Thanks,
this helped for me,
I changed
NVIDIA System Control > 3D Settings > Global Settings > Preferred GPU
from "NVIDIA high performance processor"
back to "auto select"
Windows crashing after clicking PERFORMANCE tab under Task Manager
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Hello Windows Community folks
Windows 10 keeps crashing after I click Performance TAB in Task Manager. It crashes the windows going into the infamous Green screen with reason- Windows preview build failed. I have tried several debug options like cmd SFC Scan, DISM.
I have not specifically touched registry keys as I am afraid I will end up breaking something else.
What options do I have? Please suggest.
Thanks
J
Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures
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Anonymous
2020-07-14T20:12:05+00:00 Similar problem - task manager crashes when selecting the Performance tab. On windows pro 2004. Haven't been able to fix it , but there is a workaround - use Process Explorer instead . It works fine and actually has far more , and more useful, performance information.
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Anonymous
2020-08-10T11:22:46+00:00 Similar situation here. Task Manager crashes when I click on the Performance tab. This started when I installed Windows 10 2004 and then WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
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Anonymous
2020-08-10T12:59:17+00:00 I managed to fix the task manager crashes after a lot of trial and error.
To do that I had to install a 3rd party driver update utility. The one I used was driverdoc - a free application - although the free version only updates one driver before having to reboot. Apparently the official HP site for my laptop does not have the most updated drivers. This worked for 2 different HP laptops I own.
Only issue remaining with the task manager is the empty startup page - not sure if anything short of a full reset would resolve that...
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Anonymous
2020-08-12T04:47:44+00:00 I have the exact same issue. It started just today. I have reinstalled my Windows to a new SSD and put my HDD into a caddy (in place of the DVD drive). Are you in a similar scenario? I'm running a Crucial MX500 and performance was flawless till the windows update arrived. I had been using it smoothly for over a week now. Microsoft needs to start paying attention here.