Many people who have proactively installed Windows 10 version 1803 have reported similar issues. Microsoft is releasing a fix within the Patch Tuesday update tomorrow (8 May 2018):
Yesterday, we reported that several users were experiencing Windows
10 intermittently
freezing
after installing the April 2018
Update
while using certain software such as Google Chrome. While an official
fix is not yet available, it now appears that Microsoft is aware of
the
problem
and will be releasing a solution on May 8.
The issue in question randomly popped up during normal workflow when
using Chrome, causing Windows 10 to "freeze" and not respond to any
keystrokes or mouse clicks. The only workarounds, that myself and
other people experiencing the problem found, were to either close the
machine's lid and reopen it, or attempt the Windows key sequence
(Windows + Ctrl + Shift + B) to wake the screen. While some also
reported that turning off hardware acceleration in Chrome seemed to
solve the problem, the workaround did not work for
me.
Now, Microsoft has officially acknowledged the issue, saying that
Windows 10 does indeed freeze for some users while using software such
as Cortana and Chrome. The company has posted the same workarounds
already discovered by users, but has also noted that it is developing
a fix "with the goal of including it in the next regular monthly
update".
The next regular monthly update refers to May 8, which is the Patch
Tuesday for the current month. While the exact scope and root cause of
the problem is still unknown, it's good to know that Microsoft is
actively working on a fix.
Source: Microsoft is working on a fix for the Windows 10 freezing issue affecting Chrome
Update 1
Microsoft's official release notes regarding this patch are as follows:
Improvements and fixes
This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system
features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:
- Addresses an issue with the April 2018 Windows Servicing update that causes App-V Scripts (User Scripts) to stop working.
- Addresses an issue that may cause some devices to stop responding or working when using applications, such as Cortana or Chrome, after
installing the Windows 10 April 2018 Update.
- Addresses an issue that prevents certain VPN apps from working on builds of Windows 10, version 1803. These apps were developed using an
SDK version that precedes Windows 10, version 1803, and use the public
RasSetEntryProperties API.
- Addresses additional issues with updated time zone information.
- Addresses an issue that may cause an error when connecting to a Remote Desktop server. For more information, see CredSSP updates for
CVE-2018-0886.
- Security updates to Windows Server, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft scripting engine, Windows app platform and
frameworks, Windows kernel, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows
storage and filesystems, HTML help, and Windows Hyper-V.
If you installed earlier updates, only the new fixes in this package
will be downloaded and installed on your device.
For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, see
the Security Update
Guide.
Known issues in this update
Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.
How to get this update
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from
Windows Update. To get the standalone package for this update, go to
the Microsoft Update
Catalog
website.
Source: May 8, 2018—KB4103721 (OS Build 17134.48)
Update 2
Microsoft just released another cumulative update to Windows 10 version 1803 that addresses this issue again, and the official release notes are as follows:
Improvements and fixes
This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system
features are being introduced in this update. Key changes include:
- Addresses an issue that causes the Video Settings HDR streaming calibration slider to stop working. This is caused by a conflict with the panel brightness intensity settings configured by certain OEMs.
- Addresses streaming compatibility issues with certain live TV streaming content providers.
- Addresses an issue where media content previously generated by Media Center doesn't play after installing the Windows 10 April 2018 update.
- Addresses an issue in which SmartHeap didn't work with UCRT.
- Addresses performance regression in App-V, which slows many actions in Windows 10.
- Addresses an issue that causes Appmonitor to stop working at logoff if the Settingstoragepath is set incorrectly.
- Addresses an issue that causes Appmonitor to stop working at logoff, and user settings are not saved.
- Addresses an issue where client applications running in a container image don't conform to the dynamic port range.
- Addresses an issue where the DNS server might stop working when using DNS Query Resolution Policies with a "Not Equal" (NE) condition.
- Addresses an issue with T1 and T2 custom values after configuring DHCP failover.
- Addresses an issue that causes the latest versions of Google Chrome (67.0.3396.79+) to stop working on some devices.
- Addresses issues with the Remote Desktop client in which pop-up windows and drop-down menus don't appear and right-clicking doesn't work properly. These issues occur when using remote applications.
- Addresses an issue that causes a connection failure when a Remote Desktop connection doesn’t read the bypass list for a proxy that has multiple entries.
- Addresses an issue that may cause Microsoft Edge to stop working when it initializes the download of a font from a malformed (not RFC compliant) URL.
- Addresses an issue where some users may receive an error when accessing files or running programs from a shared folder using the SMBv1 protocol. The error is "An invalid argument was supplied".
- Addresses an issue that causes Task Scheduler tasks configured with an S4U logon to fail with the error "ERROR_NO_SUCH_LOGON_SESSION/STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT".
- Addresses a performance issue with Windows Mixed Reality on some laptops with hybrid graphics adapters, such as Surface Book 2.
If you installed earlier updates, only the new fixes in this package
will be downloaded and installed on your device.
Known issues in this update
Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.
How to get this update
This update will be downloaded and installed automatically from
Windows Update. To get the standalone package for this update, go to
the Microsoft Update
Catalog
website.
Source: June 26, 2018—KB4284848 (OS Build 17134.137)
