diff --git a/private/Invoke-PackageCommand.ps1 b/private/Invoke-PackageCommand.ps1
index b938a7d..eb166c2 100644
--- a/private/Invoke-PackageCommand.ps1
+++ b/private/Invoke-PackageCommand.ps1
@@ -115,11 +115,13 @@
         $process.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory       = $WorkingDirectory
         $process.StartInfo.FileName               = $Executable
         $process.StartInfo.Arguments              = $Arguments
+        $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput  = $true
         $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true
         $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError  = $true
 
         if ($FallbackToShellExecute) {
             $process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute        = $true
+            $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput  = $false
             $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $false
             $process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError  = $false
         }
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@
                 # See issue #25 and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11531068/powershell-capturing-standard-out-and-error-with-process-object
                 $StdOutAsync = $process.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync()
                 $StdErrAsync = $process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync()
+                # https://github.com/jantari/LSUClient/issues/103
+                $process.StandardInput.Close()
             }
 
             $process.WaitForExit()
diff --git a/private/Resolve-XMLDependencies.ps1 b/private/Resolve-XMLDependencies.ps1
index dd3d4ce..9f847db 100644
--- a/private/Resolve-XMLDependencies.ps1
+++ b/private/Resolve-XMLDependencies.ps1
@@ -6,13 +6,16 @@
         [Parameter( Mandatory = $true )]
         [string]$PackagePath,
         [switch]$TreatUnsupportedAsPassed,
-        [switch]$FailInboxDrivers
+        [switch]$FailInboxDrivers,
+        [switch]$ParentNodeIsAnd
     )
 
     $XMLTreeDepth++
     [DependencyParserState]$ParserState = 0
 
+    $i = 0
     foreach ($XMLTREE in $XMLIN) {
+        $i++
         Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth )|> Node: $($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name)"
 
         if ($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name -eq 'Not') {
@@ -20,36 +23,45 @@
             Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Switched state to: $ParserState"
         }
 
-        $Result = if ($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name -like "_*") {
-            switch (Test-MachineSatisfiesDependency -Dependency $XMLTREE -PackagePath $PackagePath -DebugIndent $XMLTreeDepth -FailInboxDrivers:$FailInboxDrivers) {
-                0 {
-                    $true
-                }
-                -1 {
-                    $false
-                }
-                -2 {
-                    Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Something unsupported encountered in: $($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name)"
-                    if ($TreatUnsupportedAsPassed) { $true } else { $false }
+        $Result = switch -Wildcard ($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name) {
+            '_*' {
+                switch (Test-MachineSatisfiesDependency -Dependency $XMLTREE -PackagePath $PackagePath -DebugIndent $XMLTreeDepth -FailInboxDrivers:$FailInboxDrivers) {
+                    0 {
+                        $true
+                    }
+                    -1 {
+                        $false
+                    }
+                    -2 {
+                        Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Something unsupported encountered in: $($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name)"
+                        if ($TreatUnsupportedAsPassed) { $true } else { $false }
+                    }
                 }
             }
-        } else {
-            $SubtreeResults = Resolve-XMLDependencies -XMLIN $XMLTREE.ChildNodes -PackagePath $PackagePath -TreatUnsupportedAsPassed:$TreatUnsupportedAsPassed -FailInboxDrivers:$FailInboxDrivers
-            switch ($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name) {
-                'And' {
-                    Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Tree was AND: Results: $subtreeresults"
-                    if ($subtreeresults -contains $false) { $false } else { $true  }
-                }
-                default {
-                    Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Tree was OR: Results: $subtreeresults"
-                    if ($subtreeresults -contains $true ) { $true  } else { $false }
-                }
+            'And' {
+                $SubtreeResults = Resolve-XMLDependencies -XMLIN $XMLTREE.ChildNodes -PackagePath $PackagePath -TreatUnsupportedAsPassed:$TreatUnsupportedAsPassed -FailInboxDrivers:$FailInboxDrivers -ParentNodeIsAnd
+                Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Tree was AND: Results: $SubtreeResults"
+                if ($SubtreeResults -contains $false) { $false } else { $true  }
+            }
+            default {
+                $SubtreeResults = Resolve-XMLDependencies -XMLIN $XMLTREE.ChildNodes -PackagePath $PackagePath -TreatUnsupportedAsPassed:$TreatUnsupportedAsPassed -FailInboxDrivers:$FailInboxDrivers
+                Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Tree was OR: Results: $SubtreeResults"
+                if ($SubtreeResults -contains $true ) { $true  } else { $false }
             }
         }
 
         Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)< Returning $($Result -bxor $ParserState) from node $($XMLTREE.SchemaInfo.Name)"
 
         $Result -bxor $ParserState
+
+        # If we're evaluating the children of an And-node, and we get a negative result before the last child-element,
+        # we can stop and don't have to process the remaining children anymore as the And-result will always be false.
+        # This speeds things up but it can also avoid even running problematic tests, e.g. some ExternalDetections.
+        if ($ParentNodeIsAnd -and $i -ne $XMLIN.Count -and -not ($Result -bxor $ParserState)) {
+            Write-Debug "$('- ' * $XMLTreeDepth)Stopping AND evaluation early"
+            $ParserState = 0 # DO_HAVE
+            break;
+        }
         $ParserState = 0 # DO_HAVE
     }