id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 12744 winapi::set_timer_resolution inadvertently changes timer resolution (Windows) Terry Kim Ion Gaztañaga "boost::interprocess::ipcdetail::spin_wait calls get_system_tick_in_highres_counts(), which ultimately calls winapi::set_timer_resolution() to get the current timer resolution. However, this changes the timer resolution inadvertently. I verified this with PwrTest.exe (https://msdn.microsoft.com/windows/hardware/drivers/devtest/pwrtest). Can we use winapi::query_timer_resolution() instead of winapi::set_timer_resolution()? " Bugs closed To Be Determined interprocess Boost 1.63.0 Problem fixed timer resolution