On: HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops' CPUs

[dtech]

You can, you need to buy a codec from the Microsoft store for $1 or local equivalent. Most people won't know this.

[xnx → dtech]

Does the codec enable the hardware support?

[TiredOfLife → dtech]

At best it will give only software decoding.

[dist-epoch → dtech]

Not even that, you just need to know the "hidden" link to the codecs, then it's free. I'm sure Microsoft is well aware of these links, there are many articles about them.