how do I restore it?ThanksBackoch

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all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

Desktop Window Manager causing sluggishness

Hi Michael,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand that the performance of the PC is slow due to Desktop Window Manager and I will be happy to answer your query.
I would suggest you to perform following methods and check.

Method 1: Run System Maintenance troubleshooter and check if it helps.


Follow the steps:

• 
  Press Windows and X key together and select
  Control Panel.
  
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  Click on Troubleshooting.
  
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  Click on View all option on the left side of the Windows.
  
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  Click on System Maintenance option.
  
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  Click on Next and follow the onscreen instructions to troubleshoot the issue.
  

If the issue still persists, continue to the next method.



Method 2: We will check the functionality in safe mode with networking.

Step 1: Safe mode with Networking.



Safe mode is useful for troubleshooting problems with programs and drivers that might not start correctly or that might prevent Windows from starting correctly. Safe mode starts Windows with a limited set of files and
drivers. To start your system in safe mode follow the below steps:

• 
  On your lock screen, click on the power button and press
  shift + restart.
  
• 
  After that, you will be redirect to an option screen.
  
• 
  Select troubleshoot>advanced option > start up repair.
  
• 
  Follow the on screen instructions and select safe mode with networking.
  

If the issue still persists, please run a clean boot and check if the issue persists.

Step 2: Clean boot.

Putting your system inClean Boot state helps in identifying if any third party applications or startup items are causing the issue. You need to follow the steps from the article mentioned below to perform a Clean Boot.



https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135



DISCLAIMER: After troubleshooting, refer to this section "How to reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting".

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.