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1,342

Update: Create a New Support Request

NatachaC on Sep 07 2023 10:25 AM
New form to submit an incident to HDC support team. 
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Update to Graphics Ecosystem Measures

Garrettd on May 05 2023 02:24 PM
Graphics evaluations will no longer require individual ecosystem measures. Learn how the new system works and how ecosys...
3,873

New Audio & Graphics Measures

Garrettd on Jan 20 2023 12:56 PM
3,279

New Audio Measures

Garrettd on Nov 07 2022 11:41 AM
4,945

2023 Driver Release Calendar and Block Out Dates

Garrettd on Nov 02 2022 03:17 PM
The Driver Shiproom Release Calendar for 2022.
3,294

New Graphics Ecosystem Measure

Garrettd on Aug 26 2022 02:00 PM
4,605

Driver Release Calendar 2022 and Updates to our Block Out Dates

alfmendez on Dec 14 2021 11:48 AM
The 2022 Driver Release Calendar is now available. Block out dates scheduled for the weekends have been removed.
4,639

Hardware Dev Center Submission Portal is now accepting Windows Server 2022 Submissions

kevintremblay on Jun 01 2021 07:54 PM
Hardware Dev Center Submission Portal is now accepting Windows Server 2022 submissions for chipset drivers, drivers for ...
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UPDATED: UEFI Signing Requirements

kevintremblay on Jan 28 2021 09:48 AM
While Microsoft reserves the right to sign or not sign submissions at its discretion, you should adhere to these require...
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2021 Driver Shiproom Schedule

WendyRB on Dec 18 2020 09:20 AM
The 2021 Driver Shiproom Schedule is now available.
4,262

Planned HDC Flight Report Outage: Friday, November 20 8:00am to 5:00pm PST

WendyRB on Nov 17 2020 03:20 PM
HDC Flight Report will be unavailable Friday, November 20 8:00am to 5:00pm PST.
7,755

Reminder: Upcoming Driver Release Schedule Dates

WendyRB on Nov 10 2020 09:41 AM
Reminder of upcoming December block out dates.
4,129

New Cohort Failure Report

WendyRB on Oct 15 2020 01:58 PM
New Cohort Failure Report coming the end of October.
5,044

New Graphics Ecosystem Measure

WendyRB on Aug 31 2020 01:20 PM
New graphics WinML ecosystem measure available in the Measure Dictionary.
4,065

PLANNED DOWNTIME: June 18, 2020 8:00AM - 4:00PM

kevintremblay on Jun 15 2020 09:11 AM
HDC Web will be down on June 18th, 2020. 8:00AM - 4:00 PM US Pacific Time
5,345

Three new measures for Graphics driver evaluations

WendyRB on May 27 2020 01:01 PM
New measures to help ensure the quality of graphics drivers
5,647

New driver evaluation policy

WendyRB on May 14 2020 09:15 AM
To ensure there is not a low performing targeting cohort with a driver submission, we will soon analyze the cohorts to f...

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Ken_Taylor590
in UPDATED: UEFI Signing Requirements on Sep 25 2023 04:06 PM
I'm trying to get my UEFI driver signed, and I haven't heard anything in response to questions sent to email address removed for privacy reasons after more than a week. I've done all the tests. I've submitted my final version to the partner center. I've tried getting in contact through our represent...
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Javagedes
in New UEFI CA memory mitigation requirements for signing on Sep 15 2023 10:15 AM
Hello @Ken_Taylor590, At this time, our suggested solution for setting the NXCOMPAT flag is to use the image validation tool that was mentioned in the article (and an updated link provided by @nicholasbishop). This is due to the fact that the tool will allow the developer to perform a limited valida...
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Ken_Taylor590
in New UEFI CA memory mitigation requirements for signing on Sep 14 2023 02:08 PM
The Microsoft linker I'm using won't let me set /NXCOMPAT at the same time as /SUBSYSTEM:EFI_BOOT_SERVICE_DRIVER and throws an error. Please specify what linker we should be using that does support this combination.
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daoyingchen
in Hardware Dev Center Submission Portal is now accepting Windows Server 2022 Submissions on Jun 07 2023 08:42 PM
Do drivers with only inf files need to perform WHLK testing?
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HStriepe007
in Hardware Dev Center Submission Portal is now accepting Windows Server 2022 Submissions on May 17 2023 04:14 PM
Kevin,We have an INF file only (codeless) driver that fixes a Laptop HID sleep behavior by disabling Enhanced Pwoermanagement for the device via a registry entry. It was previously signed via Authenticode (when that was still sufficient) and has been out for more than a decade. The devices are still...
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