turkaysoftware/glow v25.14

Glow v25.14 is available!

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What's new

• You can now copy all the features written in blue within Glow to the clipboard with a double-click, without generating a report! This is an advanced feature and works fully compatible with Hide Mode.
• A Primary Operating System feature has been added to the Operating System section. This feature indicates whether the currently running operating system is the primary one on systems with multiple operating systems installed.
• A Device Serial Number feature has been added to the Motherboard section. This feature shows the device serial number if it is a laptop, or the motherboard serial number if it is a desktop. This allows you to check your device’s/product’s warranty.
• A Virtual Machine Monitoring Support feature has been added to the Processor section. This feature indicates whether the operating system is running on a virtual machine as detected by the processor.
• A Monitor Name feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature displays the hardware name of the monitor.
• A Monitor Manufacturer feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature displays the name of the monitor’s hardware manufacturer.
• A Monitor Manufacturer Number feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature displays the manufacturer number of the monitor hardware.
• A Monitor Serial Number feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature displays the serial number of the monitor hardware.
• A Monitor Connection Type feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature shows which interface the monitor is connected to the system with.
• A Monitor Production Year feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature shows the production year of the monitor.
• A Monitor Production Week feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature shows the year, month, and week number when the monitor was manufactured.
• A Monitor Hardware ID feature has been added to the Graphics Card section. This feature shows the hardware ID of the monitor.
• The DirectX Driver feature in the Graphics Card section has been improved. Now, if the selected graphics card has multiple DirectX drivers, all of them are displayed side by side.
• In the monitor selection box, both the monitor number and the monitor name are now shown. Additionally, in multi-monitor systems, the numbering order matches the monitor number order within the system.
• The Battery section has been completely reprogrammed. It now includes a much higher quality feature set.
• The Battery Status feature in the Battery section has been improved. It now shows the remaining time while the computer is charging or discharging. Additionally, it can detect if the battery level is fixed for protection purposes.
• The Battery Model feature in the Battery section has been improved. Battery Model and Battery Serial Number are now displayed as separate features. Furthermore, the Battery Serial Number can be hidden when Hide Mode is enabled.
• The Battery Chemistry feature in the Battery section has been improved. It can now detect a wider range of battery types.
• A Battery Design Capacity feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows the battery’s manufacturing capacity in mWh.
• A Battery Full Charge Capacity feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows the power capacity when the battery is fully charged (100%) in mWh.
• A Battery Remaining Capacity feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows how much power is left based on the current battery level in mWh.
• The Battery Voltage feature in the Battery section has been improved. It now supports a much wider and more consistent range of devices.
• A Battery Charging Power feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows how many watts the computer is charging with.
• A Battery Charging Current feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows how many amperes the computer is charging with.
• A Battery Discharging Power feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows how many watts the computer is discharging with.
• A Battery Discharging Current feature has been added to the Battery section. This feature shows how many amperes the computer is discharging with.

Fixed Bugs

• A bug that caused Microsoft Office not to be detected on some systems despite being installed has been fixed.
• A bug that caused the wallpaper to be detected incorrectly when multiple users or multiple monitors are present has been fixed.
• A critical parsing error that caused the Serial Number feature in the Motherboard section to display incorrectly has been fixed. It now shows correctly.
• A bug that caused the System Family feature in the Motherboard section to display as 'Unknown' despite being present has been fixed.
• A bug in the DirectX Driver feature in the Graphics Card section that caused incorrect display, especially when multiple GPUs are present in Intel graphics cards, has been fixed.
• A bug in the modem connection speed feature in the Network section that showed connection speeds above 10 Gbps as 'undetected' has been fixed.
• A bug in the connection speed feature in the Network section that caused incorrect readings when using Cloudflare WARP, VPNs, and similar services has been fixed.
• A bug in the Battery Chemistry feature in the Battery section that caused it to display as 'Unknown' on some devices has been fixed.
• A bug in the Installed Applications section that prevented opening the file location by double-clicking on any installed software in the table, even when the file location was valid, by showing a warning has been fixed.
• A bug that caused interface padding to be ignored at 125% DPI and higher settings has been fixed.
• Errors in code blocks containing many logical mistakes have been fixed and the code has been optimized.
• Many translation and localization errors have been fixed and language files have been optimized.
• A bug that caused the donation link text not to change in different languages has been fixed.

Changes

• Operating System support has been adjusted due to the .NET Framework 4.8.1 system requirements. Glow now supports Windows 10 x64 20H2 and later, all versions of Windows 11, Windows Server 2022 x64, Windows Server 2025 x64, and later versions.
• The Windows License Key copy feature has been changed. Instead of a button, you can now copy the key directly by double-clicking on the text without generating a report.
• The Serial Number feature in the Motherboard section has been renamed to Motherboard Serial Number.
• The System Family feature in the Motherboard section is no longer hidden when Hide Mode is enabled.
• Since the BIOS Update button overlapped the motherboard name, we moved the button to the bottom of the BIOS section.
• Since desktop computers don’t have batteries, the Battery section is now resized to a single line container.
• The sorting order in the Monitor section has been reorganized along with the new features. It now has a more accurate order.
• The repair window of the Stuck Pixel Repair Tool can now be resized slightly smaller than its initial size.
• Some colors in the light and dark themes have been changed to improve theme compatibility.
• Some localization improvements have been made in the Turkish language.
• We are almost finished with the Glow source code optimization process. Very little old and problematic code remains. We will continue improving and cleaning up the source code.

Removed Features

• The Processor Microcode Status feature in the Processor section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Processor Platform feature in the Processor section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Processor Feature Set in the Processor section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Processor Revision in the Processor section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Processor Old Revision in the Processor section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Desktop Resolution feature in the Graphics Card section was removed because it was non-functional and did not provide accurate information.
• The Physical Disk Name in the Disk section was removed because it was of no use to users.

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