Memory Leak Issues in Dell Display and Peripheral Manager

Summary: This article provides information about high memory usage on the Dell Core Services.Client (DCS.Client) with Dell Display and Peripheral Manager (DDPM).

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Symptoms

Affected Products:

  • Dell Display and Peripheral Manager

Affected Versions:

  • 2.0.3.9
  • 2.1.0.17
  • 2.1.0.20

Affected Operating Systems:

  • Windows

Users may experience computer lag, slow performance, or elevated fan noise due to high memory usage associated with DCS.Client.

Cause

Software issue

Resolution

The Dell DDPM team has released a fix, DDPM v2.1.0.23. This update can be downloaded from the Drivers & Downloads page of DDPM.

Affected Products

Dell Display and Peripheral Manager
Article Properties
Article Number: 000339604
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 10 Jul 2025
Version:  4
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