Before 2023, a UI glitch might stutter. Now, because the UI lives on the GPU surface, a failure in displaysurface.dll doesn't just freeze a panel. It takes down the entire process . When you see displaysurface.dll as the fault module, look at the exception code. 90% of the time, it's 0xc0000005 (Access Violation).
If you are a video editor, you know the specific chill that runs down your spine when Adobe Premiere Pro vanishes from your screen without a warning dialog. No "Sorry, a serious error has occurred." Just... desktop. displaysurface.dll adobe premiere pro 2023
Create a new named: UseLegacyDisplaySurface Set its value to 1 . Before 2023, a UI glitch might stutter