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I noticed that launching programs for a second time after closing them takes much longer. I used Ram Map to check the actual files and they get evicted from ram immediately after I close the programs using them. Before this update, the files used to stay…
I'm trying to install the Windows Driver Testing Framework (WDTF) Runtime Libraries on a HLK test client (windows 10 x64) but get an error during installation: CustomAction WDTFInstall_FailIfInstalledAction returned actual error code 1157 (note this…
I am working for writing a PSA application for my printer. I know the guide from here->https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devapps/print-support-app-design-guide But I can not find the entire sample code about that ongithub or…
Hi, I'm trying to send NVME Sanitize/BlockErase command to NVMe disk which supports that. This shall be available on regular Win11 OS and I'm running 10.0.22000.1098 (10.0.22000.1042 StorNvm driver). I'm receiving absurd last error after…
Windows version 24H2 (build 26100), I encountered an error recorded in the HLK testing. The error message indicates a violation: "Registry operations should not use absolute paths. Detected create of value(s) under unisolated registry key relative…
Like many others I have a Gaming Laptop with a still powerful i7-6820HK; however whilst Microsoft windows 11 supports a vast list of Intel processors the list is missing the i7 6xxx and 7xxx series. will this be addressed in future updates?
hi friends, can anyone tell me how to check my hard disk health?
I started to make a Windows application with Windows 10 drivers. Then, I noticed I need an EV code signing certificate for this. So, I tried to find the way, and I found I can get this with 600$ for a year. Does anyone know a free EV code signing…
Hello, I don't remember the specification of my late windows 11 but my HDD disk was working perfectly fine despite not having been defrag for a couple of months. Recently I reformatted my PC with a new windows 11 and the first thing I noticed was…
I am trying to connect a laptop to a PC as a second monitor. The laptop is an Asus ZenBook Pro Duo, and the PC graphics card is a GeForce GTX 1070 8GB. The card has several ports, so I have tried connecting them using HDMI and Display Port lines with no…
I work with materials modeling and simulation, and among the software I use is Gabedit. When I use it, I am unable to take full advantage of my device's processing power; in fact, the CPU usage does not exceed 14%. The biggest problem is that when…
My Realtek audio was glitched so I uninstalled its drivers and installed the Realtek legacy hardware from device manager: Doing this powered off my PC, and ever since there has been a BSOD. I have tried removing the RAM and SSD, then letting the battery…
Are there any workarounds to the below issue? https://github.com/microsoftfeedback/WinDbg-Feedback/issues/212
Hi, I have created a worksheet in Excel Desktop App, containing buttons and macros, but when I try to open the same in Office 365, it shows an error message on the buttons and they are not working("Excel for the web does not support running or…
Hi, I'm trying to make a Indirect display driver work in a QEMU-based virtual machine that has a GPU in order to have a second desktop. I installed this one :https://github.com/itsmikethetech/Virtual-Display-Driver followed his steps and his driver…
Is it possible to mirror the display during boot, as my screen is broken and I am unable to read it. I am needing to use the advanced startup menu
Hello, We are currently conducting Smart card Minidriver certification for a third-party smartcard. At that point all tests passed for one test client platform. How do I create the corresponding result file for this client platform in HLK Studio ? Should…
I upgraded to Windows 11. I have some programs that I am trying to run but get a message that it cannot locate the Microsoft Visual FoxPro support library. Is there a way to get these programs to run on Windows 11. I was previously running these programs…
In speaking with Microsoft support on 7-21-24 and 7-22-24, I was informed the audio chip on the Surface Pro 11 (CoPilot+PC snapdragon version) is a Qualcomm WCD9385 and that it supports 24 bit audio. Allow me to explain my test environment and why this…
it is working fine till i have updated to the latest version, once after updating it is not responding how could it be made to work as before?