hwreqchkapi.h header

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The hardware requirement evaluator (HWREQCHK) library is a set of APIs that allows callers to get information about a hardware device and determine if the machine is eligible to run a specific version of Windows 11 (and new versions of the OS as they become available). The API queries various hardware properties and evaluates rules to determine eligibility.

hwreqchkapi.h contains the following programming interfaces:

Functions

EvaluateHardwareRequirement Evaluates a specific requirement and returns a pass or fail result informing the caller whether the device meets the hardware requirement.
GetHardwareRequirements Returns a collection of defined hardware requirements for all product-types.
GetHardwareRequirementSystemInfo Provides the actual hardware device system information that is used to evaluate and compare against a given hardware requirement.
GetLatestHardwareRequirement Returns the latest defined requirement for a given product type.

Structures

HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_EVALUATION Contains the results of a single hardware requirement check.
HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_REQUIREMENT Contains the results of a single hardware requirement check.
HWREQCHK_DEVICE_HARDWARE_SYSINFO Provides information about the device hardware.

Enumerations

HWREQCHK_CPU_VENDOR Indicates the CPU vendor.
HWREQCHK_PRODUCT_TYPE Indicates the type of product.
HWREQCHK_TARGET_RELEASE Indicates the target Windows release.