65 questions with Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit tags

Sort by: Updated
1 answer

windows 11 prevents android connection thru usb

i can connect my android phone thru usb normally . Im sure many others are seeing the same needless problem but i figured I would ask anyway . The issues with this poorly executed operating system never end ! If I have to disconnect the phone the only…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-07-10T15:39:05.36+00:00
RA C 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-07-12T15:35:08.54+00:00
30225997 155 Reputation points
5 answers

Windows Performance Analyzer unable to open etl files 0x80070032

... [XPerfCustomDataSource.XPerfDataProcessor]: Verbose - Enable table TraceStatsTable [b44f0dc4-f9fe-4aec-938e-7d0fd50cee92 - Trace Statistics] [XPerfCustomDataSource.XPerfDataProcessor]: Verbose - Process the trace An exception occurred while…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2023-02-02T16:41:16.1133333+00:00
Harry Clarke 105 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-04T13:55:05.1066667+00:00
Brian Sivieri 0 Reputation points
1 answer

windows command line network speed test

if there a command line tool that will measure network upload and download speed? The speedtest.exe tool seems to provide very incorrect upload speed results.

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-06-29T06:06:29.9966667+00:00
Terence Dowling 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-29T11:15:36.2433333+00:00
Marcin Policht 51,370 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
1 answer

How to fix pdf preview handler issues - I can't preview pdf on my windows file explorer

I have a Surface Snapdragon(R) X 12-core X1E80100 @ 3.40 GHz 3.42 GHz. I can not preview PDF documents in my File Explorer - other types of files I can. I can preview PDF in my Outlook. in the acrobat reader preferences the option "Enable PDF…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-06-26T09:29:49.32+00:00
Patrícia 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-28T16:53:30.7133333+00:00
Sheng Jiang 蒋晟 206 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to programatically get NPU utilization using C/C++/C#

如果一台PC有NPU,那么在Windows 11任务管理器中,“性能”页面就会显示NPU的信息(包括使用率),一般来说,这个页面显示的信息从“性能计数器(PDH)”中获取,但是我并没有找到对应的计数器。有谁知道这个NPU使用率从哪儿获取吗? If a PC has an NPU, then in the Windows 11 Task Manager, the "Performance" page will display the information of the NPU…

Windows development | Windows API - Win32
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-06-06T08:39:18.8033333+00:00
comor 50 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-30T10:49:47.7733333+00:00
comor 50 Reputation points
2 answers

Missing ImageId event on call stack in WPA

We have an application in the cloud that we're interested in analyzing the call stack. When analyzing the .etl file generated from wpr. Call stack from application shows "Missing ImageId Event". Loading the debug symbols does nothing…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2022-09-21T05:42:41.567+00:00
Dindo Paolo Depalobos 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-04-23T13:15:29.6566667+00:00
RaymondF-4923 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How can I fix this problem?

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2025-04-09T14:35:35.94+00:00
MUBIN 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-15T00:20:48.27+00:00
Geoff McKenzie 865 Reputation points
1 answer

WHLK [System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Reliability)] fail -WDTF_PNP : Result: Successful , but device not started

Hi, A failed item occurred after running WHLK [System - PNP (disable and enable) with IO Before and After (Reliability)] It looks like enable device fail, however, I can not see any abnormal symptom after the HLK test finished. Also can not see any…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up, install, or upgrade
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
asked 2024-05-15T01:50:18.7333333+00:00
TY Yang 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-08T08:17:17.97+00:00
zhang yijie 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Winsat.exe formal fails returning error 21 in memory assessment

Dear all, we´re running into an issue that shows up during our OS deployment sequence. Calling "Winsat.exe formal" as SYSTEM returns unspecified error 21 on only a very specific System configuration, a Dell Precision 5860 Tower Workstation with…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2023-07-27T06:59:28.2166667+00:00
Bischof Andreas IT 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-18T22:17:19.6+00:00
Tim Dickson 0 Reputation points
3 answers

How to fix my DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE and WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT errors

When i use the vpn and when i leave the computer powered on stuck my computer and got blue screen it says DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE severel time i got WIN32K_POWER_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT I will visit the event viwer i see the Event 17 ESIF errors and i'm…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-11-13T16:52:33.5066667+00:00
Nethum Sethmika 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-19T17:14:58.4866667+00:00
Nethum Sethmika 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Error 1920 service failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services

Hello Team, Hope you all doing well and good. Actually, I'm trying to install "Office InfoPath 2013" on windows 10 22H2 server machine and getting this below error. When I checked in the services > Windows font cache services. It was…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up, install, or upgrade
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-05-08T20:03:14.5933333+00:00
Anonymous
commented 2024-12-12T07:02:41.36+00:00
endeshaw yilma 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How is CPU % in Performance tab of Task Manager determined

I am looking to understand how is CPU% determined in Task Manager. I am observing a difference between CPU% in perfmon tool using % Processor Time counter. Please see attached snapshot. Which one is correct? What is causing the difference? Screenshot…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-11-12T16:50:38.8733333+00:00
Priya Jagyasi 21 Reputation points
answered 2024-11-13T07:58:09.5766667+00:00
Castorix31 90,686 Reputation points
1 answer

How to pass Fast Startup test with a .NET startup app?

Hi, Applications developed using the .Net Framework are consistently flagged as issues in the Fast Startup assessment of the Windows Assessment Toolkit. Is there a way to avoid being flagged as an issue? Thanks. Best regards, Hank

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Developer technologies | C#
asked 2024-09-26T08:04:29.33+00:00
Hank 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-10-07T09:40:04.6266667+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers

Computer Crashes when I play video games need help fixing this issue

I've been troubleshooting this issue for the last 3 days having a really tough time figuring out a solution. When I'm playing World of Warcraft my computer will black screen and start rebooting. I've been eyeing event viewer and I get these errors. 6062…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Set up, install, or upgrade
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2023-12-09T07:07:24.5833333+00:00
Erik Mayes 30 Reputation points
commented 2024-09-21T17:52:33.28+00:00
DK 0 Reputation points
1 answer

WPA Symbols Options Greyedout

Hello Community Members, I have Windows 10 WPA running on Windows 10 Ent Edition. When viewing an ETL file generated on same machine, call stack does not show function name and displays *Missing ImageID *instead. Under Trace, Load Symbols is greyed out.…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2023-06-28T03:03:08.2266667+00:00
Syed, Aleem Uddin 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-31T22:32:34.0166667+00:00
BS 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Windows 10 PC Not Starting when USB Keyboard / Mouse/ pendrive Plugged

My windows 10 PC is stuck on startup LOGO when any of pendrive , Mouse or keyboard is connected. Once you remove them it starts and everything works fine once it starts booting and these peripherals are reconnected. Used a clean reinstall of Windows 10…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2022-10-04T13:32:41.183+00:00
Gaurav 6 Reputation points
commented 2024-08-17T22:43:40.59+00:00
Dimos V 0 Reputation points
4 answers

Performance Diagnostics ( Daily, Monhtly Cost )

Hi, Can someone please confirm how Performance Diagnostics is charged for each server after we deploy or enable the feature? Is this tool free, or is there a charge for each instance of running it? Additionally, what are the minimum costs I should be…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2024-07-29T09:34:43.29+00:00
Yoong Mun Lok 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-08-06T02:01:00.9833333+00:00
Yoong Mun Lok 0 Reputation points
1 answer

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (d1) An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually caused by drivers using improper addresses.

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 10.0.22621.1 AMD64 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Loading Dump File…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | Other
asked 2024-06-09T15:39:17.34+00:00
PG, Ranjith Kumar 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-06-21T15:23:02.48+00:00
Wesley Li 11,285 Reputation points
1 answer

What are the WPA Options?

Older WPA versions would show a command line help when issuing WPA /help The newer Win 11 versions are trying to load the argument as an etl file. Where are the currently supported command line options available? For WPA diff I have created a Diff…

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
asked 2024-06-03T08:04:02.6633333+00:00
Alois Kraus 1 Reputation point
commented 2024-06-05T19:54:35.9866667+00:00
tvass83 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How can i use processexplorer to permanently change the 'priority' of an application/set of processes.

(Eg, i want my bing wall paper app to be run and take resources only if nothing i'm working on needs those resources)

Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2024-05-31T14:30:09.26+00:00
David McCann 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-05-31T15:16:29.72+00:00
MotoX80 36,501 Reputation points