Dwm.Exe High CPU Usage While Connecting Through Rdp in Windows 10 FIX

Dwm.Exe High CPU Usage While Connecting Through Rdp in Windows 10 FIX.

Desktop Window Manager High CPU Usage? The Desktop Window Manager is basically responsible for managing the visual effects of the desktop. When it comes to the latest Windows 10, it manages high-resolution support, 3D animation, and everything. This process keeps on running in the background and consumes a certain amount of CPU usage. Nevertheless, there are some users who experienced high CPU usage from this service. However, there are several conditions of the system configuration that cause this high CPU usage. In this tutorial, we will walk you through some methods to fix the Desktop Window Manager High CPU usage issue.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).

[VSXD]

thank you! this seems to have fixed a similar problem for me: I was connecting to a laptop that has intel integrated graphics, windows 10 pro. whenever the RDP window was minimized the CPU usage on the craptop would peg at 50% until i brought the RDP window back up to look at the laptop's desktop again. I wasn't sure i'd ever figure this out since if i was able to see which process was using the CPU the issue was non-existant! i had to restart the laptop before the group policy change took effect and the CPU usage pegging at 50% when RDP window minimized stopped happening. Will update this comment if the issue comes back and seems it didn't actually fix it lol

laptop's (remote machine) cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz

[justaguyreal]

My question is which computer's resources are being used during RDP? So i can use my old Dell E6410 and RDP to my HP Z2? Which resources will be used?

[rickardlopez]

You are an amazing guy .Your video solves my problem in just few minutes. Thank you bro.

[luzklarmann]

I did every step but dwm.exe is still consuming lots of windows resources. I also noticed that lately the fan of my laptop never stops. can this be a trouble related to the last windows update?

[TerrifyiN_]

Hey mdtech, thanks in advance for all you guides as I’ve used several. Can you do a tutorial for dwm.exe and crss.exe using 30% gpu usage just for moving the mouse around? I want to make it use my integrated graphics instead of my rtx 3080 but it won’t do it even if I tried to force those exe to use it via graphic settings on windows. Help Mdtech! 😢