Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm

15 events across 1 channel

Event	Title	Channel
1	CompositionStateAndInput	Diagnostic
2	CompositionStateOutput	Diagnostic
3	TraceGraphicsCapabilities	Diagnostic
4	CompositionOverriden	Diagnostic
5	CompositionEnabledByPolicy	Diagnostic
6	RemotingCaps	Diagnostic
7	SystemMemoryLockingThreshold	Diagnostic
8	SlowCompositionTime	Diagnostic
9	StartDWMTransport	Diagnostic
10	StopDWMTransport	Diagnostic
11	AddGhost	Diagnostic
12	DuplicateGhost	Diagnostic
13	VetoCreateGhostWindow	Diagnostic
14	PolicyOrModeChange	Diagnostic
15	EstablishKernelRedirection	Diagnostic

Event ID 1: CompositionStateAndInput

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: CompositionStateAndInput

Fields #

Name	Description
`State` UInt32
`Input` UInt32

Event ID 2: CompositionStateOutput

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: CompositionStateOutput

Fields #

Name	Description
`State` UInt32

Event ID 3: TraceGraphicsCapabilities

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: TraceGraphicsCapabilities

Fields #

Name	Description
`Capability` UInt32
`Verified` UInt32

Event ID 4: CompositionOverriden

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: CompositionOverriden

Fields #

Name	Description
`Flag` UInt32

Event ID 5: CompositionEnabledByPolicy

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: CompositionEnabledByPolicy

Fields #

Name	Description
`Flag` UInt32

Event ID 6: RemotingCaps

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: RemotingCaps

Fields #

Name	Description
`IsCapable` UInt32
`AllowDwmcoreInSession` UInt32
`RemoteAppEnabled` UInt32
`AllowDwmcoreInClient` UInt32
`AllowThemesInCLient` UInt32

Event ID 7: SystemMemoryLockingThreshold

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: SystemMemoryLockingThreshold

Event ID 8: SlowCompositionTime

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: SlowCompositionTime

Event ID 9: StartDWMTransport

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: StartDWMTransport

Fields #

Name	Description
`MilRemote` UInt32

Event ID 10: StopDWMTransport

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: StopDWMTransport

Event ID 11: AddGhost

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: AddGhost

Fields #

Name	Description
`CGhostOrHwndToGhost` Pointer

Event ID 12: DuplicateGhost

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: DuplicateGhost

Fields #

Name	Description
`CGhostOrHwndToGhost` Pointer

Event ID 13: VetoCreateGhostWindow

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: VetoCreateGhostWindow

Fields #

Name	Description
`CGhostOrHwndToGhost` Pointer

Event ID 14: PolicyOrModeChange

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: PolicyOrModeChange

Fields #

Name	Description
`StateBegin` UInt32
`StateEnd` UInt32

Event ID 15: EstablishKernelRedirection

Provider: Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm
Channel: Diagnostic
Task: EstablishKernelRedirection

Provenance

Where this provider's schema came from, and which Windows build it was observed on. Windows can change a provider's event schema between builds, so use this to judge whether it matches the build you collect from.

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

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

Observed on:

WS2022-20348.4893 · schema read from the registered manifest · binary version 10.0.20348.1 · captured 2026-06-02
Win11-26200.6584 · schema read from the registered manifest · binary version 10.0.26100.1 · captured 2026-06-02

Downloads

Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm registered manifest XML (WS2022-20348.4893) manifest-xml
Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm registered manifest XML (Win11-26200.6584) manifest-xml

Credits

Microsoft - authored the ETW manifests and PDBs the schema comes from
jdu2600 - the event-schema TSV format this catalog adopted
nasbench - the tool that dumps registered providers and manifests

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`gg` / `G`	Top / bottom
`h` / `l`	History back / forward
`f`	Follow link (`Shift` = new tab)
`/`	Focus search
`?`	Toggle this help
`↑` / `↓`	Navigate search results
`Enter`	Open highlighted result
`Esc`	Close results / dialog

`type:`	`events` / `rules` / `providers`
`vendor:`	`sigma` / `elastic` / `splunk` / `kusto` / `chronicle` (vendor name alone also works: `sigma:`, `kql:`, `secops:`…)
`tactic:`	TA-id, slug, or name: `credential_access`, `TA0006`
`technique:`	technique or sub-technique ID: `T1003`, `T1003.001` (alias `tech:`)
`severity:`	`critical` / `high` / `medium` / `low` / `informational` (alias `sev:`)
`stages:`	Rules with exactly N pipeline stages
`correlation:`	`single_event` / `sequence` / `alternatives` / `alternatives_cross_log` / `all_required` / `correlated`
`with:`	Co-occurrence event-id; stacks (`with:4624 with:4769`) to require all, while a comma list in one occurrence (`with:4624,4769`) is an either-or group. Implies multi-event
`like:`	Structural neighbors of a rule slug (equivalents + subsumption stricter / broader): `like:comsvcs_lsass_memory_dump-splunk-sysmon`
`groupby:`	Entity-grouping substring match against `group_by_keys`: `groupby:user`, `groupby:host`
`uses:`	Rules whose predicate tree touches the field (any kind, any value): `uses:CommandLine`
`excludes:`	Rules with top-level `not()` clauses on the field (FP whitelists): `excludes:ParentImage`
`field:` / `value:`	Predicate search; narrows rule cards to those with a matching leaf and drives the indicator tier. Unquoted = substring, wildcards allowed (`value:mimikatz`)
`indicator:`	Shorthand for `field:F value:V`: `indicator:Image=*\powershell.exe`
`kind:`	Filter by predicate kind. Narrows rule cards to those carrying a matching predicate leaf (`vendor:elastic kind:cidr_match`) and drives the indicator tier: `contains` / `starts_with` / `ends_with` / `regex` / `cidr` / `eq` / `in` … (operator aliases `op:`/`match:`)
`has:` / `no:`	`sample`, `field`, `notes`, `refs`, `trace`, `thirdparty`, `rule`, `pattern`, `timewindow`, `threshold`, `newterms`, `sigma`/`elastic`/`splunk`/`kusto`/`chronicle`
`-op:val`	Exclude matches; works on most operators but not `type:`/`like:`/`has:`/`no:` (use `no:<flag>` to exclude a rule flag): `tactic:execution -vendor:splunk`. Standalone `-kind:`/`-field:`/`-value:` drop every rule carrying a matching predicate leaf (`type:rules -kind:is_null`)
`field:"…"` / `value:"…"`	Quoted value = anchored exact match (also allows spaces): `value:"net user"`
`a,b`	Comma = OR inside one operator (`vendor:sigma,elastic`, `severity:high,critical`); repeating a facet merges the same way. `field:`/`value:` never split (literal commas)
`vendors:` / `stage:`	Singular and plural spellings fold to the canonical operator and value: `tactics:` = `tactic:`, `type:event` = `type:events`, `correlation:sequences` = `correlation:sequence`, `has:thresholds` = `has:threshold`
`"quoted phrase"`	Exact-match a multi-word phrase (free text)

Microsoft-Windows-Dwm-Dwm

Event ID 1: CompositionStateAndInput

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Event ID 2: CompositionStateOutput

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Event ID 3: TraceGraphicsCapabilities

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Event ID 4: CompositionOverriden

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Event ID 5: CompositionEnabledByPolicy

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Event ID 6: RemotingCaps

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Event ID 7: SystemMemoryLockingThreshold

Event ID 8: SlowCompositionTime

Event ID 9: StartDWMTransport

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Event ID 10: StopDWMTransport

Event ID 11: AddGhost

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Event ID 12: DuplicateGhost

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Event ID 13: VetoCreateGhostWindow

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Event ID 14: PolicyOrModeChange

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Event ID 15: EstablishKernelRedirection

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