1,553 questions with Windows Hardware Performance tags

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Minidriver smart card

Help please. Can I certify the smart card minidriver separately with Microsoft? If there is such a possibility, what tests in HLK should I pass?

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,755 questions
Windows
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.
4,822 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,237 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.
1,553 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,357 questions
asked 2024-01-19T11:29:16.05+00:00
Olena Kaliadina 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-24T02:52:34.3533333+00:00
Hania Lian 8,381 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

ApiValidation : error : While Checking file C:\Build\x64\Debug\sample.sys aitstatic is returned exit code 5.

Hi, While building the kmdf driver, I am getting following error with apivalidator, ApiValidation : error : While Checking file C:\Build\x64\Debug\sample.sys aitstatic is returned exit code 5. I am not able to find details for exit code 5 of…

Windows
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.
4,822 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-23T14:56:20.8566667+00:00
user_931196 5 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-01-24T01:26:10.6266667+00:00
Anna Xiu-MSFT 26,471 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Clean boot mistake

ran a clean boot on on my laptop and now I'm locked out of my account from the lock screen. unable to log in because login options are Face id and PIN both are unavailable to use. i have a local account on the laptop but does not have administrator…

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.
1,553 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,357 questions
asked 2024-01-21T21:59:57.8866667+00:00
Blaze Berglund 20 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-22T22:48:16.38+00:00
Blaze Berglund 20 Reputation points
3 answers

Will Windows 12 have the same system requirements as Windows 11 whenever Windows 12 gets released?

Will Windows 12 have the same system requirements as Windows 11 whenever Windows 12 gets released?

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.
1,553 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,357 questions
asked 2022-04-07T23:49:55.17+00:00
Thomas Woolum 11 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-22T10:38:41.7433333+00:00
Kapil Arya 7,761 Reputation points MVP
0 answers

HDA AUDIO DRIVER

Hello, Microsoft FAQ. I can program in C++ C. How can I write a HDA REALTEK ALC1220 driver program in the Windows 8.1 64X operating system and import my own APO? Bind the specific GUID graphics card model. I hope you can provide me with reference code…

C++
C++
A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
3,553 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-20T10:53:10.2133333+00:00
11ss 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-01-22T01:30:06.97+00:00
Minxin Yu 10,361 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Windows 11 ARM64 - driver Install signature validation failed

Hello, we are device driver developer and have found issues installing our driver to Windows 11 on ARM64, build 22000. Currently the driver is self-signed and the public key of signing certificate is imported to Trusted CAs and Trusted Publishers under…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2021-12-03T14:09:08.067+00:00
Aleš Pospíchal 11 Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-01-18T09:19:38.01+00:00
Qing Xiang 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Why have my cpu credits suddenly disappeared?

I have several AVD VMs running on Standard B4MS CPUs. Not had any performance problems for months until this week, when suddenly some of the VMs started running at 100% CPU. The VM metrics show that until this week, CPU credits were constantly at 1200.…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
7,242 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-11T16:09:29.3333333+00:00
James Hicks 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-01-18T07:51:12.85+00:00
kobulloc-MSFT 23,736 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Setup cannot locate Windows Debugging VS Integration Dev12-x86_en-us.msi

A previous employee at my comapny has produced some Windows XP drivers using Windows Debugging VS Integration Dev12-x86_en-us.msi. I am trying to install the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) version 8.1 which was used for originally developing these drivers,…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2021-09-10T15:58:46.337+00:00
Jonathan Feucht 26 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-17T13:51:25.06+00:00
Mehmet Kaya 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Can two identical sensors be installed based on Window HID?

Can two identical sensors (same GUID) be installed based on Window HID? For example, custom sensors or light sensors provided by two different manufacturers

Microsoft Teams Development
Microsoft Teams Development
Microsoft Teams: A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
2,904 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2023-09-27T07:11:56.18+00:00
Hosson 65 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-17T06:52:40.3833333+00:00
Wesley Li 5,085 Reputation points
0 answers

HLK test NICStrictPropertyValidation failed due to Test-NetHLK module date

The last release was 12 July 2023 Today 16 January 2024 It is 188 days between these dates, not including the end date but test check that module must be within 180 days of today`s date. Asked the same on GitHub…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-16T09:02:55.4666667+00:00
Konstantin Kostiuk 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Visual Fox Pro made apps randomly close on windows 11 computers.

Good morning everyone! We have recently installed Windows 11 on 15 new Dell OptiPlex SFF 7010 machines, with Visual FoxPro (VFP) apps. We have noticed that 2 out of 4 users testing the computers have VFP apps closing randomly. In the event logs we see…

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.
1,553 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,357 questions
asked 2023-10-03T16:11:19.9566667+00:00
Harry Tennison 5 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-15T16:27:23.4833333+00:00
Harry Tennison 5 Reputation points
2 answers

bitlocker hard drive replacement

I have an old work laptop that has been sitting for about 6 or 7 months and the company doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get it back. This laptop has bit locker encryption on the hard drive, but I am wanting to play with more Linux on the side and it is…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,776 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2022-12-07T00:07:06.147+00:00
Shawn 6 Reputation points
commented 2024-01-13T00:22:45.05+00:00
w4rri8r 0 Reputation points
0 answers

issues with KBUGCHECK_REASON_CALLBACK_ROUTINE

I am currently working on a driver for a device that monitors system state primarily by using the KBUGCHECK_REASON_CALLBACK_ROUTINE callback to report when the system issues a bug check and to provide a crash dump for analysis. However, I encountered…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-12T06:41:49.6466667+00:00
zephyr 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-01-12T06:44:12.6166667+00:00
zephyr 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Why won't docking station 4 work with Surface Laptop 5?

I got the large Samsung monitor (crg9) and tried connecting it to my surface laptop 5 through my Microsoft docking station. It kept making my laptop blue screen so updated my docking station to the new docking station 4 with the thunderbolt connections.…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-11T16:10:28.5233333+00:00
Rory 0 Reputation points
3 answers

New HLK Client for Windows 11 cannot be installed on Windows 10

The new HLK Client for Windows 11 cannot be installed on Windows 10 (not compatible). We could old version of HLK Server on another Windows Server but it's redundant to partners (new machine, Windows Server, installation time). Is there any way…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2021-09-01T02:26:12.677+00:00
Jimmy_Lee 1 Reputation point
commented 2024-01-08T06:16:53.9433333+00:00
Jimmy_Lee 1 Reputation point
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The charger of Surface product is a two-pin socket, will there be a three-prong socket in the later stage?

There are cases where the computer is used while punching, and the Surface device is a metal case that can conduct electricity. 12V below the safe voltage, in a humid environment, the voltage over 12V will be dangerous, when the equipment leaks, 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-08T04:21:25.05+00:00
jp n 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-01-08T04:46:36.0566667+00:00
jp n 0 Reputation points
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Target PC for device driver testing does not finish provisioning (in VS2017)

I followed this guide https://learn.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windows-hardware/drivers/gettingstarted/provision-a-target-computer-wdk-8-1 Windows 10 Pro 64 bit is running on HOST computer.(22H2) Windows 10 Pro 64 bit is running on TARGET…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,755 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2024-01-05T08:52:23.82+00:00
naoyaT 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-01-08T01:19:10.2633333+00:00
Anna Xiu-MSFT 26,471 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

About Limitations of NonePaged Pool Size in Windows 10

Hello, I'm a developer working on an image processing program in the Windows 10 operating system. I use technologies such as CUDA and RDMA in my program. Both of these technologies have the feature of registering specific memory areas to none-paged pool…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
10,755 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,237 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.
1,553 questions
asked 2023-09-19T06:25:21+00:00
이하운 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-05T08:40:50.8633333+00:00
Wesley Li 5,085 Reputation points
1 answer

Can Win10 build storage space by disks which are shared by iscsi protocol from a linux server?

storage space is https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/storage-spaces-in-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2#WindowsVersion=Windows_10 if yes,is there any restrict?(for example,maybe cannot choose ReFS as the file system of storage…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2023-03-08T15:03:09.73+00:00
romantic laser 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-04T17:05:17.5233333+00:00
Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
1 answer

Has the "same disk identifiers" issue been reloved for external USB drives in windows 10

Hi, rather than explain it from scratch please read this thread. disk-ltngt-has-the-same-disk-identifiers-as-one-or-more-disks-connected-to-the-system It's a bug that has been there for years and today October 2021 its still an issue. its to do…

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.
1,553 questions
asked 2021-10-31T04:17:13.147+00:00
Josef Szeliga 6 Reputation points
answered 2024-01-04T10:50:03.4033333+00:00
Hardeep Singh 0 Reputation points