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JJRcop: /* Windows */ Add toccolours class to mw-collapsibles, matching Installation

2021-02-11T14:26:09Z

Windows: Add toccolours class to mw-collapsibles, matching Installation

Quantum at 00:23, 3 February 2021

2021-02-03T00:23:13Z

JJRcop: Added mw-collapsible to more deprecated info

2021-01-03T06:40:19Z

Added mw-collapsible to more deprecated info

JJRcop: /* The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. */ Added mw-collapsible to deprecated info

2021-01-03T06:30:10Z

The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work.: Added mw-collapsible to deprecated info

Gnif: /* Can I feed the VM directly into OBS? */

2020-10-11T10:25:46Z

Can I feed the VM directly into OBS?

Gnif: /* Can I feed the VM directly into OBS? */

2020-10-11T10:25:38Z

Can I feed the VM directly into OBS?

94.22.212.113: one letter typo fix

2020-09-23T19:55:54Z

one letter typo fix

Gnif: /* The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. */

2020-08-12T12:36:30Z

The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work.

Gnif: /* The Windows host program doesn't work as a service */

2020-08-12T12:35:54Z

The Windows host program doesn't work as a service

JJRcop: Link directly to section with spice guest tools section

2020-08-09T03:33:16Z

Link directly to section with spice guest tools section

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 === The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. ===
-<div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
+<div class='toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
 '''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. As of 2021-01-16, even the login screen can be captured.
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 === The Windows host program doesn't work as a service ===
-<div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
+<div class='toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
 '''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges.

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 <div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
-'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. Only the Login Screen can not be captured.
+'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. As of 2021-01-16, even the login screen can be captured.
 <div class='mw-collapsible-content'>

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 === The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. ===
-<div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. Only the Login Screen can not be captured.
+<div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>
 <div class='mw-collapsible-content'>
 These screens are on the "Secure Desktop", Microsoft has intentionally limited access to capture this screen to prevent malware attempting to capture information from these screens that might be sensitive. There is little we can do here unless Microsoft is willing to let us sign the host application as an 'Accessibility' program.`
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 === The Windows host program doesn't work as a service ===
 '''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges.
 As of Windows Vista, Microsoft deprecated the ability for services to interact with the user's desktop, and as of Windows 10 this is enforced. There is nothing we can do about this.
 Please see [[Installation#Using_the_Windows_Host_Application|Using the Windows Host Application]] for how to setup a scheduled task to launch the application at login.
 === NvFBC (NVIDIA Capture API) doesn't work ===

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 === The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. ===
-'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. Only the Login Screen can not be captured.
+<div class='mw-collapsible mw-collapsed'>'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. Only the Login Screen can not be captured.
 These screens are on the "Secure Desktop", Microsoft has intentionally limited access to capture this screen to prevent malware attempting to capture information from these screens that might be sensitive. There is little we can do here unless Microsoft is willing to let us sign the host application as an 'Accessibility' program.`
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 Users of NVIDIA cards that support the NVidia Capture API (Quadro, Tesla, etc) will find this limitation only applies to the Windows Logon Screen and Shutdown Screens, the NvFBC capture API is able to capture the "Secure Desktop" outside of Microsoft's control.
 === The Windows host program doesn't work as a service ===

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:25, 11 October 2020
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	'''Note''': This plugin is brand new and is missing mouse cursor support.		'''Note''': This plugin is brand new and is missing mouse cursor support.
		+
	'''Update''': As of commit 4f40ce4b40dbf98b3cacd1baaf66fc11f8633c0c, full cursor support is now available and is slated for Beta 3.		'''Update''': As of commit 4f40ce4b40dbf98b3cacd1baaf66fc11f8633c0c, full cursor support is now available and is slated for Beta 3.

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 === Why is my UPS (Updates Per Second) so low? ===
-There are several reasons why this can happen, the most common is your capture resolution. At the time of this writing, the windows capture methods struggle to capture high resolutions under certain circumstances, as a general rule of thumb anything greater then 1200p (1920x1200) starts to suffer from performance issues.
+There are several reasons why this can happen, the most common is your capture resolution. At the time of this writing, the windows capture methods struggle to capture high resolutions under certain circumstances, as a general rule of thumb anything greater than 1200p (1920x1200) starts to suffer from performance issues.
 Another cause can be how the game or application you are running is configured. Because of the way windows integrate with the WDM (Windows Desktop Manager) running applications in "Full Screen" mode may in some cases cause a large performance penalty. Try switching to windowed full-screen mode, the difference in performance can be like night and day. Titles known to be affected by this are Fallout76, The BattleField Series and SCUM.

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:36, 12 August 2020
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	=== The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. ===		=== The Windows Logon Screen, Shutdown, UAC Dialogs, Ctrl+Alt+Del, LockScreen do not work. ===
		+
		+	'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges. Only the Login Screen can not be captured.
		+
	These screens are on the "Secure Desktop", Microsoft has intentionally limited access to capture this screen to prevent malware attempting to capture information from these screens that might be sensitive. There is little we can do here unless Microsoft is willing to let us sign the host application as an 'Accessibility' program.`		These screens are on the "Secure Desktop", Microsoft has intentionally limited access to capture this screen to prevent malware attempting to capture information from these screens that might be sensitive. There is little we can do here unless Microsoft is willing to let us sign the host application as an 'Accessibility' program.`

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:35, 12 August 2020
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	=== The Windows host program doesn't work as a service ===		=== The Windows host program doesn't work as a service ===
		+
		+	'''Note:''' This information is deprecated as of 2020-08-12, the host now has a helper service to launch it at login with elevated privileges.
		+
	As of Windows Vista, Microsoft deprecated the ability for services to interact with the user's desktop, and as of Windows 10 this is enforced. There is nothing we can do about this.		As of Windows Vista, Microsoft deprecated the ability for services to interact with the user's desktop, and as of Windows 10 this is enforced. There is nothing we can do about this.

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 === The mouse is jumpy, slow, laggy when using SPICE ===
-Please be sure to install the SPICE guest tools from https://www.spice-space.org/download.html.
+Please be sure to install the SPICE guest tools from https://www.spice-space.org/download.html#windows-binaries.
 === How to enable clipboard synchronization via SPICE ===
-Install the SPICE guest tools from https://www.spice-space.org/download.html.
+Install the SPICE guest tools from https://www.spice-space.org/download.html#windows-binaries.
 Choose only one of the settings below (the one that applies to your configuration):