Hashcat not starting in Windows 10 Home Edition

[sp00ks]

Hi,

I have a Dell XPS13 laptop that I'd like to use with hashcat for testing purposes using the CPU. 
Not for cracking just to test my scripts are working correctly.

The current output I get when running hashcat is no output, the cursor does blink for a second giving the impression
something was tried in the background but then no output, like so.

(This is what i mean by no output)

c:\Program Files\hashcat-6.1.1>hashcat.exe -I
hashcat (v6.1.1) starting...


c:\Program Files\hashcat-6.1.1>

I can recreate the issue with hashcat 6.1.0, and from either Powershell or Windows Command Prompt.

I am running the cmd and PS prompts as administrator as well using runas.

Am I missing a software download?


I have installed:

Name: Intel® CPU Runtime for OpenCL™ Applications for Windows* OS
File: w_opencl_runtime_p_2021.1.1.191.exe
Location: https://registrationcenter-download.inte....1.191.exe

Name: Intel® Graphics - Windows® 10 DCH Drivers
File: igfx_win10_100.9079.exe
Location: https://downloadmirror.intel.com/30079/a...0.9079.exe 
Driver Version: 27.20.100.9079
Build Date: December 11, 2020


Laptop Hardware Information:

Processor: 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Graphics: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics


Any suggestions are gratefully received.

[sp00ks]

As a workaround, I can disable the Graphics driver from Device Manager and execute hashcat as expected.

Maybe the 2021 Graphics drivers will work with Hashcat in the future.