Windows store doesnt detect System hardware

The Windows Store doesn’t recognize the hardware on my computer. I Do have everything needed for requirements of the games. However it doesn’t recognize that I meet the requirements. So I can’t download any games. Please help.

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We’d need to further verify some details for us to provide a more established workaround.

In your Cortana search box, search for dxdiag, then hit Enter.

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After validating the data you’ve attached, seems that this could possibly be a bug.

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10 Tools To Check Every Hardware Detail Of Your Computer In Windows

If you are a Windows power user, you would definitely like to know more about your computer hardware and software. Knowing about the installed hardware of your computer and its current state will help you keep an eye on the hardware health and get it replaced even before it malfunctions.

The easiest tool that can be use to check the computer or laptop hardware in Windows is the built-in Windows System Information Tool. If you go to Run –> msinfo32, this will show basic details about the hardware installed in your computer. You can also use the device manager to see the devices installed in your computer. Also this may seem overwhelming, this detail is quite basic.

Let’s discuss some tools that will tell you more about your computer. In the end, I will discuss about an all in one solution that can be used to check each and every details about your computer hardware. All the software discussed below will be useful in one way or the other. Just choose the one that suits you.

CPU-Z shows detailed information the main devices of the computer. The main devices include detailed information about CPU (name and number, core stepping and process, package, core voltage, internal and external clocks, supported instruction sets, cache info), motherboard (vendor, model, BIOS info, Chipset northbridge and southbridge, sensor, graphic interface) and memory (frequency, timings, serial presence detect) and other system information.

The best thing about CPU-Z is that it shows all information on one screen organized in tabs.

Speccy

Speccy is an advanced information tool which is available as an installer and portable program. Speccy shows information about more hardware devices than CPU-Z. The information is a little different. It can be termed as essential information as not all details about each device are shown.

Speccy shows information about the Operating System, CPU, RAM, Motherboard, Graphics, Audio, Hard Drives, Optical Drives, Peripherals and Network cards.

HWiNFO (32/64)

HWiNFO is a professional tool that can be used to gather all the details of each hardware component of the computer. HWiNFO supports most of the latest hardware standards and technologies. This can be highly useful for those who are looking for their system drivers for unknown devices.

Although the information provided by HWiNFO is overwhelming, it is intelligently organized into easily understandable screens. The benefit of HWiNFO is that it also displays real-time information about the hardware which is highly useful for monitoring hardware for health issues.

PC Wizard

PC Wizard has been developed from the same publisher as CPU-Z except that PC Wizard is a professional grade software which extracts and displays a lot more information about the PC than CPU-Z. The information provided by PC Wizard is especially useful for finding new devices installed in the computer but they can’t be identified and their drivers are unknown.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite

Sandra Lite does a great job of not only extracting tiny bits of information about the computer hardware, it also pinpoints how each hardware component is running and performing in the computer. The software is free for personal use and can be used on a single computer. You may go for the professional version if you want to check hardware details of computers in a network/domain environment.

WinAudit

WinAudit is basically an inventory software which can list down some detail about your system hardware. It shows information about installed hardware and software, licenses, security configuration, network information etc. The information shown in WinAudit can be exported in a text/PDF/XML/HTML file.

The information shown by WinAudit is not instant. Rather, you will need to press the audit button before WinAudit can gather information from the computer and display or export information to a file.

BlackBox

The purpose of BlackBox is to show precise details about the core components of your computer hardware. It not only display detailed information about the core components, it also shows detailed information about other installed devices and components of the computer.

BlackBox is similar to CPU-Z in the style of information it provides and even the user interface.

Flitskikker Info Tool

Flitskikker Info Tool can be a helpful tool if you want to share your hardware specifications with other people online as it not only gathers the hardware information but also saves it in a text file. It will give information about main hardware components including Computer, Motherboard, Processor, Memory, Hard disk, Drives, Sound Card, Graphics Card, Display, Mouse, Keyboard, Network Card, DirectX, Operating System etc.

Smart System Informer

Smart System Informer is a handy little tool which can quickly display general information about your computer hardware and software. It will display information like computer ID, processor, BIOS, memory, disks, video, motherboard, monitor, computer startup, installed programs etc.

RWEverything

If you are an intensive computer geek and are looking for something very customizable to check every hardware detail of any computer, RWEverything is for you. This utility can access almost every hardware component including PCI (PCI Express), PCI Index/Data, Memory, Memory Index/Data, I/O Space, I/O Index/Data, Super I/O, Clock Generator, DIMM SPD, SMBus Device, CPU MSR Registers, ATA/ATAPI Identify Data, Disk Read Write, ACPI Tables Dump (include AML decode), Embedded Controller, USB Information, SMBIOS Structures, PCI Option ROMs, MP Configuration Table, E820, EDID and Remote Access. You can also access any computer component using the command line.

What type of hardware details do you always look for in your computer? Which tool do you use for this purpose?

How does the OS detect hardware?

Does the OS get this information from the BIOS or does it scan the buses on its own to detect what hardware is installed on the system. Having looked around online different sources say different things. Some saying the BIOS detects the hardware and then stores it in memory which the OS then reads, others saying the OS scans buses (e.g pci) to learn of the hardware.

I would have thought with modern OSs it would ignore the BIOS and do it itself.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Generally speaking, most modern OSes (Windows and Linux) will re-scan the detected hardware as part of the boot sequence. Trusting the BIOS to detect everything and have it setup properly has proven to be unreliable.

In a typical x86 PC, there are a combination of techniques used to detect attached hardware.

PCI and PCI Express busses has a standard mechanism called Configuration Space that you can scan to get a list of attached devices. This includes devices installed in a PCI/PCIe slot, and also the controller(s) in the chipset (Video Controller, SATA, etc).

If an IDE or SATA controller is detected, the OS/BIOS must talk to the controller to get a list of attached drives.

If a USB controller is detected, the OS/BIOS loaded a USB protocol stack, and then enumerates the attached hubs and devices.

For «legacy» ISA devices, things are a little more complicated. Even if your motherboard does not have an ISA slot on it, you typically still have a number of «ISA» devices in the system (Serial Ports, Parallel Ports, etc). These devices typically lack a truly standardized auto-detection method. To detect these devices, there are 2 options:

Probe known addresses — Serial Ports are usually at 0x3F8, 0x2F8, 0x3E8, 0x2E8, so read from those addresses and see if there is something there that looks like a serial port UART. This is far from perfect. You may have a serial port at a non-standard address that are not scanned. You may also have a non-serial port device at one of those addresses that does not respond well to being probed. Remember how Windows 95 and 98 used to lock up a lot when detecting hardware during installation?

ISA Plug-n-Play — This standard was popular for a hot minute as ISA was phased out in favor of PCI. You probably will not encounter many devices that support this. I believe ISA PnP is disabled by default in Windows Vista and later, but I am struggling to find a source for that right now.

ACPI Enumeration — The OS can rely on the BIOS to describe these devices in ASL code. (See below.)

Additionally, there may be a number of non-PnP devices in the system at semi-fixed addresses, such as a TPM chip, HPET, or those «special» buttons on laptop keyboards. For these devices to be explained to the OS, the standard method is to use ACPI.

The BIOS ACPI tables should provide a list of on-motherboard devices to the OS. These tables are written in a language called ASL (or AML for the compiled form). At boot time, the OS reads in the ACPI tables and enumerates any described devices. Note that for this to work, the motherboard manufacturer must have written their ASL code correctly. This is not always the case.

And of course, if all of the auto-detection methods fail you, you may be forced to manually install a driver. You do this through the Add New Hardware Wizard in Windows. (The exact procedure varies depending on the Windows version you have installed.)

7 Best Tools To Monitor System Hardware On Windows 10 and 7

Free programs to monitor system hardware in Windows 10 & 7 are useful tools to check the performance of computer hardware. An expensive component like CPU, RAM, GPU, and Hard disk drive requires regular monitoring. That’s why you need to have the reliable best CPU temperature monitor for windows 10.

This post includes the best program to monitor CPU and GPU temp. Th is software will also help you check CPU temperature & GPU temp. As these components work most of the time hence generate more heat which is very harmful to computer hardware.

If you are worried that your computer runs a little hot? Or you are curious to know about how to check CPU temp on Windows 10 & 7 ? Or want to know if the CPU cooling fans are running properly? This CPU temperature gadget is the best choice you have here to monitor system hardware temperature & performance. These PC hardware monitoring software can keep track of overall system performance.

Best PC Tools To Monitor System Hardware

Here are explained 7 best hardware heat monitors which also lets you check the temperature of your PC. You can also check the normal temperature for CPU using these gadgets. These are free, reliable, and the best W indows 10 CPU monitor. This free software will help you monitor system hardware on Windows 10 & 7.

Performance Monitor

PC P erformance Monitor windows 10 is a light program that requires less space on the hard drive. The computer performance monitor is a graphical desktop widget that places four system monitoring graphs on a desktop. Install free hardware monitoring tool and it will allow you to monitor disk, CPU, RAM, and network usage. It’s the best W indows 10 RAM usage monitor.

As an activity monitor windows 10, it provides details in the graph shown in different colors making it easier for the user to know which component is getting more warmed up. Free performance monitor support Windows 10, 7, Vista. As a portable and free tool to monitor system hardware on Windows operating system performance monitor is the best tool.

Features include

• System tray software
• Graph Generator
• Monitor CPU, RAM, disk, and network usage
• Real-time readings, monitor system hardware

Rainmeter

With a Rainmeter system monitor Windows 10, 7 you can check system hardware with style. It’s a free attractive monitoring program. Rainmeter is a custom desktop monitor that comes with beautiful skins/themes. The free Rainmeter tool displays small gadgets on the desktop which help the users to monitor CPU, GPU, RAM, hard drive specs, and upload and download speed.

This hardware monitoring tool is also available in a portable version that doesn’t require installation. To Monitor System Hardware this temp monitoring tool comes in different skins, users can also download the best Rainmeter skins from the community of Rainmeter fans. As a Windows monitoring tool, Rainmeter supports Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista.

Features include

• Can check CPU meter windows 10 usage, temperature, drive space, network activity, unread emails, the current weather.
• Uses many third-party DLLs
• Monitor System Hardware and supports both 32- and 64-bit Windows version
• System tray software
• Small in size
• Personalize window by adding more widget

HWiNFO64

Now get system information windows 10 with HWiNFO 64. It’s a freeware tool. It can monitor CPU temps of all cores. If your computer has multiple core processor it can read all cores. HWiNFO monitor system hardware such as graphics card, BIOS, RAM, system cache, drives, and many more. It shows a system summary on a single screen. Among other CPU temp monitors, HWiNFO also allows you to check computer specs on Windows PC. The HWiNFO is available in HWiNFO64 and HWiNFO32 both versions support Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP. It’s free of error windows friendly PC monitoring tool.

Features include

• Reliable system diagnose tool
• Both HWINFO 32 & 64 are available in a portable version
• Can copy or save data in CSV, XML, HTML, XHTML format
• System tray software
• Uses low CPU and RAM
• Benchmark tool

PC Wizard

PC Wizard id the best CPU monitor windows 10 and benchmark tool for system’s hardware, PC Wizard can detect not only hardware but other system information as well. As informative gadget-free PC Wizard is easy to use, it does not put extra strain on the hardware. Once PC Wizard launched it takes some time to detect all the hardware installed on PC.

PC wizard 2015 displays CPU and GPU temperature along with other details regarding the mainboard, processor, video, I/O ports, drives, printers, devices, multimedia, network, power status, voltage, temperature, fans, power supply monitoring. PC Wizard 2015 can be installed on Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.

Features include

• Benchmark tool can test Windows to obtain an overall performance.
• Can export report any to an XML or HTML file
• System tray software, monitor system hardware
• Complete system analyzer.
• It can compare PC performance with well-known models.
• Passwords recovery support

CPUID HWMonitor

HWMonitor is the best PC monitoring tool for Windows PC. It keeps tracks of vital computer statistics so that you can prevent computer overheating. This CPU monitoring software can display accurate readings regarding temperatures, voltages, and the fan speed of PC. In other words, HWMonitor gives full control over the PC’s power stats and monitor system hardware accurately. The best thing about this computer temperature monitor Windows 10 is that it gives an instant overview of PC’s vital power and heat stats. This system hardware monitor is very light, free to download, and error-free. As GPU monitors windows 10, HWMonitor is also the best tool, because it shows GPU temperature range.

Once installed CPUID HWMonitor displays all data in one clear chart in three main categories. It uses ITE IT87 and SMART sensors which all modern computers have on their motherboard and provides system information. It’s Pro version is made for professionals which provide some extra features like superior logging capabilities and graphing. But it’s basic version is also good for all average PC users. HWMonitor 1.34 can be installed on Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP.

Features include

• Monitor CPU temps, voltage, power consumption, and utilization.
• Mainboard voltages, temperatures, fans speed.
• GPU voltage, temperature, utilization.
• HDD temperature.
• Available for Windows 32-bit & 64-bit version.

Sisoft Sandra

SiSoftware Sandra is a reliable resource monitor windows 10. It’s an advanced system hardware monitor windows 10. It carries out many functions on PC such as benchmarking, analyzing, and listing the hardware or software components. This system hardware analyzer has a simple interface with colorful icons for it’s each tool. The Free lite version of Sisoft Sandra provides more features like wireless networking benchmarks,13 hardware, and 14 software information modules.

This Windows 10 resource monitor doesn’t hang or crash PC nor it puts a strain of computer memory. Sandra Pro version is also available in the 32 & 64-bit windows version. SiSoftware Sandra, it’s lite and pro version supports all Windows operating system like Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP.

Features include

• CPU temperature, core voltage, minimum and maximum voltage, cache details.
• Hardware data, processors, memory, graphics, storage adapters.
• Software application shows file type, fonts, media devices, operating system, memory usage.
• System diagnosing and benchmarking tool.
• Monitor system hardware
• Information in four categories such as tools, benchmarks, hardware, and software.

Core Temp

As its name suggests core temp gadget is a PC temperature monitor that provides readings on voltage and temp of individual cores of processors. It also shows a load of each core so that you can see how CPU temp changes with load. As a CPU temp monitor core temp is one of the best software which is free, easy to use, and mainly built for beginners. In case computer hardware shows the sign of overheating then download ALCPU Core Temp. It provides live real temp which is accurate.

Core temp uses TJ Max value to determine CPU temperature telling you what is the good CPU temp which you should have. Its interface is very simple only shows relevant information. A reliable free, small size tool which does not cause Windows to hang, crash, or pop up error messages. Core temp supports Windows XP, Windows Vista (32 bit), Windows 7 (32 bit), Windows Vista (64 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 8, Windows 10.

Features include

• Support Intel and AMD processors.
• CPU temperature monitor, Checks maximum/ minimum, and normal CPU temperature.
• Collects information through digital thermal sensors.
• Many add-ons are available for Core Temp to add more features.
• Have an alert system can shut down the procedure in case PC overheats.
• Monitor system hardware

These are the best tools to monitor system hardware on Windows PC. Some of these programs can’t control PC fan speed yet they display accurate reading about thermal status. So, if you want to know what is the best fan control software then click on that link.