In today’s post, we will attempt to understand why Microsoft DirectX 9 legacy overlay planes don’t work with Miracast displays on Windows 11/10 with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 2.0 graphics ...

In today’s post, we will provide a description of why video playback may fail when DirectX 9 overlays are required in Windows – and then offer the workaround to resolve the issue. DirectX is a set of ...

St. John tapped Engstrom in 1994 to help make gaming in the upcoming Windows 95 operating system practical. At the time, developers preferred the low overhead and greater control DOS offered over ...

Microsoft has long said, and we have reminded users, that DirectX 11 is not just a Windows 7 technology. The company promised that DirectX 11 will be availalbe for ...

The dreaded Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, has been the bane of every Windows users' existence for every generation of the OS. With every new version of Windows, Microsoft has claimed that there will ...

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19013 (20H1) to Insiders in the Fast ring, bringing new DirectX 12 features and a long list of changes, improvements, and fixes. To see the full ...

Microsoft is working on a resolution for a new issue causing the Desktop Windows Manager to crash on laptops if the lid is repeatedly closed and opened. This new issue affects devices running all ...

Microsoft has released a preview of the next step in DirectX Raytracing to its Windows Insider Program, meaning developers can start to play with new performance enhancing features to deliver a better ...

Gamers stubbornly hanging on to Windows 7 and refusing to upgrade to Windows 10 may soon be able to play ray tracing-enabled titles on Microsoft’s older platform. The company is expanding its efforts ...

Windows 10 is also getting a new File Explorer layout and more Windows 10 is also getting a new File Explorer layout and more is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all ...