Temporarily disable H/W Video decode on Windows to see if it is the cause of the spike

content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "content/browser/web_contents/web_contents_impl.h"
 
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/metrics/histogram.h"
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       GpuProcessHost::gpu_enabled() &&
       command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableAcceleratedPainting);
   prefs.accelerated_filters_enabled =
       GpuProcessHost::gpu_enabled() &&
       command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableAcceleratedFilters);
   prefs.accelerated_layers_enabled =
       prefs.accelerated_animation_enabled =
           !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kDisableAcceleratedLayers);
   prefs.accelerated_plugins_enabled =
       !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kDisableAcceleratedPlugins);
+  // Temporarily disabling H/W accelerated video on windows to see if it is the
+  // cause of the spike in the gpu process crashes.
+#if defined(OS_WIN)
+  prefs.accelerated_video_enabled = false;
+#else  // OS_WIN
   prefs.accelerated_video_enabled =
       !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kDisableAcceleratedVideo);
+#endif  // OS_WIN
   prefs.fullscreen_enabled =
       !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kDisableFullScreen);
   prefs.css_regions_enabled =
       command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableCssRegions);
   prefs.css_shaders_enabled =
       command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableCssShaders);
   prefs.css_variables_enabled =
       command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kEnableCssVariables);
   prefs.device_supports_touch =
       ui::GetDisplayLayout() == ui::LAYOUT_TOUCH;
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       old_browser_plugin_host()->embedder_render_process_host();
   *embedder_container_id = old_browser_plugin_host()->instance_id();
   int embedder_process_id =
       embedder_render_process_host ? embedder_render_process_host->GetID() : -1;
   if (embedder_process_id != -1) {
     *embedder_channel_name =
         StringPrintf("%d.r%d", render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID(),
                      embedder_process_id);
   }
 }