I have been having a problem where the Desktop Window Manager (on Windows 7) crashes randomly. Typically, there is no BSOD, but the entire computer locks up. On a couple occasions it has recovered and told me that Desktop Windows Manager crashed. Most of the time I don't want to wait so I hard reboot by removing power sources to the machine. When it crashes, I can move the mouse and click on things, but nothing happens (although I believe it is recorded, as the actions are performed on recovery). Also, I cannot bring up Task Manager during the crash.
I found the report in Windows Action Center from the most recent time it crashed and recovered:
Source
Desktop Window Manager
Summary
Stopped working
Date
8/14/2012 2:10 PM
Status
Report sent
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Dwm.exe
Application Version: 6.1.7600.16385
Application Timestamp: 4a5bc541
Fault Module Name: igd10umd64.dll
Fault Module Version: 8.14.10.1930
Fault Module Timestamp: 4aba7355
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00000000000e9040
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 3089
Additional Information 2: 3089af789c8e8cb9755b456a58763597
Additional Information 3: 8b07
Additional Information 4: 8b07ed81f6f979a8ae6568fb945eff23
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 9943401
I have been Googling this with no success so far. It seems to occur most often while running Chrome/YouTube, so I could just avoid that, but I'd like to understand why this is occurring.
BTW, I have 8GB of RAM, of which I only use 2-3GB.
EDIT: My computer is a laptop, the chip type is "Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family". The adapter string is "Mobile Intel GMA X3100".