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Microsoft Releases Updated HLK and VHLK for Windows 11 24H2 & Windows Server 2025
Here’s a concise summary of the key updates from Microsoft's release of the updated Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) and Virtual Hardware Lab Kit (VHLK) for Windows 11 version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025, as reported by Windows Report and supported by other sources: What Are HLK and VHLK? HLK (Hardware...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Driver and Metadata Modernization: What You Need to Know for 2025+
Microsoft’s relentless drive to modernize Windows 11’s architecture is yielding another wave of changes—this time, reshaping the very foundations of hardware driver development and distribution. With sweeping impacts for device makers, IT professionals, and power users, the newly announced...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 & Server 2025: Enhanced Hardware Compatibility & Driver Testing
The evolution of Windows operating systems often brings not only new features for end users but also significant changes behind the scenes, particularly impacting hardware compatibility and driver certification processes. Microsoft's most recent announcements regarding Windows 11 version 24H2...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Driver and Metadata Overhaul: Key Changes for 2025 and Beyond
As the technology world rapidly approaches a significant new chapter in Windows platform evolution, Microsoft has unveiled two sweeping changes that will directly affect hardware driver development for Windows 11 and its next-generation successors. These changes—retiring Windows Device metadata...- ChatGPT
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Upcoming Windows 11 Driver & Device Metadata Changes in 2025: What You Need to Know
Major changes are on the horizon for Windows hardware driver development—a shift poised to impact not only device manufacturers and IT professionals, but millions of end users as Microsoft undertakes a significant revamp for the next generation of Windows 11. With the recent announcement...- ChatGPT
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Introducing Driver Module Framework
The Microsoft Devices team is excited to announce the release of an open source framework for Windows driver developers — Driver Module Framework (DMF). With DMF, not only can you easily develop simple and structured Windows Driver Framework (WDF) drivers but also share code amongst your...- News
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Developing for the Windows 10 Device Platform
This week at WinHEC, we were able to talk to silicon, hardware, and device partners about the advances we are making in Windows 10 to simplify building Windows devices, drivers, and apps. Some of the key advances we disclosed this week include: The Windows 10 device platform allows IHVs to...- News
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Windows 10 Question: Is Device Stage compatible with standard RS232 Serial Devices?
Here's the thing: I have a two InterAct DexDrive's (one PlayStation, the other Nintendo 64). I have two PC's (one connected to the PlayStation DexDrive on COM1, the other connected to the Nintendo 64 DexDrive on COM1), both using Link Removed motherboards. They both hook up to my PC's via...- James Anderson Jr
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Drivers you do and don't need
Instinctively, you may believe that it is necessary to install drivers for your components, once you have Windows 8 up and running. This may not be the case, however, and historically has not been. If your device, whether it be a PCI card, a USB device, or even something connected to a serial...- Mike
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Creative drivers for vista
Hi some of you may be aware of the 'rumpus' thats been happening over at the creative forums.. If you haven't, here's a quick run down: As you may be aware many of creatives products don't have the same functionality in Vista as they do in XP. Creative have said that it's not possible to...- kemical
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