For simpler compatibility, you can forgo the high-precision API entirely and use the older GetSystemTimeAsFileTime , which has been supported since Windows 2000. This approach:
static void InitFunction(void) HMODULE hK32 = GetModuleHandleA("kernel32.dll"); if (hK32) pGetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime = (GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime_t)GetProcAddress(hK32, "GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime");
Several factors contribute to the increasing frequency of this error on Windows 7: getsystemtimepreciseasfiletime windows 7 upd
The core issue is an across different versions of the Windows NT kernel:
For years, workarounds involved:
You can check if the update is installed via:
// Convert remainder to 100-ns units // (remainder * 10000000) / frequency ULONGLONG remainder100ns = (remainderTicks * 10000000) / s_frequency.QuadPart; For simpler compatibility, you can forgo the high-precision
For those creating fallback implementations, external resources like the "High Resolution Time For Windows 7" project on CodeProject offer a starting point for providing high-resolution time estimates on older OS versions that lack native support.
Or specify it in your compiler command line: For simpler compatibility