125 questions with Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit tags
How can I detect if my PC has a CPU or GPU bottleneck before upgrading?
I’m planning to upgrade my system and want to make sure I’m not creating a CPU–GPU bottleneck. Are there tools or calculators to check this before upgrading parts? I came across bottlenackcalculator.com — has anyone tried something like this or…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
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
I cannot connect my mouse to my bluetooth even if the settings were all set.
I'm having trouble connecting my mouse to Bluetooth, despite trying multiple times.
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Monster Hunter World Crashing While Playing with Blue Screen of Dead(BSOD) sometimes
I'm playing Monster Hunter World game normally when the game unexpectedly crashes and closes, sometimes black screen and returns to desktop and other times Blues Screen and restart. I've already tried several solution tips that I saw on the internet,…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
Phone number linked to another account for developer setup how to recover it.
the phone number on a account was already used when setting up your Developer account. How can I get that removed when I don't have access to that account?
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
I use my phone number on account that has but locked up
I use my phone number on account that has but locked up. I can't get past the recovery form and I just want my phone number removed from it. please help
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
How to fix Blue Screen of Death from happening multiple times a day?
My computer is brand new, it is a work laptop. I am experiencing the BSOD 4-6 times a day. IT claims the hardware is fine when he ran a test. I have gotten several different stop codes for example: system_service_exception clock_watchdog_timeout…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
How to fix Windows Spotlight on Windows 11?
I have Windows 11 and Windows Spotlight is not working on the lock screen.
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
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…
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Is HttpService logging to the Windows System log really meaningful? (Thousands of Info-level entries)
On my Windows 11 Pro 24H2 system, I've noticed that more than 20% of the System log entries come from Microsoft-Windows-HttpService. They seem to mainly appear during system startup, in large bursts, and are not associated with any visible issues. This…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit

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
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…
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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…
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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…
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Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
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
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Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.
Hi We have Windows Server 2019 Std edition. Since 2 days server restarted automatically and OEM found no issue in hardware. when run sfc /scannow error found Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. any he lp…
Windows development | Windows Performance Toolkit
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…
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Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Devices and deployment | Other
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The maximum file size for session "PerfDiag Logger" has been reached
Hi How can i fix thix error message please : The maximum file size for session "PerfDiag Logger" has been reached. As a result, events may be lost (not logged) in the file "C:\Windows\system32\WDI\LogFiles\ShutdownPerfDiagLogger.etl".…
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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…