193 questions with Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK) tags

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Sound problem

The sound is not working on my computer at all. There is no sound coming from the box or earphones. Can you please tell me how to solve this problem?

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-09T15:36:37.61+00:00
Tarek Hasan 0 Reputation points
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Can we get direction of sound source in Windows?

Hi, My computer (Lenovo Thinkpad X13) installed of Windows 11 and its microphone spec is below: Dual-microphone array, far-field, Dolby Voice* Microphone Array: Intel Smart Sound Technology for Digital Microphones For microphone array, it could detect…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-09T01:55:10.85+00:00
Tom JD1 Xue 21 Reputation points
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Fingerprint sensor not working after windows update (KB060829)

Biometrics device is missing from device manager so the fingerprint sensor is not working after installing windows update KB060829. I am running windows 11 with the egistec touch fingerprint sensor. I have done a system restore to a point before the…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-07T18:30:45.92+00:00
Andrew Walker 0 Reputation points
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Refreshed HLK targeting Windows Server 2016

The below web page describes the HLK, the various versions, and which one is for which Windows version. Recently "refreshed" versions were released. As of today (7/7/25), the page was last updated 6/19/25.…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-07T18:22:04.27+00:00
Nathan Glasser 0 Reputation points
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Accessing Windows When Bit Locker is not responding

My laptop suddenly shit down and on restarting it didn’t boot. Upon accessing it via BitLocker it wouldn’t move further and is not responding to it

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-07T10:05:01.35+00:00
Syeda Haaniya Faraz 0 Reputation points
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Can we use the Resrved Byte 1 of the HID report for Keybaord for custom applications?

I am working on a Custom Keyboard and has been looking for a way to use the reserved Byte 1 of the HID Report. If I make changes in the report descriptor then the keyboard wont work in the BIOS mode. Is there any way, maybe by using a different Endpoint…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-03T12:58:48.8333333+00:00
Sumit Yadav 0 Reputation points
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I want to use wddm driver+winrt to realize headset driver, in WDDM driver I change the VSDB in edid to the value needed by the headset and report it to the system, then in winrt project by calling GetCurrentTargets() I've successfully get the above monito

auto manager = winrt::DisplayManager::Create(winrt::DisplayManagerOptions::EnforceSourceOwnership); bool shouldRetry; do { shouldRetry = false; winrt::IVectorView<winrt::DisplayTarget> targets = manager.GetCurrentTargets(); auto…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-07-01T03:32:35.85+00:00
Mark Qian 钱小兵 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-07-02T14:13:59.0533333+00:00
Rob Caplan - MSFT 6,037 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
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Instalador de Driver para funcionamento de token

Boa noite. Comprei um not modelo Galaxy Book Go. Mas instalo o driver apropriado ao meu Token e a maquina não permite o reconhecimento. Assim não consigo trabalhar com essa máquina, pois, não reconhecendo o token, não posso assinar documentos e entrar…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-01-24T00:55:23.7733333+00:00
Taffarell Guimarães 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-30T13:12:06.21+00:00
Ronaldo Smith Jr 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Keyboard Not Working (Tried updating still nothing)

My laptop keyboard is not working, my laptop is Acer aspire 3,A315-59, I've been trying every solution I could find, still nothing. Tried restarting my laptop, updating, uninstalling still nothing.

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-30T07:38:49.1333333+00:00
Kirvie 0 Reputation points
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How to fix inf2cat error when loading WindowsProtectedFiles.xml file in visual studio 2022

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community>inf2cat /driver:"E:\job\PCI\ftpcie440\win_drv\ftpcie440\ftpcie440" /os:10_X64 ................................................... An error occurred loading the Windows file protection…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-30T02:14:31.76+00:00
Sanjin Sen-Chin Liu(劉森進) 0 Reputation points
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Hp officejet pro 9730 printer not working when added in universal print

We installed HP office jet pro printer with the HP Smart universal print driver in azure universal print but it is not working. print job is not reaching Azure

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-27T08:34:02.1466667+00:00
Sankarasubramanian 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-06-30T01:19:48.6133333+00:00
Vinod Pittala 4,250 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to sol ZINK:failed to choose pdev from bash consol into WSL ?

When I'm trying to open nautilus from bash console into WSL through 'nautilus ./' command, I get : Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files libEGL warning: DRI3: Screen seems not DRI3 capable libEGL warning: DRI3: Screen seems not DRI3…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-26T10:33:36.0133333+00:00
Romain Sibuet 0 Reputation points
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How to Dynamically Modify or Hide V4 Printer Features (e.g., Page Sizes) in Classical Apps on Windows 10/11

I’m developing a V4 XPS Virtual Printer Driver with a rendering filter using IPrintPipelineFilter, which outputs XPS files with features like stapling, duplex, etc. My requirement: I’d like to dynamically remove or hide printer features such as page…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-26T09:09:16.6533333+00:00
Satheesh Rodriguez 0 Reputation points
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WHLK Smart Card Minidriver Certification on ARM64 (Issue with Playlist)

Running WHLK (10.1.26100.3037) using VHDX image to test a Smart Card mini-driver. Playlist: HLK Version 24H2 CompatPlaylist x64 ARM64 X64: For Intel X64 systems the playlist selects But for ARM64 system it selects: a) How come the playlist does not…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-20T16:07:21.8366667+00:00
Manoj Jain 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-06-23T00:11:48.8833333+00:00
Rob Caplan - MSFT 6,037 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
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HLK Client Not Visible on HLK Server in Azure

Hello For few years we've been performing HLK tests using VmWares. Because machines where those VmWares run don't have latest hardware, we cannot update Windows on those VmWares to the latest updates. So we created server and client machines on…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-17T10:34:38.48+00:00
Uroš Dakskobler 0 Reputation points
asked 2025-06-15T17:08:32.83+00:00
Mario 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-06-16T00:35:54.0266667+00:00
S.Sengupta 24,716 Reputation points MVP
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VS2022 Deployment Settings Error loading the Deployment settings.

System Info: Windows 10 professional Version: 22H2 Other: 19045.5854 VS2002 17.14.5 Windows SDK: 10.0.26100.3323 Windows WDK: 10.0.26100.3323 Error Info:Deployment Settings Error loading the Deployment settings:Driver Packages are not loaded. Make sure…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-06-11T03:26:06.01+00:00
Fossen 20 Reputation points
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How do I install WIA driver for scanner in Win11?

I have installed an Epson V650 scanner, but it requires a WIA driver to function.

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-05-10T15:58:12.42+00:00
J H Brown 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-13T02:40:37.75+00:00
S.Sengupta 24,716 Reputation points MVP
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Proper procedure to partition a disk from code, without Windows "fixing" it.

So for some time when we prep a disk with our filesystem, we simply open the ?\PHYSICALDRIVEx device, write out our EFI partitions (sector 2-34), primary EFI on sector 1 then PMBR on sector 0. (As well as backup labels at end of disk) This code…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-05-02T00:07:46.5366667+00:00
Joergen Lundman 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-05-09T02:22:51.23+00:00
Joergen Lundman 1 Reputation point
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How to call UMDF driver from App

Hi MSFT team, I have a question about UMDF, need your help to comments, Thanks. Background: We want to dev a UMD driver (using UMDF2), We want to use an App to call this UM driver. Question: The only interface the UDM exposed to App is via Win32…

Windows development | Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
asked 2025-05-08T06:57:11.54+00:00
Damon Pan 126 Reputation points