# Desktop Window Manager Crash **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [May 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/desktop-window-manager-crash/79277 "2018-05-29T15:55:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lasisha\_Mishi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lasisha_mishi/32/435004_2.png) [@Lasisha\_Mishi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lasisha_Mishi)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/desktop-window-manager-crash/79277/1 "2018-05-29T15:55:12Z")
So up until now i’ve assumed this was a problem with my computer. however i’ve only had this happen in EVE…so starting to think its something with the EVE client. i’ll be playing eve, usually in a fleet. when the screen goes black. now when i say black, i don’t mean the eve client window only. i mean the entire screen. i can’t alt+tab or anything, the screen itself seems ot have crashed Reliaiblity Monitor says Desktop Window Manager stopped working i still have audio from mumble in the computer (though when i log in on my 2nd laptop, it doesn’t seem to have a problem. so it might have force logged me from the crashed screen laptop) putting the computer to sleep(closing the lid, or pressing power button) doesn’t fix the issue. i have to hold down the power button to force a full restart to get the screen back. don’t seem ot be getting this issue on my 2nd laptop…any idea what could be causing this? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/desktop-window-manager-crash/79277/2 "2018-08-27T15:55:13Z")
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