Updating to Win11 Pro prevents updating drivers from hp.com?

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@Prométhée:

Surprise!  I found the culprit for the Photoshop issue.

I had done another Windows Reset.  Photoshop still crashed.  I started down the list of  Apps & Features in Windows and one-by-one uninstalled almost all of them with a reboot after every 5 or 6 and tested Photoshop.  When I finally worked my way down to OpenCL and OpenGL Compatibility Pack and rebooted – voila! – I could apply a Smart Filter and Resize Image with no freezes or crashes.

Now my concern is:  what am I giving up by not having that compatibility pack installed?

I'm still not sure if this is an Intel, Adobe, HP or Microsoft problem, but at least I got Photoshop to behave.

I still haven't solved the with the 30Hz/60Hz display issue.  I will open a new discussion about that.

[Prométhée]

sorry, I did not understand, where does this pack come from, and finally, you do not have to install it, to be able to use the software?
I've never had to install this, so I have no idea what it is exactly.

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This compatibility pack allows more of your favorite OpenCL™ and OpenGL® apps to run on a Windows 10 PC that doesn't have OpenCL and OpenGL hardware drivers installed by default. If a DirectX 12 driver is installed, supported apps will run with hardware acceleration for better performance. This package supports apps that use OpenCL version 1.2 and earlier and OpenGL version 3.3 and earlier.

For more info, visit https://aka.ms/clglcp-faq

OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. used with permission by Khronos. Complete license details are available on the Apple website (https://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/opencl/).

OpenGL® and the oval logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

Product is based on a published Khronos Specification and has been submitted to, and is expected to pass, the Khronos Conformance Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance.

[wpcoe]

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@Prométhée wrote:

sorry, I did not understand, where does this pack come from, and finally, you do not have to install it, to be able to use the software?
I've never had to install this, so I have no idea what it is exactly.

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I did a Windows Reset, which apparently takes the computer back to the HP-delivered state with all its many (many!) pre-installed apps.  I only know about that pack because it showed up in "Apps and Features," when I went through the list uninstalling everything.

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@Prométhée wrote:

This compatibility pack allows more of your favorite OpenCL™ and OpenGL® apps to run on a Windows 10 PC that doesn't have OpenCL and OpenGL hardware drivers installed by default. If a DirectX 12 driver is installed, supported apps will run with hardware acceleration for better performance. This package supports apps that use OpenCL version 1.2 and earlier and OpenGL version 3.3 and earlier.

For more info, visit https://aka.ms/clglcp-faq

OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. used with permission by Khronos. Complete license details are available on the Apple website (https://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/opencl/).

OpenGL® and the oval logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

Product is based on a published Khronos Specification and has been submitted to, and is expected to pass, the Khronos Conformance Process. Current conformance status can be found at www.khronos.org/conformance.

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I read that but it really didn't clarify much to me. 

• e.g.  Does my Spectre 2-in-1 "have OpenCL and OpenGL hardware drivers installed by default"?  
• e.g. "If a DirectX 12 driver is installed, supported apps will run with hardware acceleration for better performance." – does my Spectre 2-in-1 have Direct 12 drivers installed?  What supported apps would that affect?  (Photoshop?)
• e.g. "This package supports apps that use OpenCL version 1.2 and earlier and OpenGL version 3.3 and earlier."  Are there later versions of OpenCL/Open GL and the package would not work with them?  How do I know what OpenCL/OpenGL versions my computer has/uses?

[Prométhée]

Curious, I never had this pre-installed.
Maybe because of your configuration, no idea
I did some research some time ago, for opengl
I seem to have seen that there are ways to check, maybe with software, I don't know anymore
for direct 12 this should be enough:

afterwards sorry, there are questions I can't answer
I might have to do some research, more or less long, without being sure to find

But hey at least it works, right?

https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=faq-Windows-10&faq=15