[Bug 58146] New: HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58146

Bug ID: 58146
           Summary: HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is
                    set to Windows 7
           Product: Wine
           Version: 10.6
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: MacOS
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
          Assignee: [e-mail]
          Reporter: [e-mail]

Created attachment 78427
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78427
Wine-devel 10.6 log using default Windows 10 in winecfg

HWiNFO 8.24 (latest version, compatible with Windows 10) doesn't work unless
winecfg is set to Windows 7 (instead of the default Windows 10). The intro
window will load, but after clicking "Start" the app will crash.

The progess bar stops at this stage:

Examining system configuration...
Initializing Kernel Driver...

With this error message:

Error
Cannot install the HWiNFO driver !
It might be blocked by the system other applications.

download link:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/hwinfo/files/Windows_Portable/hwi_824.zip/d...
sha256: 74c71b6a8a3498f5a5254b4e692345c45ec5cf88246bf3516cd7c35faf516ca4

I'm using Gcenx's wine-devel 10.6 build
(https://github.com/Gcenx/macOS_Wine_builds/releases/tag/10.6) on macOS 11

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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--- Comment #1 from ToastyBug  ---
Created attachment 78428
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78428
Wine-devel 10.6 log using Windows 7 in winecfg

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58146

ToastyBug  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                URL|                            |https://www.hwinfo.com/down
                   |                            |load/
           Keywords|                            |download

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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--- Comment #2 from ToastyBug  ---
Created attachment 78429
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=78429
Error pop-up window using default Windows 10 in winecfg

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

[WineHQ Bugzilla]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58146

Louis Lenders  changed:

What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           Keywords|                            |regression
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                 CC|                            |[e-mail]

--- Comment #3 from Louis Lenders  ---
I tried this yesterday and confirming.

It looks as if it is a regression as it starts for me in wine-9.0 but errors
out in wine-10.0. @OP: Any chance you could do a regression test?

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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--- Comment #4 from ToastyBug  ---
If by regression test you mean using git and compiling from source then no,
that wiki page (https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Regression-Testing)
is also only applicable to Linux and I'm only comfortable using Gcenx's
pre-build macOS binaries.

I did also test it with Gcenx's Wine CrossOverFOSS 23.7.1-1 based on Wine 8.0.1
(https://github.com/Gcenx/winecx/releases/tag/crossover-wine-23.7.1-1) and
there is the same issue (and it also works when winecfg is set to Windows 7)

Same issue (and winecfg Win7 workaround) with all these Gcenx Wine build:
(https://github.com/Gcenx/macOS_Wine_builds/releases)

wine-stable 10.0
wine-stable 10.0_1 (22 Apr 2025 release)
wine-staging 10.6

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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--- Comment #5 from ToastyBug  ---
same issue with Gcenx's wine-devel 9.21
(https://github.com/Gcenx/macOS_Wine_builds/releases/tag/9.21)

see also this AppDB report (using Linux Mint 21.2 with Wine 8.0.2) saying GUI
only works in Windows 7 mode:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=41739

and this AppDB report saying the same for Linux Mint 21.3 with Wine 9.0:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=41930

[Bug 58146] HWiNFO 8.24 (latest): doesn't work unless winecfg is set to Windows 7

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58146

--- Comment #6 from ToastyBug  ---
(In reply to Louis Lenders from comment #3)
> I tried this yesterday and confirming.
>
> It looks as if it is a regression as it starts for me in wine-9.0 but errors
> out in wine-10.0. @OP: Any chance you could do a regression test?

Which version of Wine 9 are you using? Apparently this has been an issue since
at least Wine 8