Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm

EventTitleChannelSampleRule
1CompositionStateAndInputDiagnosticNN
2CompositionStateOutputDiagnosticNN
3TraceGraphicsCapabilitiesDiagnosticNN
4CompositionOverridenDiagnosticNN
5CompositionEnabledByPolicyDiagnosticNN
6RemotingCapsDiagnosticNN
7SystemMemoryLockingThresholdDiagnosticNN
8SlowCompositionTimeDiagnosticNN
9StartDWMTransportDiagnosticNN
10StopDWMTransportDiagnosticNN
11AddGhostDiagnosticNN
12DuplicateGhostDiagnosticNN
13VetoCreateGhostWindowDiagnosticNN
14PolicyOrModeChangeDiagnosticNN
15EstablishKernelRedirectionDiagnosticNN

Event ID 1: CompositionStateAndInput

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
CompositionStateAndInput

Fields #

NameDescription
State UInt32
Input UInt32

Event ID 2: CompositionStateOutput

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
CompositionStateOutput

Fields #

NameDescription
State UInt32

Event ID 3: TraceGraphicsCapabilities

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
TraceGraphicsCapabilities

Fields #

NameDescription
Capability UInt32
Verified UInt32

Event ID 4: CompositionOverriden

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
CompositionOverriden

Fields #

NameDescription
Flag UInt32

Event ID 5: CompositionEnabledByPolicy

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
CompositionEnabledByPolicy

Fields #

NameDescription
Flag UInt32

Event ID 6: RemotingCaps

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
RemotingCaps

Fields #

NameDescription
IsCapable UInt32
AllowDwmcoreInSession UInt32
RemoteAppEnabled UInt32
AllowDwmcoreInClient UInt32
AllowThemesInCLient UInt32

Event ID 7: SystemMemoryLockingThreshold

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
SystemMemoryLockingThreshold

Event ID 8: SlowCompositionTime

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
SlowCompositionTime

Event ID 9: StartDWMTransport

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
StartDWMTransport

Fields #

NameDescription
MilRemote UInt32

Event ID 10: StopDWMTransport

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
StopDWMTransport

Event ID 11: AddGhost

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
AddGhost

Fields #

NameDescription
CGhostOrHwndToGhost Pointer

Event ID 12: DuplicateGhost

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
DuplicateGhost

Fields #

NameDescription
CGhostOrHwndToGhost Pointer

Event ID 13: VetoCreateGhostWindow

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
VetoCreateGhostWindow

Fields #

NameDescription
CGhostOrHwndToGhost Pointer

Event ID 14: PolicyOrModeChange

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
PolicyOrModeChange

Fields #

NameDescription
StateBegin UInt32
StateEnd UInt32

Event ID 15: EstablishKernelRedirection

#
Channel
Diagnostic
Task
EstablishKernelRedirection

Provenance

ETW provider GUID d29d56ea-4867-4221-b02e-cfd998834075

Defined in dwm.exe, which carries the event manifest.

  • WS2022-20348.4893, schema read from the registered manifest, binary version 10.0.20348.1, captured 2026-06-02 — Manifest XML pack, 1.9 MB
  • Win11-26200.6584, schema read from the registered manifest, binary version 10.0.26100.1, captured 2026-06-02 — Manifest XML pack, 2.0 MB