1,570 questions with Windows Hardware Performance tags

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DWM and Sytem process use almost 100% GPU at times while sitting at the dekstop

This started happening a few days ago booted up my pc and when i login its very laggy and black screens i see that system and DWM are using 80% of my gpu. ive had this computer for 2 years now running every game at 100+fps and no issues ever i am on day…

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.
1,570 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,771 questions
asked 2024-04-11T05:32:50.4433333+00:00
Matt S 0 Reputation points
2 answers

How to get the readme file and errata ID for the HLK multiple machine test case failed

Hi guys， Currently our HLK Submission result hits that it needs us to export the Read-me file and errata ID. According to Exporting a Microsoft document Failed HLK Job (Only single machine tests can be exported. The tests that the require multiple…

Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
2,425 questions
Windows Network
Windows Network
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.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
696 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-04-13T04:32:47.4333333+00:00
John Gao 56 Reputation points
commented 2024-04-10T12:10:04.6133333+00:00
Jeremy Ruelle 0 Reputation points
4 answers

How to fix a BSOD DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION with an Intel firmware issue?

While playing on my gaming laptop (a MSI GS66 Stealth), it began to crash while playing games which it used to run with no problem. In the reliability monitor, it gives the following hardware error: Source Windows Summary Hardware error Date ‎4/‎6/‎2024…

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.
1,570 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,771 questions
asked 2024-04-07T01:27:21.3366667+00:00
Craig Corbin 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-04-10T08:53:43.91+00:00
Reza-Ameri 16,856 Reputation points
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Slow premium SSD disk performance

I have a basic VM setup with Standard_D2s_v3 and an attached disk P30 performance tier of type Premium SSD LRS that is being used for a database server running Firebird 3.0.11. The VM is running in Windows Azure Server. The region is EUW and it has…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
590 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-04-05T10:09:20.31+00:00
Jeffrey-2116 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-04-09T08:53:31.25+00:00
Nehruji R 4,126 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How do I register for the Hardware Developer Program

We have successfully applied for the EV certificate. How do I register for the Hardware Developer Program? I cannot register successfully by following this…

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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-03-29T08:07:57.58+00:00
dou zi 5 Reputation points
commented 2024-04-06T00:27:04.5033333+00:00
Eduardo Magalhães 0 Reputation points
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HLK client installation error on test system in Hyper-V

I have VHLK(on Windows server 2019 Datacenter edition, Virtual HLK (VHLK) for Windows 10, Version 2004) running on a Hyper-V in a host machine. I created another virtual machine (Windows 11 Enterprise Evaluation, 22H2) as a test system for testing my…

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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-04-05T07:48:30.5866667+00:00
Kohei Otsuka 0 Reputation points
4 answers

Unable to register for the Hardware Developer Program

I am visiting the setup page https://partner.microsoft.com/en-US/dashboard/Registration/Hardware?step=GetStarted When I sign in with my Azure AD account (with global administrator privilege). It returns me back to the start page and I can't progress…

Microsoft Partner Center
Microsoft Partner Center
A Microsoft website for partners that provides access to product support, a partner community, and other partner services.
914 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-03-23T02:21:04.8433333+00:00
ReeceXW 15 Reputation points
commented 2024-04-04T16:54:31.4266667+00:00
Ragavendra Ganesh Subramani 0 Reputation points
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USB: Command fails with USBD_STATUS_CANCELLED and windows driver sends task management IU

On checking the PCAP logs, I see that TestUnitReady, ReadCapacity cmds are sent as part of re-enumeration of the drive. Intermittently, windows driver sends commands without the knowledge of the CVF/test script. One such command is READ16 with LBA=0,…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-04-03T09:39:18.5+00:00
Veeresh Koninti 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-04-04T01:23:48.4766667+00:00
Anna Xiu-MSFT 27,556 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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KMDF USB Driver: WDF SetConfiguration API reloads the driver for IAP2 interface descriptors

I have a USB drive which advertises vendor specific IAP2 descriptors(See Table 1). With inhouse developed driver, I want to set IAP2 Interface by invoking SetConfiguration request. When I set the configuration for IAP2 interface, the driver gets reloaded…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-04-03T04:26:39.4766667+00:00
Veeresh Koninti 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-04-04T01:19:14.3833333+00:00
Anna Xiu-MSFT 27,556 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Initialize disk says "incorrect function" and doesn't show up under my computer

I have an external 3.5" HDD disk connected with a Sabrent SATA docking station. When I go to Computer Management, Disk Management, it shows "unknown" under Disk 2 in addition to 'not initialized'. When I right-click on the disk 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2022-07-13T08:08:16.877+00:00
Nic E 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-04-02T22:15:32.13+00:00
Gastón Viarengo 0 Reputation points
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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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-04-01T07:59:06.6866667+00:00
Casper Zu 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-04-02T08:18:19.25+00:00
Casper Zu 0 Reputation points
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How to edit Windows Driver details During installation?

I am trying to customize some of the parameters of a Windows driver during its installation process by modifying the corresponding parameters. Device/Driver Description Provider Display Name Hardware ID Here's an excerpt from the INF file I'm working…

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.
4,996 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-03-28T06:52:37.5966667+00:00
Abhishek 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-03-28T08:21:04.9933333+00:00
Jeanine Zhang-MSFT 9,431 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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NTKERNELAPLI is not able to access

I'm trying to use the some NTKERNELAPI, in my driver code, but i'm getting these below errors. error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__KeInitializeEvent referenced in function XXXX error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-03-27T11:55:45.92+00:00
Kumar, G N Pavan 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-03-28T01:30:34.9833333+00:00
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 28,931 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

how to enable hardware based encryption on the hard drive?

how to enable hardware based encryption for my SSD

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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-03-25T14:15:59.8766667+00:00
Subhash challa 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-26T03:57:22.8766667+00:00
Jing Zhou 4,670 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

hard disk drive not detectable by my laptop

i have been facing a problem. my problem is my laptop do not detect my toshiba 1tb external hard disk drive but it shows in disk management with no allocated . I have tried many options but still no solution. when i connect my hard disk drive connecting…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2024-03-19T01:15:19.9133333+00:00
Atul Sehgal 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-24T15:07:07.8566667+00:00
Atul Sehgal 0 Reputation points
2 answers

I have folder that has been moved into the 'WpSystem' Folder on my hard drive and I can't do anything to it.

My steam file, that is very large and takes up tons of storage due to all the games I had installed has been moved into the 'WpSystem' folder don't know how but it's there. It's a 2tb hard drive and I can't do anything to it. I can't open it, move it,…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-01-02T21:46:05.433+00:00
Scott Townsend 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-03-22T06:02:38.7766667+00:00
KV 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Is there a way to script a device to use a specific driver, even if its not marked as compatible?

Hi, I was hoping to see if anyone has had any luck scripting the assignment of a specific driver to a device? I've tried using pnputil to install the driver, it gets added to the store but the device does not automatically pick it up. If I do this…

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
11,054 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.
1,570 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,771 questions
PowerShell
PowerShell
A family of Microsoft task automation and configuration management frameworks consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language.
2,270 questions
asked 2024-03-21T11:17:14.93+00:00
Thompson, Christopher 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2024-03-22T01:17:44.1766667+00:00
Xiaopo Yang - MSFT 12,151 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

How can I tell what python script is using my GPU

I am using Stable Diffusion ComfyUI with a RTX 3060 TI 8gig VRAM. There are times when the program stops working, however, in task manager, I will still see the dedicated RAM taken up, and hear the fans running very fast. I then try to end all programs…

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.
4,996 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.
1,570 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,771 questions
asked 2024-03-15T22:52:31.5033333+00:00
John Isdell 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-18T08:45:12.1766667+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,071 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Print support application(PSA) sample application is not activated and unable to show custom print settings

I'm building the PSA print support application using a sample PSA code provided by MS, I am not able to confirm whether the app is activated with PrintSupportSettingsUI ActivationKind or not could you please help me with this? I followed the steps…

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.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-02-03T02:26:12.1766667+00:00
Amitha K 51 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-17T18:08:51.27+00:00
Shane Scribner 0 Reputation points
2 answers

win8 NDISTest 6.5 - lWF logo test,Filter expired

Update 2023.2.24 I think i have just found the crux of the problem. The problem is that HCK Filter has not update id: 5220 filter expire time. Last expire time is 2023/1/31.(today is 2023/2/24) How to notify Microsoft staff to update id:5220…

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.
4,996 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.
1,570 questions
asked 2023-02-23T08:46:47.6833333+00:00
Stoptime 5 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-13T03:41:52.3333333+00:00
Derek Lin 0 Reputation points