Hardware Requirement Evaluator (HWREQCHK)

The Hardware Requirement Evaluator (HWREQCHK) is a set of APIs that allows developers to get information about a hardware device and determine if the machine is eligible to run a specific version of Windows 11 or later.

To develop for HWREQCHK, you need these headers:

• hwreqchkapi.h

For programming guidance for this technology, see:

• HWREQCHK API overview
• HWREQCHK examples

For general Win32 programming guidance, see:

• Error handling
• Debug help library
• Dynamic-link libraries
• Event logging
• Processes and threads

Enumerations

HWREQCHK_CPU_VENDOR Indicates the CPU vendor.
HWREQCHK_PRODUCT_TYPE Indicates the type of product.
HWREQCHK_TARGET_RELEASE Indicates the target Windows release.

Functions

EvaluateHardwareRequirement Evaluates a specific requirement and returns a pass or fail result informing the caller whether the device meets the hardware requirement.
GetHardwareRequirements Returns a collection of defined hardware requirements for all product-types.
GetHardwareRequirementSystemInfo Provides the actual hardware device system information that is used to evaluate and compare against a given hardware requirement.
GetLatestHardwareRequirement Returns the latest defined requirement for a given product type.

Structures

HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_EVALUATION Contains the results of a single hardware requirement check.
HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENT Contains the results of a single hardware requirement check.
HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_SYSINFO Provides information about the device hardware.