1,579 questions with Windows Hardware Performance tags

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usbaudio.sys with Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock crashing Win 10

The USB mouse/keyboard disconnected a spit second before the crash as if it was related somehow to the crash. Suspect usbaudio.sys is interacting with the Belkin hub to cause a crash also related somehow to the disconnection of the mouse/keyboard USB…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
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asked 2021-02-26T20:59:25.833+00:00
Tom Rivelli 1 Reputation point
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Huge gap between size of drive and size of all files and directories

I have Windows 10 on laptop with 1TB drive on C: When I run Properties on C: - I get "Used space" equal to almost all 1TB and "Free space" of only 1GB When I run Properties on all files and directories on C: - I get "Size"…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-25T22:31:34.077+00:00
Lolita569 1 Reputation point
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SerialPortPropPageProvider Tab for UMDF Driver not showing up

I have written a virtual serial driver in UMDF. Now I am trying to add the standard port settings tab to the device manager dialog by adding HKR,,EnumPropPages32,,"msports.dll,SerialPortPropPageProvider" to my inf file in the AddReg…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-18T08:27:35.583+00:00
Alexander Seidl 26 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-25T02:15:07.57+00:00
Doron Holan 1,801 Reputation points
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Link to Hello Face Driver download Win10 SP7

need to reinstall Hello Face for Windows 10, surface pro 7. mine stopped working 2 days ago after Windows update. Uninstalled without deleting. Cannot find it on my device or anywhere in microsoft support. why so difficult? TIA

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-23T22:32:12.667+00:00
Tom Darby 1 Reputation point
2 answers

Blurring a specific position of the computer screen

I want to blur a position with a specified coordinate specified in its own way (x, x + h, y, y + w), but I don't know how to do this, it is related concerning the display driver and how to get frame by frame of the computer screen (as if reading frame by…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-20T14:19:04.567+00:00
phùng hưng 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-23T18:52:55.683+00:00
Cymon Kilmer -MSFT 801 Reputation points
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WHQL Certification( Unsupported API call )

Hello All, I built a Serial driver. In Visual Studio 2019, I used "Desktop" as Target Platform. Now when I am running WHQL tests on my driver, at that time "ApiValidator" test is failing. It says API calls are not universal. Here I…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-17T13:04:48.887+00:00
RxWb 6 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-23T08:45:58.067+00:00
RxWb 6 Reputation points
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Documentation on process of doing a paper cert for WHLK

Hello Team, This is Vinay here, I am going through Microsoft Windows certifications for our products, and i was looking on process and documentation on how to perform paper certs for WHLK. Can anyone of you point me towards it. Thanks & Regards,…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-18T17:38:21.947+00:00
Vinay Diwakar 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-22T20:18:38.15+00:00
Cymon Kilmer -MSFT 801 Reputation points
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how to track support request ?

We have been alerted to your issue for support request #2102200020000534. I should be able to track the progress of the request.The request is to change legal name in the profile and my all certificates.

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-20T08:52:02.347+00:00
SHERIN SARA JOSE 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-22T20:15:33.227+00:00
Cymon Kilmer -MSFT 801 Reputation points
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Does anyone know how to fix Cache Hierarchy Error?

This error causes my screen to go black and the computer to restart. I am not sure of the cause and I cannot replicate the black screen and restart. This happens roughly once a day sometimes multiple times per day. It most commonly happens under graphics…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
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asked 2021-02-20T19:52:14.937+00:00
Skylar E Lopez-Kohler 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-22T20:07:35.277+00:00
Cymon Kilmer -MSFT 801 Reputation points
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WFPSampler sample from WDK

Hi, In the "read me" file of the WFPSampler sample, there is an indication of an exe called WFPSamplerProxyService.Exe which "is the service which listens for connections to proxy" Its missing in the repository. There are…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
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asked 2021-02-22T16:40:29.177+00:00
Sagi Zar 6 Reputation points
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UDP use SIO_QUERY_WFP_CONNECTION_REDIRECT_RECORDS

Hello, I'm developing WFP call out driver and proxy. FWPM_LAYER_ALE_CONNECT_REDIRECT_V4 redirects UDP connections to a local proxy. The redirect was successful, but I want to get the original remote address with the…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-22T15:33:17.4+00:00
ti.ti 6 Reputation points
4 answers

windows 10 BSOD with new ssd

processor: Intel(r) core(tm) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.6 GHz Installed memory (ram): 32 GB system type: 64-bit Motherboard: MAG z390 tomahawk (MS-7B18) Graphics card: NVIDIA GEForce RTX 2080 SSD: samsung ssd 970 evo plus 2TB Ever since…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-01-06T14:25:14.057+00:00
JP 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-02-22T14:13:51.123+00:00
Michael Taylor 51,426 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is it possible to get the speaker output signal at the microphone APO?

I want to create a custom APO with a microphone input signal and a speaker output signal. Since there is an acoustic echo canceller in the audio effect of Windows 10, I think it is possible to create an APO using the microphone input signal and…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-15T09:28:08.153+00:00
Takayama Shin-ichi 116 Reputation points
accepted 2021-02-22T00:24:25.527+00:00
Takayama Shin-ichi 116 Reputation points
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Filter Driver InstanceTeardownComplete callback not called

I have a filter driver attaching to writable volumes to monitor write activity on files. The driver attaches to all writable volumes including VSS writable volumes (the driver do not attach to the VSS readonly volume) associated to the parent volume. I…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-13T22:39:25.087+00:00
RV 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-21T19:23:56.393+00:00
RV 1 Reputation point
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improving loopback throughput

While working on improving performance of an application which requires to do socket IPC bounded to localhost, came across following article : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/sio-loopback-fast-path Setting…

Windows API - Win32
Windows API - Win32
A core set of Windows application programming interfaces (APIs) for desktop and server applications. Previously known as Win32 API.
2,524 questions
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-01-11T17:01:29.473+00:00
Navin Seshadri 6 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-19T18:39:41.65+00:00
Jeffrey Tippet [MSFT] 6 Reputation points
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WdfUsbTargetCreateDevice fails with 0x800070B1

I am working on to fix a kernel-pnp error 411 with code 0x0A for a WBF driver. After investigation, I can see the wdfUsbTargetDeviceCreate( ) api call failing with NTSTATUS=0x800070B1 from EvtPrepareHardware_Callback( ) This failure is reproducible…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-18T09:57:12.537+00:00
rajasekaran krishnan 6 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-18T19:55:48.51+00:00
Doron Holan 1,801 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows driver testing and certification - Supported OS versions

For what operating systems is driver testing and certification supported anymore? Especially, is it still possible to make a driver certification for a Natif WiFi driver under Windows 7 and 8?

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-16T09:20:03.867+00:00
RStolz 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-02-18T10:54:53.013+00:00
RStolz 21 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

INF file for installing driver for bus device and child devices at once

Hello everyone, I am developing a bus driver for a PCIe interface card. The bus driver instantiates physical device objects, on which a virtual COM port driver is loaded. Therefore I have two INF files. One for the actual device (the bus driver)…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-03T07:30:38.027+00:00
Alexander Seidl 26 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-18T09:16:31.977+00:00
Alexander Seidl 26 Reputation points
1 answer

HLK 20H2 issue

Hi: I recently encountered a problem. Our driver has passed the 20H2 2004 HLK certification, but a prompt box pops up when put driver in mirror: Windows cannot verify the publisher of this driver. Note: Our driver has two signatures, one is from…

Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-07T09:01:34.857+00:00
国煜 胡 66 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-18T02:00:24.907+00:00
国煜 胡 66 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

HLK Tool Issue, Test cases show 100% Passed in the log files but has Failed status

Hello! I am running the Windows Certification HLK 2016 OS (Windows HLK, version 1809) testing for a storage product. And there are 5 Failed test cases that I have for Windows Certification 2016 Operating System Fiber Channel test stand, I rerun these 5…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,436 questions
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows Hardware Performance
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
1,579 questions
asked 2021-02-08T18:41:16.56+00:00
Anh Nguyen 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-02-17T19:57:08.9+00:00
Anh Nguyen 21 Reputation points