Having problems with Chrome and Windows 10 April 2018 Update? At Microsoft they know this and propose this temporary solution

Windows 10 April 2018 Update is already working on quite a few computers and as usually happens with updates (it doesn't matter the platform) failures can occur and in this case it would not be different. Problems that are usually minor and that are being solved over time like this one that concerns us now.

And it is that users who already have this update on their computers see how when using Google Chrome it presents a problem that makes it useless. When they start using it, the Google browser freezes making it impossible to use and forcing it to be closed forcibly.

This is a known problem on Microsoft's part, so much so that they have already started working on a solution. An arrangement that while it arrives forces those affected to use methods to prevent it from reproducing and an example is the one proposed by the American company on a temporary basis.

• The method is based on the use of a combination of keys: simultaneously press the "Windows logo keys + Ctrl + Shift + B or in the case of using a tablet without a keyboard, press the volume up and volume down buttons at the same time, three times in 2 seconds.For the method to work we must hear a small sound that will be followed by a flashing with a temporary dimming of the display.

• For those who are using a laptop, just close the screen, wait a few seconds and reopen the laptop .

Social networks to the rescue

It is the solution that Redmond proposes, but it is not the only one and that is that social networks, always to the rescue, propose another method in case some of the above are not effective. There on Twitter they propose to disable Hardware Acceleration in Chrome by following these steps:

• Within Chrome and in the browser bar type ?chrome://flags? (without the quotes) to access the advanced options menu.
• With the use of the search engine we must find the option ?Disable hardware accelerated video decoding?
• Click on ?Enable?.
• We restart Chrome for the change to take effect.

We hope it won't take long for Microsoft to release a patch that fixes this problem, because although Google Chrome is the best-known affected application , you are not the only one experiencing this failure.

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