Windows 10: Desktop Window Manager eating memory

I have a longstanding problem with Desktop Window Manager on a Lenovo laptop. It takes up more and more of my memory over time. I had this problem over a month ago, and the only thing that worked was rolling back my Intel UHD Graphics driver. That time it got to 2 GB an hour. A week ago, an automatic update reapplied a new version of the driver along with other firmware, starting this whole thing back up. I'm going to be rolling it back again if this gets as bad as last time. Have already tried sfc and cleanbooting and malware checks, though there could still be malware on here.


An interesting thing happened: when I updated my Intel software DWM was running fine, but as soon as I opened Lenovo Vantage the problem immediately started again. But what to disable? Half of what's on here is Lenovo's... that doesn't necessarily mean the problem is with Lenovo. Though honestly it's likely.

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Memory management

Hi Daniel,

Missing/outdated driver and error with your PC memory (RAM) are some of the factors that may cause the blue screen due to Memory Management error. To effectively assist you with your concern, we'd like to ask the following:

• Have you made any recent changes on your device prior to your concern?
• What are other troubleshooting steps have your performed to resolve your concern?

While checking for the dump file that you've sent, we suggest that you run a full scan on your device using the
SFC and DISM command to automatically fix any corrupted files that my possibly trigger the error. The steps can be found on this

Wiki Article created by community MVP ZigZag3143. Once you're done, check if the issue persists.

We'll appreciate if you can send us an update.

 

BSOD- memory management

Upon checking the dump file, the issue is being caused by ntoskrnl.exe. Ntoskrnl.exe is the one responsible for memory management that is why you're having the Memory Management error. We suggest that you follow the steps found in the link that we provided
in our last reply to resolve the issue. Please take note that if you're overclocking your processor or video card, kindly reset their settings to default.

Let us know the outcome after performing the provided steps.

 

ntoskrnl.exe eating up memory


The process (ntoskrnl.exe) with a task name System is eating up memory



I found on the other forums that Windows Update setting is causing it, but I can't disable it because when I try to disable it, I can't open Windows Upate AB0XMwa3knw