Windows 10: Next Windows 10 update to fix memory leaks, slow copy operations and app crashes

Microsoft is in the last steps of releasing update previews for supported versions of Windows 10. The update will address several major issues in the company's operating system, including crashes of apps and games, memory leaks, and slow file copy operations.



The update is already available in the Release Preview ring of the Windows 10 Insider program. Microsoft releases preview updates for its Windows 10 and 11 operating systems after Patch Tuesday on any given month. Patch Tuesday takes place on the second Tuesday of each month, and the preview updates are released in the third or fourth week of the month usually.

The company highlights all changes in a blog post on the official Windows Insider blog. The update addresses several long-standing issues in Windows 10, including a DirectX issue with d3d9.dll, which caused some apps and games to crash on affected systems.

Several of the issues have not been confirmed officially by Microsoft; this is the case for the issue that slowed down file copy jobs on Windows. Windows 10 users can use third-party programs such as Fast Copy, TeraCopy, or UltraCopier, which promises more comfort and performance improvements when copying files.

Microsoft plans to fix two memory-related issues in the next update as well. The first affected systems that are in use 24/7, the second was caused by a bug in the deduplication driver, which depleted all physical memory on affected machines.

The most important ones are listed below for your convenience:

• We fixed an issue that might affect some apps that use d3d9.dll with certain graphics cards and might cause those apps to close unexpectedly.
• We fixed a rare issue that prevents Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Outlook from opening.
• We fixed a memory leak issue that affects Windows systems that are in use 24 hours each day of the week.
• We fixed an issue that causes Microsoft’s deduplication driver to consume large amounts of nonpaged pool memory. As a result, this depletes all the physical memory on the machine, which causes the server to stop responding.
• We fixed an issue that causes file copying to be slower.
• We fixed an issue that might cause a system to stop responding when a user signs out if Microsoft OneDrive is in use.

Windows users who are affected by the issues may want to consider installing the upcoming preview updates for the stable versions of Windows 10 to fix those issues. The fixes will be released officially on the June 2022 Patch Tuesday.

Now You: did you run into any of these issues while using Windows?

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Possible Memory Leaks in Windows 10

A memory leak occurs when an application closes and fails to release all its RAM back to the operating system.

The first step in dealing with a memory leak is to determine which application is leaking memory.

The next step is to contact that application's technical support with complete details of the memory leak, since the developers will want to fix the problem ASAP.

 

Memory leak issue

The term "memory leak" means that an application fails to return all its RAM to the operating system when it exits. The leftover RAM is unusable to the operating system.

Step one is to identify the application that is leaking memory. Step two is to contact the application's developers and provide as much detailed data on the memory leak as you can. For example: which processes are still in RAM after the application exits
and how much RAM they occupy. Application developers never want their applications to leak memory and they will be grateful for the details you provide, particularly if they can replicate the leak on their own computers.

 

netsvcs memory leak, need assistance identifying and fixing

My Windows 10 Pro laptop has a serious memory leak going on. If I leave it on overnight, I will often come back in the morning and memory usage will top 90%.When I check my processes, I see Service Host: Local System is where this is happening. When I drill into the services, I see that netsvcs services are causing it. The services running are:

• AppInfo
• BDESVC
• BITS
• Browser
• CertPropSvc
• DoSvc
• gpsvc
• IKEEXT
• iphlpsvc
• LanmanServer
• lfsvc
• ProfSvc
• Schedule
• SENS
• SessionEnv
• ShellHWDetection
• Themes
• UserManager
• Winmgmt

Things I Have Tried

• Stopping some of these indivually with mixed (temporary) results. One time stopping lfsvc (geolaction service) and iphlpsvc (ip helper) dropped the memory usage a bit but it eventually climbed back up. People suggest stopping BITS, but this didn't help either.
• I have tried running the Windows 10 Update Troubleshooter. It claims to have found and fixed issues every single time I run it, but in the long run, it's no help.
• sfc /scannow and DISM. I ran these and they found some issues, which I fixed with a Windows 10 Pro ISO to repair. Still I have a memory leak.
• Registry Updates. Updated TimeBroker and Superfetch per this article
• Full Anti-Malware Scans. No issues found with Norton Security Suite or Spybot
• Updated Killer Networking Drivers. No luck

Any assistance on running this down is much appreciated.