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mikesw
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Some files shouldn't be defragged or optimized.
Read this thread from another defragmentation program as to why
certain files can't be moved. MSofts defragger wont cause problems
since it knows that certain file[name]s can't be moved or very
serious problems can occur. Thus, other defragger programs have
to be made smart enough to account for these and skip over defragging
them or moving them (optimize); otherwise, your computer may not
bootup as it happened to this person. Thus, perfection in defragging
should be constrained.
latest driver update doesn't find the HID I2C device for my dell laptop
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I've got a Win10 Pro x64 bit image, and a windows server 2022 datacenter x64 bit image on individual recovery partitions that I can swap between to drive C on my Dell inspirion 13 7347 laptop which came originally with windows 8.
All my drivers are mostly installed except for one.
On windows 10 pro, the Intel Serial I2C Host Controller is installed. It uses the hidi2c.inf and the drivers hidi2c.sys and another that has mshidkmdf.sys file name. Since windows 10 pro installed them, I don't know if it has a catalog or a dll file that comes with it. This is a Microsoft driver and some of the info from the "inf" file is as follows.
lassGuid={745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}
Provider=%MSFT%
DriverVer = 06/21/2006,10.0.19041.1
[Manufacturer]
%MSFT%=Microsoft,NTamd64...1
[Microsoft.NTamd64...1]
%hidi2c.DeviceDesc%=hidi2c_Device, ACPI\PNP0C50
The hardware Id is,
ACPI\VEN_DLL&DEV_0674
ACPI\DLL0674
*DLL0674
The compatible hardware id is,
ACPI\PNP0C50
PNP0C50
When the windows server 2022 datacenter wim image is installed on drive C instead of windows 10 pro on the same laptop, the same hardware id and compatible id applies; however, device manager shows them as unknown and no driver "sys" files are loaded. The hidi2c.inf is also by Micrsoft but the version is,
[Version]
Signature="$WINDOWS NT$"
Class=HIDClass
ClassGuid={745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da}
Provider=%MSFT%
DriverVer = 06/21/2006,10.0.20348.1
Iobit and other driver installers are looking for a different I2C device name and will say its installed although the device manager won't show this other hardware id and name in the list nor match it with the one my laptop is looking for. I've tried pnputil.exe but not the devconv tool. I've tried to use the update driver tool in device manager and point to the directory that the "inf" and "sys" files are in and it won't load. I haven't tried to force them by turning of signature checks.
So iobit needs to add the driver based on my device hardwqare id and/or the compatible hardware id, so that one can reload (or fix) and update to the winserver 2022 version for this driver.
Also note that iobit can't detect the device hardware Id for the Bluetooth "Personal Area Network Service" BTH\MS_BTHPAN. Intel gives instructions on how to make this device known by using the device update, select from device list -> bluetooth, and then select the -> Personal Area Network" name. The same holds true for windows server 2022 datacenter.
The attached files are the "inf" and "sys" 56kb for windows 10 pro and the second set is the "inf" and "sys" 84kb for windows server 2022 datacenter.
hidi2c.inf hidi2c.sys hidi2c.inf hidi2c.sys