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I have been want to play an old racing game for some time now (Driver By GT Interactive) but it wont load. It was deigned for Windows 98 and 95 and i am running 8.1. I manually found the install file and installed it along with Direct X 6 and Direct X Media. I set the compatibility mode and...

It’s been an exciting time over the last six months with our first release of Windows 10 IoT Core during //build/ 2015, the first public release in early August 2015, and most recently a new Windows Insider Preview release. Today I’m pleased to share what’s next for Makers on Windows 10 with new...

Contains a specification for support of VP8 and VP9 video decoding (according to the available VP8 and VP9 source code and public documents) within the Microsoft Windows DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) API/DDI context. Link Removed

One of our most prolific Kinect Developers and Kinect MVP, Friend of the Gallery Tango Chen (Jingzhou Chen) is back with another take on Minecrafting with the Kinect Minecraft in Real Life using Kinect v2 Hey guys, I just developed this Kinect v2 application a few days ago. It lets you be...

There are many ways to spin a cube and in today's episode we're coming from a different... angle =P. Cooper Partin from the Windows Graphics team is joining to tell us about his work on the ANGLE project to enable OpenGL ES 2.0 support in Windows Store, Phone and Universal Windows apps. ANGLE is...

The first game to use DX12 is Ashes of the Singularity an RTS based game. Testing shows that DX12 does improve performance although it varies depending on choice of card: Dx12 runs far better on the AMD cards than Dx11 does so they will see the most benefit in this instance. Other games...

I was having x01a BSODs constantly and figured that it was due to inefficient power. I've upgraded my PS to a 1600W EVGA and those BSOD's have stopped. Now I'm occasionally having the attached BSOD minidump. Here are my system details if they are needed System Manufacturer MSI Model...

AMD release their driver for Windows 10 Preview. Ref and download: Link Removed Up to date Graphic drivers can always be found in the Update section of the forum: https://windowsforum.com/threads/graphic-drivers.11365/page-27#post-643920

Link Removed, Friend of the Gallery, posted another great example of using the Kinect v2, this time using it and its capabilities to start an Avatar journey... Here's some of the other posts from Peter we've highlighted recently; Kinect 2, Sound Detection with C++ More on the openFrameworks...

I've highlighted MonoGame a number of times but it's always been dependent on XNA, which has been dead for a few years now, making it a little complicated to use. Until last week. MonoGame has just reached a huge milestone and has left XNA behind for good... Here are just a few of our MonoGame...

I've been enjoying my new computer for a while now, but windows keeps asking me to revert the colour scheme to improve performance Your computer's hardware and video card must meet hardware requirements to able to display Aero graphics. Check that your computer meets the minimum hardware...

Today we've got two posts about the new Unity 5 and the Kinect for Windows v2 and how, "it just works"... (I love those words ;) Link Removed During Global Developer Conference there were many announcements like Unity 5 availability for free. Of course, Unity has been offering a free version...

Today's post isn't about Kinect coding or development, but it's pretty darn cool... Come on, what's cooler than using the Kinect to do 3D scanning and 3D printing... Link Removed In this video, Alex Blondin and Gavin Gear demonstrate how you can plug a Kinect V2 sensor into your PC and turn...

Since Kemical's comments about the DX 12 situation, I have been doing some checking. I realized Borderlands 2 is playing as DX 9 and 32 bit, which is its normal configuration. But I downloaded Borderlands Pre-Sequel which is a DX 10 version and it is still playing in DX 9 (32 bit). I also...

It's a great time to be alive if you're a fanatic about the particulars of various performance-boosting graphics APIs. AMD's Mantle is here , Microsoft's DirectX 12 is coming with Windows 10 , and at GDC in early March we'll hear the first news about a successor to the open-source...

I bought a new laptop, I removed Windows 8 and I installed Windows 7. I have 128 GB SSD, Operation System in it. I got BSOD 4 times, everytime same crash address (ntoskrnl.exe+76e80). Sometimes it also comes when booting Windows. I used Avira before but uninstalling it did not help. PC Info...

ref: DirectX - Wikipedia So if the above is true there will be no need to upgrade for many of us (not to get DX12 compatibility anyway). Let's hope it's supported in the drivers and applications soon. Even a test demo to show it's potential would be nice. Direct X 12 contains many features...

You've heard about how the XBox One can magically make it look like you are making eye contact when video chatting? Even though the Kinect may be above or below the screen? Oh cool would it be if you could use your Kinect for Windows and do that in Skype for Windows? Link Removed The Video...

Hey guys, I've been pointed in this direction as you may be able to help me with a problem I am having When I start up H1Z1 I can usually get into a queue and even some times into the game itself but then my PC will shut down and I don't know why. My specs are: AMD FX 8150 eight core 2.81 16gb...

Hey guys...I was recently forced to upgrade to windows 8.1 on my lenovo y410p laptop. After the upgrade I cannot get any of my games to run. I have googled the problem and I can't seem to find a fix...I have tried running different compatibility setting, running as admin, upgrading my graphics...