At the lock screen, and after a display time-out occurs, the DWM.exe process consumes a high percentage of CPU resources. This excessive CPU usage continues until you move the mouse pointer or touch the keyboard. A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft Support.

Fixes a problem that causes a memory leak in the Dwm.exe process in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 when you run the Direct3D graphic tool. The process uses increasing amounts of memory until the 2-GB limit is reached and the system hangs.

In these scenarios, the Desktop Windows Manager (DWM.exe) process stops responding. This problem occurs because of an issue in the Microsoft DirectX Video Memory Management (Dxgmms2.sys) component. This is not a hardware issue. Microsoft is working on a fix for this issue.

This article describes an issue in which a memory leak occurs in Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

When you use VMWare Horizon View Client, the Desktop Windows Manager (Dwm.exe) process crashes if you close a window. This issue occurs only when the "Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing" option is selected.

In this scenario, a memory leak occurs in the Desktop Windows Manager (Dwm.exe) process on the remote computer. Then, assume that you disconnect from the Remote Desktop session and then reconnect to the session many times, and you specify a new display resolution for the session every time.

This cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2 (KB5075941), includes the latest security fixes and improvements, along with non-security updates from last month’s optional preview release. To learn more about differences between security updates, optional non-security preview updates, out-of-band (OOB) updates, and continuous innovation, see Windows monthly updates explained. For ...

Saiba como baixar e aplicar um hotfix para corrigir o consumo de CPU alto do processo DWM.exe após a tela de bloqueio do Windows 8 ou Windows Server 2012. Veja os pré-requisitos, requisitos de reinicialização e informações de arquivo do hotfix.

Memperbaiki masalah di mana proses DWM.exe terus mengkonsumsi sangat tinggi persentase sumber daya CPU Anda setelah terjadi waktu habis tampilan layar kunci.

解决了 DWM.exe 进程继续锁定屏幕显示超时发生后占用 CPU 资源的很大百分比的问题。