1,670 questions with Windows Hardware Performance tags

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why are my function keys working without pressing the fn button first

Hello, this has been going on ever since I had this thing for some reason my function keys have been working without me pressing the Function button. it is very annoying, and I would like to know how to turn this off. (the tag is unrelated, I just can't…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-27T14:58:06.24+00:00
Sausagecat2 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-27T15:15:43.63+00:00
Viorel 120.1K Reputation points
7 answers

HLK Studio Machine status stuck "initialising" but "ready" in HLK manager

Hi! Can someone kindly help me get out of this situation with HLK Studio, please? I am an new to it. I have a test machine which seems always to be stuck at status "Initlaisating" when viewed in HLK Studio -> Configuration -> Machine…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2021-12-06T16:48:11.353+00:00
Aidan.Dixon 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-27T08:31:17.73+00:00
Aidan.Dixon 6 Reputation points
1 answer

Unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver, tried finding driver updates already has latest drivers installed, even tried uninstalling neither worked.

Unable to connect to the synaptics pointing device driver, tried finding driver updates already has latest drivers installed, even tried uninstalling neither worked.

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-24T18:54:30.57+00:00
Danyel Fields 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-26T08:03:42.4233333+00:00
Daisy Zhou 30,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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HLK client stuck in initializing state

Hello, In HLK studio we have created a machine pool under $Root and dragged the client from the default pool to the newly created pool. But the client remains in initializing state and does not change its state to ready. Under the platform tab, it…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2022-04-27T11:55:49.447+00:00
Sakshi Punkar 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-25T07:56:19.8433333+00:00
Wu, Shi Yu 0 Reputation points
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How to fix eratic mouse pointer and unstable screen

Sometimes my Samsung netbook windows 11 is stable then "does a wobbly" with the mouse pointer erratic or duplicate and the screen image changing from one thing to another. Have reinstalled Windows 11, updated all drivers, and run MS scan; all…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-20T16:33:51.3866667+00:00
L J 20 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-24T08:12:16.26+00:00
Daisy Zhou 30,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

How to stop Windows 11 update service from restarting after 1 minute

I want to disable the Windows update service on the Windows service control manager but the option "restart service after 1 minutes" is grayed out and can't be changed. This will cause the service to restart after 1 minute. So, how do I change…

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.
5,816 questions
Service Manager
Service Manager
A family of System Center products for managing incidents and problems.
253 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.
1,670 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,875 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager: An integrated solution for for managing large groups of personal computers and servers.Updates: Broadly released fixes addressing specific issue(s) or related bug(s). Updates may also include new or modified features (i.e. changing default behavior).
1,110 questions
asked 2025-02-18T11:04:30.5933333+00:00
Debojit Acharjee 455 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-20T15:40:56.7466667+00:00
Hania Lian - MSFT 21,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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NVMe Passthrough for vendor specific commands returns error 1117

I try to send vendor-specific cmd 0xD0 for NVMe passthrough. I have read this document in great detail, however, I can not seem to get the pass-through mechanism to work against NVMe SSD. I have also verified, that the device is able to send the Command…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2021-01-27T08:56:00.157+00:00
Raymond Shi 1 Reputation point
commented 2025-02-20T09:03:42.6866667+00:00
Mathias Lang 0 Reputation points
6 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to fix : "local security authority process" high disk use.

How to fix : "local security authority process" high disk use. SO: Windows 11 I have the same problem on several computers, it appeared after Windows was updated.

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.
1,670 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,875 questions
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager Updates
Microsoft Configuration Manager: An integrated solution for for managing large groups of personal computers and servers.Updates: Broadly released fixes addressing specific issue(s) or related bug(s). Updates may also include new or modified features (i.e. changing default behavior).
1,110 questions
asked 2024-09-06T20:38:38.8966667+00:00
Joel Garcia Oviedo 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-18T15:07:41.5266667+00:00
Joel Garcia Oviedo 40 Reputation points
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HHD drive to SSD drive software problems!!

I bought an SSD for my laptop. I did a recovery of my windows 11 onto a flash drive. I took out the HHD and replaced it with the SSD. Then i plugged in the flash drive and installed my windows 11 on it, but now when i go to my manage settings it shows…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-17T23:09:42.5933333+00:00
hannes matthee 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-18T03:12:36.42+00:00
Ian Xue-MSFT 39,951 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Where is the 'Intel(R) USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft)' string from?

On Intel 10th gen processor system, USB host controller is using Windows inbox driver (USBXHCI.sys). The device name is Intel(R) USB 3.1 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.10 (Microsoft) in Device Manager. But I cannot find this string in usbxhci.inf 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.
1,670 questions
asked 2021-03-07T02:18:51.697+00:00
guliteb 41 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-18T00:15:51.8633333+00:00
Pedro Lordelo 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

That didn't work. Make sure your bluetooth device is still discoverable, then try again

hey my bluetooth is still on but i keep seeing this message over and over i already remove my device and add it back in but its still the same and i have already troubleshoot it and clean boot it do you know whats the problem?

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
12,077 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.
1,670 questions
asked 2021-11-15T16:48:49.687+00:00
zenoles 51 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-14T08:50:09.5233333+00:00
JUSTINE MWENDA NKUMBU 0 Reputation points
2 answers

How to fix I2C HID device permanently

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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.
1,670 questions
asked 2024-04-04T09:46:07.0566667+00:00
Sanyukta Sudhansu 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-14T06:57:15.66+00:00
escape escape 0 Reputation points
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Why does 24h2/2025 host give only RDP over TCP?

After upgrading to 24h2, the ability to connect to RDP via UDP disappeared everywhere. However, on previous versions everything is fine, configuring policies and substituting mstsc.exe etc. does not solve the problem. This problem itself was still in…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
13,729 questions
Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
A Microsoft app that connects remotely to computers and to virtual apps and desktops.
4,731 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.
835 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.
1,670 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,875 questions
asked 2024-12-16T01:03:16.0833333+00:00
funker wolf 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-12T21:46:48.15+00:00
Maxime Joannette 0 Reputation points
6 answers

Microsoft Visual FoxPro

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…

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.
1,670 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,875 questions
asked 2023-02-07T03:31:09.91+00:00
Kent Carter 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-09T18:01:51.47+00:00
Robert Park 0 Reputation points
0 answers

How To Delete Desktops On Pc?

As You Can See Below The List Of Desktops I Have Used On One Microsoft Account: Microsoft I Have Been Trying To Delete These For Ages Now And I Wanted To Contact You To Ask How Would I Be Able To Delete Them?

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-08T18:11:22.5333333+00:00
Henry Hicks 0 Reputation points
0 answers

which driver does one need to edit INT file for PCIe NVMe SSD?

I'd like to enable DMA remapping for PCIe NVMe SSD. According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/pci/enabling-dma-remapping-for-device-drivers I need to edit INF file for the corresponding driver. which driver to edit INF…

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.
1,670 questions
Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
Windows Driver Kit (WDK)
A set of Microsoft tools that are used to develop, test, and deploy Windows drivers.
164 questions
asked 2025-02-05T08:18:46.06+00:00
Jang, Young Hwan 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Keyboard not working

Was just starting to launch a game when it bugged out and I had to restart my laptop. There was an update (24h2) and it wouldn’t let me restart the computer without updating. Prior, the keyboard was working fine, but when it gave me the login page it…

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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-02-03T02:17:59.9233333+00:00
reagan young 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-04T07:46:07.2466667+00:00
Daisy Zhou 30,286 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Higher CPU Temperature after last Windows 11 24h2

Hi Guys, After last Windows update I noticed that the temperatures are a bit higher then usual. I checked everything on my side and seems fine. I searched a bit and I think I'm not the only one person with this problem. Ryzen 7 7800X3D by the 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.
1,670 questions
asked 2025-01-30T06:55:29.1366667+00:00
Michał Wrona 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-01T21:05:15.9666667+00:00
sukkamehu 0 Reputation points
4 answers

how to check my hard disk health

hi friends, can anyone tell me how to check my hard disk health?

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
12,077 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.
1,670 questions
asked 2023-07-22T08:54:40.08+00:00
Bhavana k 95 Reputation points
commented 2025-01-30T22:07:02.4666667+00:00
Terry Gilkes 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How do I disable unnecessary background apps and services to improve system performance?

I am using microsoft 11 OS and facing issues while using it at my Cambridge Creation lab's office. Internet is very high speed but due to some background apps system is running too slow. How I can Fix it for high performance ?

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.
1,670 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
10,875 questions
asked 2025-01-30T06:14:28.6966667+00:00
Ivaana Rungta 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-30T15:14:40.37+00:00
Zunhui Han 3,410 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor