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Difficulty: MediumTroubleshooting Windows Performance and Application Crashes

A user reports that a CAD rendering application unexpectedly crashes every time a 3D model export is initiated on a Windows 11 workstation. The technician inspects the Windows Event Viewer Application log and identifies Event ID 1000 indicating an application crash with faulting module `nvlddmkm.sys` and exception code `0xc0000005`. Task Manager confirms that overall CPU and system RAM usage remain below 35% prior to the crash. Which of the following is the most appropriate next step to resolve the application crash?

  1. Update or perform a clean reinstallation of the dedicated graphics card driver.Answer
  2. B
    Execute `sfc /r` from an elevated Command Prompt to repair the corrupted driver file.
  3. C
    Use the System Control Panel applet to increase the virtual memory paging file size.
  4. D
    Perform an immediate clean reinstallation of the Windows operating system.

Answer

Update or perform a clean reinstallation of the dedicated graphics card driver.
In Windows Event Viewer, Event ID 1000 signifies an application crash and specifies the faulting module name. The file extension `.sys` and prefix `nvlddmkm` point directly to the Nvidia graphics driver subsystem. Because resource monitoring showed low RAM and CPU usage, hardware exhaustion is ruled out, making a clean reinstallation or update of the graphics display driver the correct targeted solution.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Event Viewer logs and Task Manager resource metrics.
Identified Event ID 1000 with faulting module `nvlddmkm.sys` (Nvidia display driver) while CPU and RAM utilization remained normal.
Event ID 1000 provides the specific executable or driver component causing the crash, isolating the fault to the display sub-system.
2
Correlate the faulting module with the appropriate software layer.
Determined that `nvlddmkm.sys` is associated with the graphics processing unit (GPU) display driver.
Applications performing 3D rendering rely heavily on GPU driver calls. Access violations (`0xc0000005`) in driver DLL/sys files signal corrupted or incompatible driver software.
3
Apply targeted remediation by updating or performing a clean driver installation.
The graphics driver is updated to a stable version, resolving the crash during 3D exports.
Clean installing vendor drivers restores corrupted binary files and registry configurations specific to hardware acceleration.

Key Concept

Troubleshooting Application Crashes using Event Viewer Log Analysis
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