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Hi there!
After the Windows 10 Anniversary update I am no longer able to automatically start HWiNFO for normal user accounts by modifying the startup scheduled task to "Run whether user is logged in or not". HWiNFO simply refuses to start in the background as it did before the Windows update. I need it running at all times no matter the privileges of the user logged in, as it continually monitors my watercooling system and triggers alarms when necessary, etc. Any ideas?
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You should not use the "Run whether user is logged in or not" option to start HWiNFO. HWiNFO is a GUI application and thus requires a user (any user) to be logged in.
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Even if the HWiNFO installer installs the kernel driver once, there are still some other functions in the program that require Administrative rights. Accessing hardware directly requires such privileges, which is a basic security restriction of operating systems.
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08-12-2016, 04:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2016, 04:57 AM by Undesirable.)
I did some more testing after I realised that HWiNFO wasn't monitoring certain sensors correctly on normal accounts. I deleted all scheduled tasks and started again. When logged in as an admin, it creates the scheduled task correctly when I check the box to "Auto Start", all sensors are available as expected and they are correctly passed to Aqua Computer's AquaSuite 2016-4 as software sensors. This Scheduled task only works for the admin account it is enabled on. It doesn't enable HWiNFO to start up on normal accounts without further intervention.
However, when I check the "Auto Start" box in HWiNFO under a normal account and press OK, no scheduled task is created at all, hence I have to create the scheduled task manually for it to start up. Additionally, the sensors that I need to be passed to AquaSuite 2016-4, including CPU Max Core Temp, GPU Core + VRM Temps, are not available upon booting the system and logging straight into the normal account. If I log into the admin account and HWiNFO is launched, log out, and then back into the normal account, the required sensors are then passed correctly from HWiNFO to AquaSuite.
All this testing was done under Windows 10 "Anniversary Edition".