YEEES !!!!! Thank you!!!! This is exactly what we were looking for. Looks  like the HardwareMonitor driver is completely incompatible with your computer. It stops because your video adapter cannot be identified and generates the ArgumentOutOfRangeException...

Very Good. The problem has been detected. Now I need time to figure out how to solve (or bypass) it. And I want to believe that everything will work out...

Hi, Vicki!

I replaced the System Monitoring library to more older version from Chronos Desktop project. Please check it:

HUD Desktop

Best Regards!

Vad.

Well........still don't work I know you are probably getting tired of trying huh? If ya don't want to keep trying to fix it, then I would not blame you. I went from a desktop computer to a all-in-one computer, when my old one died...........guess trying to save money isn't worth it! Just let me know what ya want to do, I will honor what ever! Thank you so much for trying though  

Mystic! Now I'm completely confused... If OpenHardwareMonitor and Chronos Desktop still works on your computer the modified HUD Desktop.exe should run too. Now it uses the same code that Chronos... 

However, I have one idea why this might be happening! So let's make one last try to fix this. Of course, if you haven't lost hope and still want to see it on your desktop. If YES, take a look again at Event Viewer and post what you see now (the previous error occurred in the WindowsApplication1.Desktop.AddHardware (HardwareMonitor.Computer) function).

I need this info to confirm my guess. After that I am ready to give about 95-99% that I will make it work.

Ok I shall try! No I don't want to give up, I definitely want that on my desktop I just did not want to keep bugging you. Thank you for trying so hard, I appreciate it. Well I will let ya know.

Ok,   Yes the chronos works fine........so heres the info you need!

Application: HUD Desktop.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(System.ExceptionArgument, System.ExceptionResource) at WindowsApplication1.Desktop.AddHardware(HardwareMonitor.Computer) at WindowsApplication1.Desktop..ctor() Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at WindowsApplication1.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon) at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[]) at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[]) 

Thank you. I see the error is the same... But how is it possible?  

Anyway the update is ready to check: HUD Desktop

Added automatic detection of Video Card and Internal Battery. All subsequent functions (which might throw this damn Desktop.AddHardware... exception) will be disabled if detection fails. But the other features should work now (at least i hope...).

P.S. I hate to say this, but please take a look at the Event Viewer if the program won't work again...

Vad, I don't know why it won't work......your chronos desktop works just fine on my puter? I tried the hud-desktop again and it still won't work......! This is what came up.

Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.

Exception Info: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(System.ExceptionArgument, System.ExceptionResource)

   at WindowsApplication1.Desktop.AddHardware(HardwareMonitor.Computer)

   at WindowsApplication1.Desktop..ctor()

Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon)

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[])

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[])

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name=".NET Runtime" />

    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1026</EventID>

    <Version>0</Version>

    <Level>2</Level>

    <Task>0</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2020-09-17T19:57:15.0641447Z" />

    <EventRecordID>3095</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />

    <Channel>Application</Channel>

    <Computer>DESKTOP-R2L7973</Computer>

    <Security />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data>Application: HUD Desktop.exe

Framework Version: v4.0.30319

Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.

Exception Info: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

   at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(System.ExceptionArgument, System.ExceptionResource)

   at WindowsApplication1.Desktop.AddHardware(HardwareMonitor.Computer)

   at WindowsApplication1.Desktop..ctor()

Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon)

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel()

   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[])

   at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[])

</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

The same error again... And this despite the fact that all the main functions are completely identical to Chronos now! This is very bad... And I'm very sorry...  

Over the past few days I have tested the program on more than 20 laptops and desktops (Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, Acer and MSI) with Win-7, Win 8.1 and Win 10. Moreover, all versions of the program including uploaded to the WC Gallery and modified for you are starting and running without any errors. The only difference is that none of these computers have Intel HD Graphics... AMD and Nvidia only...Otherwise, the problem would have been resolved long ago...

Okay. I need a day or two for a more serious analysis of what is happening. Then I will compare all the Chronos and HUD code line by line. It must be something very small and invisible to the eye... In addition, the error appears only on certain types of computers with integrated Intel Video, which no one near me has... So this is a very interesting and challenging task that I will try to finish this weekend.

Expect good news and modified versions of the HUD

P.S. Does Chronos detect your hard drive and display its temperature in the system tray?

It does not detect the HDD but, everything else works. I am very happy that you are trying.......says alot about you   you are an awesome guy! I will wait to hear from you again. THANK YOU.    Oh yeah, it is only the chronos light one that works on puter!

YES!!! At last!  THE PROBLEM WAS HERE!!!!! We were looking in the wrong place and wasted our time, because I could not even imagine that such a thing was possible. HUD tried to read data from a non-existent device! As a result - System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException - because the device(0) does not exist... Very and very strange...  

Okay. Now I'm sure I'll make it work. Perhaps already today. The last three things that I need are:

1. What do you see in Device Manager --> Disk drives?
2. What do you see in Open Hardware Monitor (does it show the detailed information about your hard drive included its temperature)? If not, what information does it show?
3. What do you see in Chronos Desktop --> System Monitor. What information and about what devices does it show (CPU - GPU - NETWORK - RAM - HDD)?

That's all. With this data I can fix HUD. No doubt!

P.S.

One more riddle. The only difference between Chronos Dark and Light is the colors of the background images. However, the code which uses in these both gadgets is exactly the same. So, your computer is very moody. Maybe it just doesn't like dark shades?  

Ok,

Device manager---I have 2 hard drives------Lexar SSD-- and--ST10000LM035-1RK172

Open Hardware Monitor--I cannot find...I have windows 10

(Chronos Monitor)

CPU-- shows all lord, clock, and temp......but only shows 4 CPU's...I have 6

GPU-- Unknown

Network-- shows all, speed in speed out (there's 4 all together it shows)

RAM-- shows all, lord, used, free

HDD--Unknown

Your riddle--------   yes my computer is moody------stupid thing----LOL, well I hope this helps.

Thank you! This is very helpful but...

Please, download Open Hardware Moniror , run it and check HDD info. I really need know this to understand my next step.  

And for now, try to run this: HUD Desktop Maybe the problem is already gone...? If not please Event Viewer data...

And don't worry, we're almost done!  

ok this is both Disk Drives:

  1)Generic Hard Disk                             (Value)                                       (Max)

          Load-

          Used Space-                                13.5%                                       13.5%

  2)ST1000LM035-1RK172

           Temperatures-

           Temperature-                              24.0c                                        24.0c

           Load-

           Used Space                                  0.0%                                        0.0%

HudDesktop still didn't work. Heres the event viewer details

Application: HUD Desktop.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException at System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException(System.ExceptionArgument, System.ExceptionResource) at WindowsApplication1.Desktop.AddHardware(HardwareMonitor.Computer) at WindowsApplication1.Desktop..ctor() Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at WindowsApplication1.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon) at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.DoApplicationModel() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[]) at WindowsApplication1.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[]) 

  Well... Now I have all the information I need. Thank you for your patience!

I completely rewrote the code taking into account the data received from you and put the "traps" inside. From now on, the error message (if any  ) will be displayed in the Message Box with the line number and important details. Most likely the Event Viewer will no longer be needed.

Please run this: HUD Desktop (test).zip I really want to hope that we are almost done.  

P.S. I can't figure out why Open Hardware Monitor detects your Lexar SSD as a standard hard drive. O.H.W. may not be compatible with your BIOS, motherboard, or hard drive controller. It's very strange anyway. Especially if Windows is installed on this particular drive...

HEY.......YYYYYEEEEESSSSS! It is working . A box popped up and said

CPU (line 1127): CPU     ERROR: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: Index.     

Then all of a sudden, it popped up "the hud-desktop" and is working!!!!!!!! You are a genious!

Finally we did it!   If I had at least one computer similar to yours, the problem would be solved in a few hours. This is the only reason we spent so much time. However it was worth it. Thanks for your great help!

As I understood HUD appeared on your desktop. Have you seen at least one widget on the bottom left with information about the hard drive?

Now I'll figure out why the number of CPU Cores is calculated incorrectly - ERROR: Index was out of range (the revised version will be ready to download in 1 - 2 hours). Then I'll return back a newer version of the hardware monitor library and you will have a fully functional HUD with modern features.

P.S. I think we have two more tests left to do and everything will work.

Done: HUD Desktop CPU detection modified.

Yes it did appear......THANK YOU! Yes it shows both hard drives and the temps, and the size. I will check out the new one and let ya know. I really appreciate all your time and effort to fix this for me. I can't thank you enough .

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Works fantastic Vad ya did a great job and it sure is pretty on my desktop Thank you so much