Microsoft is aware that some devices running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) may hang or freeze when using certain apps, such as “Hey Cortana” or Chrome. If your device freezes when using an app, try one of the following steps to recover Windows without needing to restart: Try a Windows key sequence to wake the screen. If you have a keyboard connected, simultaneously press the Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B . If you’re on a tablet, simultaneously press both the volume-up and volume-down buttons, three times within 2 seconds. If Windows is responsive, a short beep will sound and the screen will blink or dim while Windows attempts to refresh the screen. If you’re using a laptop, close and open the laptop lid. Microsoft is working on a solution with the goal of including it in the next regular monthly update, currently targeted for a release date of May 8, 2018. Update (5/8/18): A solution was included in the May 8th, 2018 cumulative update (KB4103721). Windows Update will automatically download and install the solution. To check for updates now, select the Start button, and then go to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update , and select Check for updates . If your system still experiences performance problems after installing the latest updates, you may be experiencing a different issue. Please describe your issue in another thread or by using the Feedback Hub .

You can disable "Timeline" if you believe that your PC's performance is getting negatively affected. I can see why that might seem a good idea, but, having put it to the test, I don't see any evidence that it does affect performance at all.

Using the Memory | % Committed Bytes in Use counter in Performance Monitor might be a better way to check for possible memory leaks. See https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-windows-performance-monitor-like-power-user/ Some useful information about creating Data Collecting Sets there as well. The Pool Nonpaged and Paged bytes, mentioned on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/determining-whether-a-leak-exists , don't tell me anything. They both appear permanently at 100%. Is that even normal? Using Chrome normally, pretty much alone, I can see a fairly steady rise. Could be, like, 1% every half hour. Yesterday it seemed to plateau after about four hours tho.. With Chrome open, but left idle, I can see a rise of the same amount over about ten hours. But, actually, the System left idle with virtually no apps running at all could account for that. Commited bytes, in that case, rose by about 0.5% in four hours. There was some Pagefile activity at the same time too, which I don't understand. On another note: After three days of very little trouble at all, yesterday I had a couple of bad freezes affecting several apps at once. That was also following another Windows update (KB4284835), installed the day before. So, I still have my suspicions about updates causing some issues.

You can disable "Timeline" if you believe that your PC's performance is getting negatively affected. That might be a good idea, if only I could figure out how to do it.

Some devices may hang or freeze when using certain apps, such as “Hey Cortana” or Chrome, after installing the Windows 10 April 2018 Update

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Microsoft is aware that some devices running the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) may hang or freeze when using certain apps, such as “Hey Cortana” or Chrome.

If your device freezes when using an app, try one of the following steps to recover Windows without needing to restart:

Try a Windows key sequence to wake the screen. If you have a keyboard connected, simultaneously press the Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B. If you’re on a tablet, simultaneously press both the volume-up and volume-down buttons, three times within 2 seconds. If Windows is responsive, a short beep will sound and the screen will blink or dim while Windows attempts to refresh the screen.
If you’re using a laptop, close and open the laptop lid.

Microsoft is working on a solution with the goal of including it in the next regular monthly update, currently targeted for a release date of May 8, 2018.

Update (5/8/18): A solution was included in the May 8th, 2018 cumulative update (KB4103721). Windows Update will automatically download and install the solution. To check for updates now, select the Start button, and then go to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update, and select Check for updates. If your system still experiences performance problems after installing the latest updates, you may be experiencing a different issue. Please describe your issue in another thread or by using the Feedback Hub.

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2018-06-17T03:45:41+00:00

You can disable "Timeline" if you believe that your PC's performance is getting negatively affected.

I can see why that might seem a good idea, but, having put it to the test, I don't see any evidence that it does affect performance at all.
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2018-06-15T03:00:02+00:00

Using the Memory | % Committed Bytes in Use counter in Performance Monitor might be a better way to check for possible memory leaks. See

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-windows-performance-monitor-like-power-user/

Some useful information about creating Data Collecting Sets there as well.

The Pool Nonpaged and Paged bytes, mentioned on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/determining-whether-a-leak-exists, don't tell me anything. They both appear permanently at 100%. Is that even normal?

Using Chrome normally, pretty much alone, I can see a fairly steady rise. Could be, like, 1% every half hour. Yesterday it seemed to plateau after about four hours tho.. With Chrome open, but left idle, I can see a rise of the same amount over about ten hours. But, actually, the System left idle with virtually no apps running at all could account for that. Commited bytes, in that case, rose by about 0.5% in four hours. There was some Pagefile activity at the same time too, which I don't understand.

On another note:

After three days of very little trouble at all, yesterday I had a couple of bad freezes affecting several apps at once. That was also following another Windows update (KB4284835), installed the day before. So, I still have my suspicions about updates causing some issues.
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2018-06-15T02:06:16+00:00

You can disable "Timeline" if you believe that your PC's performance is getting negatively affected.

That might be a good idea, if only I could figure out how to do it.
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